Everyone loves doughnuts. Old people love doughnuts. So do kids. Doughnut shops can be found in rural towns and urban neighborhoods across America, rarely with a sign more specific than the word “donut.” (Yes, they spell it wrong.) They transcend race, class and gender. They are the kind of food…
Contrary to popular belief, being a vegan in Dallas is not a wholly miserable experience. We don’t get spit on while walking down the street, nor do we have to wear big red Vs pinned to our clothing. These days, most people in the restaurant industry know that vegans don’t…
One-time barista Liz Goulding drinks coffee around Dallas so her head doesn’t hurt and so she can help keep yours from hurting, too. Got a place to suggest? Leave it in the comments. Weekend Coffee is tucked inside The Joule Hotel in downtown Dallas. Having never stayed there, I imagined…
Dear People Wandering Sadly Around the Bishop Arts District on a Monday Night, I see you. It’s Monday night, and you are at the Bishop Arts District. I can tell you don’t live around here because of that confused and disappointed look on your face. I feel sorry for you,…
One-time barista Liz Goulding drinks coffee around Dallas so her head doesn’t hurt and so she can help keep yours from hurting, too. Got a place to suggest? Leave it in the comments. I didn’t think I’d like Number One for a few reasons, namely its address in the Park…
Oak Cliff Coffee Roasters has been delivering freshly roasted coffee to wholesale clients and porches since 2008, but have never had a place to call their own. All that changes Friday when owner Shannon Neffendorf opens his own coffee shop in Oak Cliff. And it is about time, because Oak…
One-time barista Liz Goulding drinks coffee around Dallas so her head doesn’t hurt and so she can help keep yours from hurting, too. Got a place to suggest? Leave it in the comments. When I arrived at on a weekday afternoon, Mudsmith, the eight-month-old coffee shop on Greenville, only had…
Rita Foust and Mel Jones make a good pair. She is a self-described perfectionist, which can be tough in the business of growing food. Luckily, Jones is laid-back and happy to go along with her ideas for what and where to plant vegetables on their farm. Together, they are the…
Tea is often overshadowed by the stronger, more caffeinated coffee. But there is way more to tea than ordering it sweetened or unsweetened. If you felt like it, you could geek out over the origins, flavors, and steeping methods of tea for the rest of your life. Pam Miller and…
Early bird registration for the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance’s (FARFA) Leadership Conferenceopened this week. If you care about local food issues, then mark calendar your for September 22-23 because you might want to head down to Bastrop for this one. (If you can’t go, they would still be happy…
Kim Martin and Laurie Bostic of Barking Cat Farm are an open book. They will tell you anything you want to know about what they are growing, how they are growing it and how it’s going. They also believe that if you don’t like a vegetable, you probably haven’t sautéed…
It’s the week of July 4th, which means it’s time to celebrate our freedom in vague ways that suggest many of us have no idea what freedom really means. One of the ways many of us celebrate our self-conceived notion of freedom is by doing whatever we want, whenever we…
Monday is the start of another special legislative session at the Capitol in Austin. There are a few items on the agenda: transportation, capital murder sentencing guidelines and that whole restricting access to abortions (and women’s health care) thing. Perhaps that last one has upset you a little. Perhaps you…
Yesterday I had lunch at HG Sply Co. over on Lower Greenville. It’s been mentioned around here already, but in case you didn’t know, the HG stands for hunt and gather, which should tell you this is a paleo leaning restaurant. Without going into too much detail, followers of a…
Corn gets a bad rap these days and for good reason. There’s the whole GMO thing, leading to corn that can tolerate an ever-increasing amount of pesticides and fertilizers (which are bad for you). Then there is the part where it gets turned into high fructose corn syrup leading to…
Planning a date is tricky business, especially if you are actually interested in the person you are dating. You want to stand out from other potential suitors, but not in a creepy or bad way. And then there is deciding what angle to take: romantic and schmaltzy or fun and…
Chef Nicole Gossling has been having her Secret Supper Club for a while now. You might have even read about it around here. Gossling has always worked to source much of her food directly from local farmers, but tomorrow night she is doing something she has never done before: hosting…
Calling all aspiring farmers: Paul Quinn College’s “We Over Me Farm” would like to teach you a little bit about soil and how to make it better. If you talk to most farmers or ranchers, they would tell you they are actually dirt farmers. In fact, they spend quite a…
Tasting a Santa Rosa Plum for the first time a few years ago opened my eyes (and mouth) to the fact that I had probably never really tasted a plum before. Sure, I had technically eaten things called plums, but in reality those were mushy watered-down purple round things disguised…
