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BEST MAC AND CHEESE

Pecan LodgeMac and cheese is one of those dishes that is all over the map. There are highbrow versions made with mascarpone and obscure aged cheese, and there are the versions we all grew up on that came out of a cardboard box. There are baked versions that will cause your heart to flutter and there […]
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Dallas Police Are Now Posting Prostitution Ads on Backpage.com

Anyone who frequents the escort section of backpage.com probably already knows this. Ditto for anyone who has given much thought to how police vice units are adapting to an era in which much of the sex trade is orchestrated online. It bears mentioning nonetheless: The Dallas Police Department is posting...
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Dallas’ Law Firms Are Really, Really White

At the Dallas law firm of Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Bluenthal, LLP, diversity is important. Says so right here on its website. The problem, despite boasts of being "one of the first Dallas law firms to hire women attorneys," is that it's not very good at it. Out of 53...
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At HG Sply Co., Underwhelming Food for Overwhelming Crowds

Lowest Greenville Avenue hasn't been an easy place to run a bar or restaurant. The strip's tainted past, punctuated by a violent July Fourth incident that ended in citations, arrests and more than a dash of pepper spray, has drawn the watchful eye of the Dallas City Council. The resulting...
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Here Are Some Medical Procedures Texas Regulates Less Than Abortions

Placing tough new rules on abortion clinics is just common sense, according to common sense fanatic Rick Perry. He says that House Bill 2--the new law requiring all abortions to be performed in surgical centers, by a doctor with admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles -- will ensure...
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BEST GREEK RESTAURANT

Stratos Greek TavernaEverything about Stratos lets you know that you’re in for something that is over the top. The building that holds the restaurant is massive and wrought iron gates painted in sky bird blue jump out from the white exterior walls. The website for the restaurant fills your office with festive music while you check out […]
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BEST CHEF

Matt McCAllister, FT33What does it take to have a nationally recognized restaurant scene? A collection of restaurants that offers something you can’t get elsewhere. Dallas needs more chefs and restaurateurs who are willing to sculpt the local dining scene and take it in a new direction. Chefs like Matt McCallister, who has shown he’s willing to take […]
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BEST DANCE PERFORMANCE

Rite of Spring, SMUWhen SMU contracted Dutch artist Joost Vrouenraets to choreograph a new version of Rite of Spring for the piece’s centennial celebration, we thought, “Huh, that’s ballsy for a private Methodist university.” When we went to dress rehearsals and saw that the dancer was using the piece’s anarchic legacy to push through subversive theories about social […]
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Duck Fat Will Change Your (Cooking) Life

I first stumbled upon duck fat as an everyday kitchen ingredient about five years ago. I was testing a particularly chefy set of recipes for a magazine, and two of them called for a tablespoon of the stuff. Since I couldn't find it anywhere locally, I ordered rendered duck fat...
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The 30 Best North Texas Albums of 2013: Part One

There's no definitive way to say how many albums, EPs, mixtapes and other new music came from North Texans in 2013. Bandcamp keeps track of tags, and it has over 400 releases for "Dallas" since mid-April. So figure somewhere well into the thousands. We listened to as many of those...
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KXT’s Sarah Jane Semrad on the Value of Independent Radio

Sarah Jane Semrad's first local show was Course of Empire. And so it began. Nowadays, SJ is easily one of the most important and hard-working people in our local music community. She's marketing director at KKXT-FM 91.7, a station riveted in local music support, where it's pretty damn satisfying to...
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The 13 Worst Food Trends of 2013

Except the cronut. We love the cronut. (Photo: Tejal Rao)Here are 13 food trends that have become ubiquitous and shed the sheen of novelty -- now they're just dull and sometimes annoying, in spite of an exciting debut. (To keep things interesting, we've included a few food trends we hope...
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The 30 Best North Texas Albums of 2013: Part Two

There's no definitive way to say how many albums, EPs, mixtapes and other new music came from North Texans in 2013. Bandcamp keeps track of tags, and it has over 400 releases for "Dallas" since mid-April. So figure somewhere well into the thousands. We listened to as many of those...
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Dallas to HUD: Stuff It!

Right after the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development accused Dallas last month of massive racial segregation and housing fraud, Mayor Mike Rawlings was all for making nice. That lasted all of two weeks. Now he and the city attorney are telling HUD to go screw itself. Last month,...