There are just a handful of female celebrity chefs in the country, and Dallas is home to the best: Tiffany Derry. Tiffany is the very definition of a celebrity chef; she regularly stars in top-rated national television programs, has appeared multiple times on Times Square billboards, has cooked for major celebrities including Oprah Winfrey, is...Read More
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
Weddings typically go vows, kiss, mid-aisle-dip-and-kiss, photos, reception, first dance, meal, mutual cake cutting (with “Don’t You DARE Smoosh It In My Face” feeding), Party! Party! Party!, and finally, sparkler-illuminated departure. The couple has fun, the guests have fun, and the photographer gets their shot list. I thought it would be fun to explore unique...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
The first Sunday in June marks the start of camp season. The signs are everywhere: SUVs painted in camp colors declaring the occupants are “Ozark or Bust!” Counselors with clipboards, harried parents lugging trunks and pillows, and sometimes eager, sometimes apprehensive campers swarming around rows of white motorcoaches lined up in Neiman Marcus’ parking lot,...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
Peggy Sue is a big girl with a fire in her belly. She’s up there in years, almost 40, but after a complete overhaul last year, looks young and spry. Shiny and polished, she’s dressed all in black save for strategically placed logos that look like interlocking Chanel C’s, but they are red B’s: the...Read More
Travel during the holidays is sometimes motivated by guilt: “Over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house we go,” and all that. Our To-Do Lists are filled with holiday-related errands and tasks, so the fun kind of travel, the day trips and staycations, don’t happen like they do the other 47 weeks of...Read More
The Tex-Mex segment in Dallas is en fuego. Within the circulation boundaries of Preston Hollow People and Park Cities People alone, there are at least 12 Tex-Mex restaurants including Rafa’s, Mesero (2), Odelay, Mi Cocina (2), Fernando’s, El Fenix, Muchacho, and Jalisco Norte. That doesn’t include two Chipotles, one Taco Joint, a Velvet Taco and two upscale predominantly Mexican,...Read More
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