Wade Nicolas, a Highland Park grad and dad of two Highland Park grads, likes to fish, bird hunt, and travel. The semi-retired tech guy had been preparing for a nine-day solo backpacking trip in Patagonia. Then Russia invaded Ukraine.  Feeling compelled to help, Wade canceled his trip to the southern tip of South America and...Read More

About food, flavor, cooking, success. Over the years I’ve interviewed many chefs and restauranteurs and there’s a theme that keeps popping up – mothers, grandmothers, and mother figures being the inspiration, teacher, cheerleader, and guiding light in their culinary journeys. For Mother’s Day, I asked local culinarians to tell me the things their mothers taught...Read More

Café 43 in the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum is a wonderful restaurant. The space is spectacular, the service is friendly and professional, and the food is delicious. Need more reasons to go? Here are 34 of them: 1. The space is beautiful, airy, and bright, with floor-to-ceiling windows. 2. There is an...Read More

Una Pequeña Reseña de The Mexican What is surely one of the most beautiful restaurants to open recently, The Mexican is elevated and luxurious on every level.  From the setting to the service and, of course, the food, it is Esplendído. My friend and football mom extraordinaire, Margaret Stafford, and I went for an early dinner,...Read More

Nikky Phinyawatana, Chef/Owner of Asian Mint, is on a mission to Thai-ify kitchens throughout Preston Hollow and the Park Cities. The Hockaday grad launched a line of Thai seasonings and sauces and is using them as tools to broaden the culinary horizons of home cooks. In her online Thai Takeover series, Nikky comes into local home kitchens,...Read More

April in Paris, chestnuts in blossom Holiday tables under the trees April in Paris, this is a feeling That no one can ever reprise   -Yip Harberg  If you can’t make it to Paris in April, the next best thing might just be to visit Parigi, the Oak Lawn Avenue restaurant named after the City of Light. Parigi, the...Read More

As an occasional user of Malai Kitchen’s West Village location, I was already familiar with the Vietnamese/Thai cuisine that arrived in Preston Center back in November. I’ve long been a fan of the crispy Thai tacos stuffed with shredded pork, the sweet and spicy green papaya salad, and the mango sweet rice dessert. In fact,...Read More

Food and romance are inextricably linked.  Unless you get food poisoning, that is, then romance is dead. Robin and Norm Bagwell circa 1984PHOTO: Robin Bagwell Restaurants are the setting for so many first looks, first dates, so many romantic gestures and proposals. In fact, quite a few romances in Preston Hollow and the Park Cities...Read More

Shannon Wynne has been called many things over the years, most notably “successful restauranteur” and perennial “cool kid.” Raised in Highland Park, Shannon is known for creating some of Dallas’ most vibrant clubs of the ‘80s and ‘90s – now just memories without landmarks as most of the buildings that housed his ventures have been...Read More

‘Tis the Season for hunters who enjoy one of the great outdoor activities this time of year: whitetail deer hunting, which is in full swing until Jan. 2 in northern Texas and until Jan. 16 in the southern part of the state. And, while hunters are hanging out in the deer stand, they might encounter...Read More