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

With Dry January about to come to a close, National Croissant Day’s arrival on January 30 gives us yet another reason to celebrate.  Though the croissant is the official pastry of France, its origins are in Vienna, Austria, where in 1683 soon after the Hapsburg victory over the Ottoman Empire, Viennese bakers reshaped their traditional...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

Between Pinterest boards filled with edible works of art to “Instagram-worthy” meals to “food porn,” thanks to technology, food has been objectified to the point in which many of us have practically forgotten its value.   I get it – my “phone eats first,” and I can spend 10 minutes trying to get the perfect...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