Merritt Martin

If those midnight toasts didn’t satisfy, think of something more along the lines of morning and noontime toasts. Possibly French, definitely buttered. Maybe with a side of chicken-fried deliciousness. Now don’t go cooking up a mess in the kitchen ...

Little known fact: A home-cooked feast on Dec. 25 is not a requirement. Leave it to professionals. It’s fine. Sure, cooking all day and doing dishes may be a great way to escape family drama or a televised sporting event, but it might be just as r...

Mom. Mama. Mother. Neighbor. Sister. Gladys. Whatever she’s called, call her Sunday. Pro tip: That day is Mother’s Day. And take her for a nice meal, for crying out loud. Maybe she gracefully accepted hand-turkeys and tolerated a nearly mute Goth ...

Christmas Day poses an interesting opportunity for dining. Or is it a conundrum? For those who celebrate the holiday, it could be an opportunity to perfect and present a feast of dishes from the home oven, but for many, leaving things to the profe...

Daiso Japan, the obscenely well-organized Japanese $1.50 store, was enough of a magnet to draw lines of obsessive shoppers to Carrollton, but now the same strip mall on Old Denton Road has added Kinokuniya, upping the ante and making the shop...

Dallas doesn’t long for film festivals, big or small, long or short. And that’s fine by us. The window into various topics, cultures and technologies provided by fests is invaluable, if not always entertaining. And c’mon, that’s not meant as an in...