Food & Drink
April 1, 1995
Something’s Cooking
Meet the hip young chefs at two Texas restaurants that everyone’s buzzing about.
Dallas
Sports
January 1, 1995
Barry Switzer Gets the Last Laugh
The rookie Cowboys coach has turned out to be exactly what all the critics said he wasn’t: a winner.
Art
January 1, 1995
Brush With Fame
As a curator and in his own work as a painter, Jerry Bywaters left a lasting legacy of Texas art.
Art
November 1, 1994
Black and White World
Life as it really was in Texas’ African American community, as seen through the eyes of almost forgotten photographers.
News & Politics
October 1, 1994
The Private Hell of Joel Gregory
One night the pastor of Dallas’ all-powerful First Baptist Church mysteriously resigned. To this day, no one is sure why.
Style & Design
September 1, 1994
Bridget Hall
Only sixteen, and very much in Vogue,
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Business
September 1, 1994
Ross Perot, Jr.
It’s junior’s mint, and he’s making the most of it.
Art
September 1, 1994
Rick Brettell
The arts impresario of Dallas.
Film & TV
September 1, 1994
Aaron Spelling
The trash-TV titan.
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Style & Design
September 1, 1994
Steve Burrus
Turning denim into dollars for AIDS.
Business
July 1, 1994
A Piece of the Action
If casino gambling comes to Texas, it’s a safe bet that the Pratt family of Dallas will be in on the jackpot.
Recipes
June 30, 1994
State Fare: Grilled Vegetable Sandwich
This creation mixes and matches ingredients from the countries of the Mediterranean: grilled portobello mushrooms from Italy, olive oil from France or Spain, hummus-tahini spread from the Middle East.“This sandwich was my wife’s idea,” says David Holben, the executive chef at Dallas’ Mediterraneo. “She’s a vegetarian and she asked me
Sports
May 31, 1994
Vain Glory
Jerry Jones may have the biggest ego in football, but don’t bet against him. Even without Jimmy Johnson, he still has the best team.
Food & Drink
April 30, 1994
Nouveau Grub
Around the state, a smorgasbord of stylish new restaurants defines the Texas bitegeist.
Recipes
March 1, 1994
State Fare: Roast Duck and Creamy Polenta
The ingredients are earthy but the effect is divine in chef Mark Morrow’s rustic anitra arrosto, or roast duck. Morrow’s recipes from Mi Piaci in Dallas (14854 Montfort) do a turn on traditional Italian fare: fresh fowl brushed with honey and balsamic vinegar and slow-cooked creamy polenta, made from simple cornmeal.The
Health
February 1, 1994
Love and Death on the Third Floor
She was the princess who wore Tiffany perfume. He was the middle-class guy who raced cars. But when they met on the cystic fibrosis wing of a Dallas hospital, romance bloomed.
Being Texan
January 1, 1994
What I Learned in the Bubble
Until I house-sat there last year, I thought I knew rarefied Highland Park. To my surprise, it was much more fragile and defensive than it had seemed.
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1994
ASKed Out
My third year organizing the JFK assassination conference was one year too many.
Books
September 30, 1993
“I Knew I Had Been Hit”
In a chilling excerpt from his autobiography, the late John Connally offers his close-up account of the Kennedy assassination.
Business
September 1, 1993
Texas 100: Beat the Clock
For country club developer Robert Dedman, success is won by squeezing every minute out of every hour of every day.
True Crime
September 1, 1993
The Seduction of Cruiser and Bruiser
Police officers Randy Harris and Swany Davenport were called heroes for busting Dallas drug dealers. But when they broke the laws they had pledged to uphold, the dealers cried foul—and the heroes got busted.
Food & Drink
June 30, 1993
Chuck Wagon Redux
The latest culinary crazy, Cowboy Cuisine has put a new spin on traditional Texas cooking.
Sports
May 1, 1993
A Farewell to Arm
Even after his baseball career is over, Nolan Ryan will continue to be a role model for my kids—and me.
