Breatharian. Definition: A person who believes that it is possible, through meditation, to reach a level of consciousness at which one can obtain all sustenance from the air or sunlight. That’s the level Jovan Cole is trying to reach, eventually. But for now, he’s focusing on the task at hand:…
School’s out, summer is here and for most kids, the next few months will be filled with lazy days in the Texas heat. But for one 10-year-old, the majority of the heat is coming from the kitchen. Julian Frederick, better known as the Step Stool Chef, is a 10-year-old with…
It was a Saturday full of errands and eating when a sudden funnel cake craving hit. We were sure there was no place to get funnel cake this time of year, but a quick Google search proved us wrong. At the small Funnel Cake Paradise shop in southern Dallas’ Redbird…
What would you do for your kids? For most people, the answer is pretty simple: anything. That’s just what Debra Moore did to get her youngest son, Caleb, through college. Her anything, however, was starting a mobile popcorn concession company — Mamma Moore’s Gourmet Popcorn — in 2012. “My husband…
The Dallas dining scene can be pretty fickle. We see it all the time: Trendy restaurants backed by such-and-such prestigious company, closed sooner than expected. And that’s just one of the reasons so many chefs are bypassing the traditional brick-and-mortar to home in on the pop-up concept. Rent per square…
Trap brunch. Trap yoga. Trap & Paint. The list goes on when it comes to the trap-inspired events that have been popping up in Dallas. But Bangers and Brunch, an annual series created by Good Culture that mixes trap music (a Southern sub-genre of hip-hop that first surfaced in the…
When WhiteROC Hospitality Group announced its intention to open a restaurant called Pl8 Bistro and Gallery at Routh Street and McKinney Avenue in Uptown, it did so with the world’s most bizarre press release. The new restaurant planned to showcase Dallas artists in a space “featuring a bright, inviting ambiance and restaurant-forward concept.”…
Oh my God. Those were the three words Brent Reaves used to describe the way he felt when his family business — Smokey John’s BBQ — went up in smoke. On Sept. 9, the barbecue joint at 1820 W. Mockingbird Lane caught fire. Brent’s brother and co-owner, Juan Reaves, remembers…
