Live thoroughbred racing returns to Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie this Thursday when the ponies take their post positions at 6:35 p.m. for the first race of the year. Since last season the racetrack has spent $11 million on improvements, including a remodel of Silks Dining Terraces on the…

Thursday, April 11 The We Over Me Farm at Paul Quinn College is hosting its annual Community Cooks dinner this Thursday. Some of Dallas’ best chefs will be serving at the event, including Chad Houser, Jeff Harris of Bolsa, Jason Maddy of Oak and Matt McCallister of FT33. Tickets are…

The ninth annual Taste of the NFL: The Ultimate Cowboys Tailgate Party is this Sunday, April 21, at the Glass Cactus at the Gaylord Texan. You’ll need to get on your fancy-pants for this event, since you’ll be mingling with some football players, Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders and some of Dallas’…

Modern Farmer, a new quarterly print magazine that will hit the stands on April 15, has just recently launched an online site. The publication and site aims to cover a wide breadth of issues like the farm-to-plate movement, sustainability, global food issues, farming, chicken coops, legislation and, occasionally, photos of…

Arlington has added a few amenities that might coordinate well with pre- or post-game Rangers activities. We’re building off this list we created last year with a couple new spots that add a little character to central Arlington — if used car lots weren’t enough character in the first place…

Each week (or thereabout) we ask a local chef three burning questions about his or her favorite culinary reads, food shames and best (or worst) meals. This week, we hear from Boss Lady and Pitmaster, Diane and Justin Fourton of Pecan Lodge. 1. What are your three favorite cookbooks? The…

The White Rock Local Market has gotten off to a robust start this spring. Every year the size, selection and general merriment grows for the “Only Growers, Only Makers, Only Local,” market. And that makes us happy. In a few weekends, Saturday, April 27 to be exact, the market will…

Earlier this week, Scott Reitz reported on the very untimely passing of chef and restaurateur Randall Copeland. Last night, Teresa Gubbins at Culture Map reported that after one last dinner service for friends and family to commemorate Copeland’s passing, Restaurant Ava has permanently closed. Copeland certainly seemed to share a…

Two major local beer events are slated for the next ten days that beer drinkers of all shapes, sizes and manner will certainly be excited about. The Big Texas Beer Fest is Saturday at the Fair Park Automobile Building, where 100 different breweries, including 20 from Texas, will be pouring…

Jack’s Burger Truck, also called the Munchie Mobile, is in town, and you might be like, “Yeah? So what? I can go to Jack in the Box anytime my little clogged heart wants.” Well, burgers from Jack’s truck are free. On Friday the truck will be passing out free Jumbo…

Thursday, April 4 Garden Café will host Freedom Through Food, a small gathering of local sustainable food and gardening activists, including Suzie Marshall of GROW North Texas. Chef Chad Houser and Graham Dodds will be cooking at the event, which starts at 5:45 p.m. Scott Reitz got more details earlier…

April 2 is National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day. Last year this day was cold and dreary. I remember because an editor at a high-end culinary magazine wrote and article about her best PB&J, and I remember it was toasted. I thought she had gone and taken something really simple…

I have mixed feelings about April Fool’s Day, primarily on account of my older brother, who sort of scarred me for life. I’ll never be able to trust anyone on this first day of April. Even a previous story this morning about Snuffer’s on Greenville closing for a rebuild had…

The original Snuffer’s location at 3526 Greenville Ave. is going away soon. But, not to worry your little cheddar fries-laced arteries. The old spot is coming down so a new spot can go up. Late Sunday night Snuffer’s announced via their Facebook page plans to rebuild: “In March 1978 we…

Last year it wasn’t until 10 p.m. the night before Easter Sunday that I remembered it was absolutely definitely time to round up some Peeps and chocolate peanut butter eggs to fill baskets, which is partially on account of me not wanting to spend money on things that will be…

Recently, we were contacted by Sara Blankenship’s dog Eli, a German shepherd mix about the Greyhound Adoption League of Texas’ fundraiser at the Gin Mill this weekend, called Yappy Hour. Like so many dogs out there, he was looking for a little publicity for the event. Here’s our exchange: Listen,…

Last year I penned an ode about tailgating on Opening Day at the Ballpark in Arlington. We didn’t have tickets to the game, so tailgating was as close as we could get. Minus the unexpected fly over by the loudest machines on planet Earth, it was amazing. Well, yeah, don’t…

Each week (or thereabout) we ask a local chef three burning questions about their favorite culinary reads, food shames and best (or worst) meals. Front Burner’s corporate chef, John Franke, is in charge of menu development for Whiskey Cake, Velvet Taco, The Ranch at Las Colinas, Red Dog Right and…

The Texas Rangers have been busy this off-season. No, not building a better bullpen. Who cares about that? Instead, they’ve been building amazing plates of glorious food. While trying to orchestrate the feeding of an estimated 25,000 hot dogs to baseball fans next Friday at Opening Day, Casey Rapp with…