Vermont

Scaredello Has a New Wheel of Parmigiano Reggiano, and It's Spectacular

Rich Rogers uses a traditional knife to score a fresh wheel of Parm​Yesterday I paid a visit to Rich Rogers, owner of Scardello Artisan Cheese, to talk Parm. The shop sells the cheese from a whole wheel they purchase every other month or so. When a new wheel arrives, Rogers gets excited. His w ... More >>

Beirut's Paul Collins Names The Five Records He and His Band Have Most Listened to in 2011

Paul Collins​Seems like most indie music fans had no idea that the Balkan's had their own unique brand of folk music before Zach Condon started mining that territory for sonic gold under his Beirut moniker. Despite being so closely affiliated with the roots music of that region, Beirut has for yea ... More >>

Dragonfly: It's a Beautiful Meal

Life is a cabaret at Hotel ZaZa's joint.

Tonight's Concert Options Have A Distinct International Flavor...

There's quite a bit of an international flavor to the musical offerings in our area this evening, which is one of the more interesting Monday nights we've seen in a while.

The Eaters in Chief

Thomas Jefferson: great taste in food -- plus he helped give us that whole separation of church/state thing.​The federal holiday Americans observe next Monday was originally designed to honor George Washington. But when the government standardized its celebrations in 1968, they stuck the annua ... More >>

Murder=Not So Good

Attention McDonald's: Five New Burgers for Japan McDonald's "Big America 3"

McDonald's via Wall Street Journal​Last week, Japan McDonald's debuted their Big America 2 campaign that featured four Hulk-fist sized, America-themed burgers. The four burgers, named Idaho, Manhattan, Miami, and Texas 2, clock in at more than 500 calories each, and range from nearly tasty-looking ... More >>

Southern Cheeses Snubbed at Good Food Awards

The cows certainly are happy in California.​Southern cheesemakers were shut out of the Good Food Awards, a new initiative to recognize the best-tasting artisan edibles made in accordance with sustainable principles. In a weekend ceremony hosted by Alice Waters, eight awards were given in the c ... More >>

Begging and Choosing: Which Market's
Free Samples Give You the Best Meal?

Brooke NottinghamWe managed to snap a couple of pictures of freebies before the Central Market Stasi busted us.​During a dinner shift a few weeks ago, I returned with a guest's drink and asked if he'd like to start with a cup of soup or an appetizer. He stared at me. Then he said, "Do those c ... More >>

For Your New Year's Eve Listening Pleasure: When Sinatra Did It His Way at Reunion Arena

​I know just where my folks were on October 24, 1987 -- sitting in the fifth row for Frank Sinatra's concert at Reunion Arena, as Mom boasted only this morning. And so we wrap this year with a sound track perfect for any New Year's Eve wingding. Or maybe I shouldn't have stopped to watch the end o ... More >>

How Do You Get Texas to OK Burying Other States' Radioactive Waste? If You're Harold Simmons, You Give Rick Perry Lots of Money.

Annette and Harold Simmons​A nuke-free Friend of Unfair Park forwards this morning this just-released add-em-up from Texans for Public Justice, which asks: Can anyone seriously believe Governor Rick Perry or his appointees on the Texas Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission are go ... More >>

At WaterTower and Amphibian Stage, two plays about drama teachers deserve big fat A's.

Q&A: Matt & Kim's Matt Johnson Talks Cuteness, Nudity, DIY and The Importance Of Not Overplaying Your Instrument.

Matt & Kim​For the past year, Matt Johnson and Kim Schifino of Brooklyn dance-punk duo Matt & Kim have been quietly making a case to replace Mates of States' Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel for the title of indie rock's reigning "It" couple. But don't call them "cute."With their songs "Good ... More >>

Last Night: Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals at the Palladium Showroom

Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Grace Potter and the NocturnalsPalladium ShowroomSeptember 23, 2010Better than: well, not beholding the power of music that can make a white man try to dance.Sharon Jones and her Dap-Kings​Last night, an audience of about 600 people at the Palladium Showroom (former ... More >>

Good Friday: Dia De Los Toadies, AllGood Cafe's 10-Year Anniversary Party, Spooky Folk, Little Black Dress, Ween, Frankie Muniz, Dead Confederate, The Cush, Bowling For Soup, Milton Hopkins, Florene, Spector 45, B.B. King and More...

