North Texas has never been known for its bread, except when bread is the oft-used metaphor for money. And, thanks to the Ewings, Dallas is known for its wealth. North Texas Native Americans made their versions of bread, then came Mrs. Baird’s, which has been making and selling bread to the masses since 1908. Go...Read More
May 3, 2022 Kersten Rettig “Dunia realigns the stars with her desserts,” said Dotty Griffith, the late, legendary food critic who put La Duni on the map with her effusive review back in 2001. Indeed, Duni’s cuatro leches cake is the stuff of lore, gracing weddings, birthdays, and many Cinco de Mayos since it was...Read More
Eating dinner together as a family improves physical and mental health, benefits academic success, and helps maintain emotional connections between parents and children. Unfortunately, only 23% of Americans polled by market research company YouGov break bread together four-to-six times a week. Josephine Giesen is on a mission to allow more families to enjoy more dinners...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
It’s a neighborhood place, Bluffview Growler. The kind you take your kids to after a soccer game and recognize the faces you see there every Thirsty Thursday. The sister of Lakewood Growler has been open since January 2017, quietly serving craft beers from 45 taps in a cozy taproom designed by co-owner Stacie Czech who...Read More
“Want to see my diamonds?” he asked, catching me off guard as I was trying to name the Led Zepplin song playing in the background. Lee Fuqua knows how to get a girl’s attention, and I followed him past a giant worktable and brown boxes stacked Nowitzki high. There they were on the floor, hundreds...Read More
Song Pairing: A Million Dreams from The Greatest Showman The Charles The steady hum of much needed interpersonal connection filled the space, the occasional percussive beats of laughter punctuated the atmosphere, then quieted, leaving a brief pause for me to hear the background music. It was reopening night at The Charles after its closure on...Read More
When I attend dinner parties, I like to bring a host gift that’s good for breakfast, such as pastries or muffins, thinking it will be a relief for the hosts not to have to prepare anything the next morning. Thanks to Zoe Horton, I now have an infinitely better hostess gift to bring: LulaMade’s Biscotti....Read More
Song Pairing: Listen to the Mockingbird George Lewis Band – Jazz at Preservation Hall First Impressions . . . The first time I met Stephanie Magilow, she was sampling product at Central Market and wearing a food-server’s hairnet. The second time I met her there, she was wearing a hair net. The third time I...Read More
When she was 30, Franchesca Nor had her first baby, an aqua, navy, and seafoam progeny named Dive Coastal Cuisine. (ABOVE: Dive Coastal Cuisine serves fresh, sustainable, non-GMO, organic salads, seafood, and sandwiches. Photo Kim Leeson) Her son, Archer James, was born in 2016. Both have matured and evolved; nourished the body, soul, and heart; and...Read More
