Yesterday I drove past a pumpkin patch that had at least 200 large round squashes still remaining. Their lonely abandonment made me a bit sad. Would they ever serve a purpose in this world? Last year the Dallas Arboretum told me they send some of their leftover pumpkins to local…

Many of you may know him as Ron Swanson on Parks & Recreation, or even better, from his wedding portrait. When he’s not developing his skills as a fine worker of wood or a classically trained theatrical actor, during Movember, Offerman will be taming his wild muh-staaashhhh. If you have…

Love Your Farmer is the theme at the “everything” White Rock Local Market (702 N. Buckner Blvd.) this Saturday. In addition to the normal bounty of local produce, crafts and various treats, there’s a backyard chicken and urban bee-keeping clinic from 9 a.m. to noon and a class on how…

Heard of Mama Fu’s? You will soon. They’re set to open 14 new restaurants across Dallas and Collin counties over the next several years. This fast-casual Asian-inspired chain is based out of Austin (Murphy Adams Restaurant Group). The local units are being brought to the area by MFDC Partners, which…

Teresa Gubbins over at Culture Map just broke some news on the new food truck park going in across from a (future) Trader Joe’s on Lower Greenville. Chef Jason Boso, of Twisted Root fame, has been tapped as “boss” of the food truck park, and he’ll work on pulling together…

Seasons 52 opened Monday at NorthPark Center, between Neiman Marcus and Dillard’s in the old McCormick & Schmick’s space. The casual upscale grill and wine bar seats over 400 diners and focuses on a menu that changes seasonally — or perhaps like all 52 weeks of a farmers’ market. In…

Bottling our homemade #Hurricane Brew w/ @mtenero & emkmd #BringItSandy #HurricationPartI @ Bitter & Esters instagr.am/p/RV6f1YG9cS/— Austin Dill (@austindill) October 28, 2012 A few hours ago I searched #BringItSandy on Twitter and, at the time, there were about 40 tweets. It’s lighting up now though. The kids in the northeast…

On Friday, Ewan Macdonald posted an article on Serious Eats about the “simply decent, and no better than that” burger at Snuffer’s, which made me slap both hands down on my desk (because of my inability to follow Ikea instruction manuals I almost knocked it over) and yell, “How dare…

Update from Kari Gates: “We’ve been told the hearing and the vote can be on the same evening because of the way they posted it.” Kari Gates grows seasonal fruits and vegetables over several acres of land at Spring Creek Organic Farms in Plano. She drives her produce to several…

What’s better than watching the Giants win a game in the World Series? Yep, lots of things. Including a Doritos Loco Taco. (Why are baseball wounds so hard to heal?) Last night when Giants outfielder Angel Pagan stole second base during the eighth inning, he actually stole one for the…

Eleven is a skinny list. There are actually about 20 great hot sandwiches in Dallas … well, maybe 100. Thing is, you can’t really screw up rich butter smeared over fresh bread, then grilled with gooey cheese. Here are some to use as inspiration on this chilly day. Grilled Cheese…

For the past several months we’ve documented the progress of the new Uptown restaurant Jojo. This is the first concept for chef Laurent Poupart, who is originally from France and worked in New York and California before taking a job as a private chef locally. See also: – Meet JoJo…

If it seems little morbid, well, that’s because it is. Dia de los Muertos, November 1, is a day to celebrate those who have died. But, the key word is to “celebrate,” not mourn. Manual Tellez, who owns Maroches Bakery in Oak Cliff, explains that in Mexico people spend the…

The air constantly chatters outside of the Village Baking Co. There’s an almost-constant warning bell from a nearby DART station and every single car on University Drive and nearby Central Expressway are in a really big hurry to get somewhere. And then there’s Greenville Avenue just a 100 yards up…

In 1994, if you were to drive east along Commerce Street in downtown Dallas (perhaps in a new convertible Mazda Miata) past all the skyscrapers and under the banal veins of Central Expressway, you’d soon enter Deep Ellum. At the neighborhood’s gateway under the freeway, you’d be greeted by the…

This Saturday (October 27), FOX is holding a casting call for season four of MasterChef at the Le Cordon Bleu of Dallas (11830 Webb Chapel Road). This is one of about a dozen casting calls across the country as they try to 18 find amateur cooks for the show. See…

Following North Texas’ big win at the Great American Beer Fest, this week’s cover story by Lauren Drewes Daniels profiles the rise of the DFW craft brew. To see what kind of growth we’re talking about, Lauren’s broken down each of the local brewers. Check it out below. Rahr &…

Food Policy Action is a group of “healthy food advocates, animal welfare and anti-hunger champions,” who have designed a platform for grading members of congress on their overall food policy record. Today, October 24, the group released their first order of business, a National Food Policy Scorecard based on legislative…

The 3rd annual Blues, Bandits and BBQ is this Friday and Saturday in an old sunflower patch in Oak Cliff (715 W Davis Street). The two-day will have live music, Four Corners’ beer and 23 teams cooking more than 1,000 pounds of meat. Admission is free, but if you want…

This past Sunday I was in Waxahachie on account of a little baseball tournament. There was a big break between games, so we went in search of a something local and, hopefully, interesting to eat. But, that’s hard to do in small towns on Sundays because most mom-and-pops are closed…