​This weekend marks the third annual (and biggest yet) Dia De Los Toadies Festival.Each year the location of the festival changes, so The Toadies and nine other Texas bands will take over Whitewater On The Horseshoe in New Braunfels tonight, and all day tomorrow. This year's most exciting new addi ... More >>

Feel Like Fall Yet? With Magic Hat Seasonals, At Least It Can Taste Like It.

Photos by Jesse HugheyMagic Hat Hex Ourtoberfest​You wouldn't know it from the life-sapping heat here in Dallas, but Oktoberfest is less than a month away. Already, Oktoberfest beers are starting to pop up on retail shelves and bar taps. As they did last year, Magic Hat from Vermont kindly sent th ... More >>

Last Night: Happy Birthday, Residual Echoes and Fungi Girls at The Nightmare

Happy Birthday, Residual Echoes, Fungi GirlsThe NightmareAugust 5, 2010Better than: giving in to the heat and staying at home in your air conditioning.Happy Birthday​ No one, it seemed, was in a rush for things to get started last night at The Nightmare, where a powerful triple-bill of the Sub Pop ... More >>

Sampling New Releases And Old Favorites From Harpoon Brewery

Jesse HugheyHarpoon Belgian Pale Ale​A few new offerings from Harpoon Brewery should be making their way into North Texas: the New England company's first offering of a Belgian Pale Ale, a new Imperial Red (as part of its Leviathan series) and the annual return of Harpoon Summer Beer. Harpoon is a ... More >>

Pete Delkus Found Your Lack of Faith Disturbing and Your Sarcasm Annoying

Harry Wilonsky​My wife thinks Pete Delkus needs to lay off the Twitter, to which he posted an hour ago: "oh my gosh!!! the world is ending!!! snow in march in texas!!" No, Harold Taft would not be amused. Still, he had his revenge. The boy, incidentally, wanted to take some photos this morning, so ... More >>

The Crash That Took Me Readies Its Sophomore Release

Rent To Own

Hophead: Magic Hat Number 9, Number 9, Number 9, Number 9...

Never pretend to a friend. --From the underside of the bottle cap of a Magic Hat #9 sample.In a sign of both the growth of Vermont's Magic Hat Brewing Company and that of the market for craft beers in the area, Magic Hat's flagship #9 is now available in Texas for the first time.*Magic Hat #9 is mar ... More >>

Death

For the Whole World to See (Drag City)

Top Ten Americana Albums of 2008

In next week's paper, we'll unveil our national package on the best music of the year (the following week, we'll tackle the best in DFWd music). But, as a teaser, here's our paper's contribution to the national package: Noah W. Bailey's picks for the best Americana/folk releases of '08. Picking the ... More >>

You Can't Go Home Again|Showtime

Will Smith Impresses in I Am Legend

That old "last man on Earth" setup? It really works.

Review: Fearing's at the Ritz Carlton

Fearing (but no loathing) in Uptown

N9NE-Eleven

Haute cuisine battles with nightclub bombast at N9NE

They Got the Beat

Helped by a Dallas volunteer, Ugandan orphans drum up donations

Seeing Green

Behind the Music Awards

Artists' secret riders reveal true character, fascinating pickle relish fetish

Host of a Green Party

Suck It

Mug down on mudbugs during Crawfest 2004

Deanie Babies

It's Howard's party; buy if you want to

Entry Level

O.A.R. went from school at OSU to touring the U.S.A.

Break Like the Wind

Spinal Tap tapped, the Folksmen turn it way down from 11

Buttering Upscale

Are expensive butters really worth it?

Scene, Heard

Epic Records is still digging the goods out of SRV's vault

Standard Gear

Over the years, little has changed at Gershwin's

Sexual Perversity in Vermont

In a small town, folks swallow Hollywood's American bull

I See Dull People

What Lies Beneath is my head on the movie theater floor, snoozing through this film

Out Here

[DARYL]

Scene, heard

New releases from Last Beat, Darlington, Centro-matic, and Lift to Experience; Black Sabbath tribute night

Scene, heard

American History why?

Or: Learning about pot-smoking, gas-passing presidents can be fun!

Night & Day

January 7 - 13, 1999

Letters

Out There

We're here for the beer

Stick to liquid refreshment at The Copper Tank

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