True Crime
April 30, 1993
See No Evil
Dallas police say Charles Albright is the coldest, most depraved killer of women in the city’s history. To me, he seems like a perfect gentleman. Maybe too perfect.
Politics & Policy
April 1, 1993
The Little Engine That Might
From Paris to Dallas, everyone’s asking, Will the bullet train ever get on track?
Film & TV
April 1, 1993
Invasion of the Giant Purple Dinosaur
So what if Barney’s New Age niceness annoys some parents? His TV show is a hit with toddlers—and a financial bonanza for the Dallasites who brought him to life.
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Sports
March 1, 1993
Tom Who?
Jimmy Johnson said he’d see us in the Super Bowl, and he was right. Now he is a hero, and his critics are eating crow.
Business
December 1, 1992
Life of a Salesman
He’s no longer at the helm of Neiman’s, but 87-year-old Stanley Marcus still knows how to run a successful business. Just ask him.
Recipes
December 1, 1992
Date-Nut Chews
Recipe from Dean Fearing of Dallas’ Mansion on Turtle Creek.
Recipes
September 30, 1992
State Fare: Quesadillas and Hashbrowns
In Texas, October is the kindest month, bringing idle breezes and the promise of nippy mornings followed by glorious blue afternoons. In weather like this, you want to have friends over for Sunday brunch, but you don’t want to kill yourself cooking. That’s when you need recipes that get you
Film & TV
August 31, 1992
B-ing There
“People will watch anything,” says B-film director Bret McCormick.
Style & Design
August 31, 1992
Crew’s Control
Bare and spare, J. Crew’s newest retail outlet pays homage to refined minimalism.
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Sports
August 31, 1992
The Hungriest Coach
Three years after he replaced Tom Landry, Jimmy Johnson is giving Dallas Cowboys fans something to cheer about—and his critics are eating their words.
Art
June 30, 1992
Hot Shot
Haven’t heard of Geof Kern, Texas’ most famous photographer? You must live here.
Travel & Outdoors
June 30, 1992
To Ellum and Back
The face of Dallas’ most eclectic neighborhood changes every day, but its appeal remains familiar—and it keeps getting stronger.
Politics & Policy
June 30, 1992
Happy Babble
George H. W. Bush's commencement speech at Southern Methodist University was long on rhetoric and short on specifics.
Style & Design
May 31, 1992
Dream Weaver
A Dallas stylist’s patrons enjoy hair-raising experiences.
True Crime
April 1, 1992
The Killer Next Door
For six years, my landlord and his wife were the perfect neighbors. Then he was accused of murdering her—and suddenly I didn’t know what to believe.
Arts & Entertainment
March 1, 1992
Just the Fax
Dallas sportswriter Skip Bayless takes his column high tech.
Business
January 1, 1992
Doing the Hustle
Today, TGI Friday’s is sedate, but twenty years ago this month, the place started the singles era in Dallas.
Being Texan
November 1, 1991
Bona Fide Nuts
Dallas’ Bonehead Club revels in a well-deserved reputation for contrariness.
Food & Drink
November 1, 1991
Biting Remarks
New guides to Houston and Metroplex eateries hash it out.
Texas History
September 30, 1991
Benny and the Boys
Sure, they were gangsters, but they were our gangsters.
Art
September 30, 1991
Buried Treasures
Sifting through stored collections, the Dallas Museum of Art discovers a tradition of spiritual subtlety among Texas artists.
Style & Design
July 1, 1991
Boots and Me
In Texas, the cowboy boot still makes the man.
Politics & Policy
July 1, 1991
The Ghosts of the Freedmen
Dallas is a city that has prided itself on having escaped the hostility of the civil rights years—until now.
Health
April 1, 1991
Calm After the Storm
Stormie Jones’s historic transplant gave her four and a half good years. But at what cost?
Health
April 1, 1991
Arrival of the Fittest
Nice-guy bodybuilder Larry North has muscled his way into Dallas’ power circles.
Music
December 1, 1990
“I’m Just Me”
When country singer Charley Pride isn’t on the road, chances are he’s puttering around a Dallas golf course—or riding herd on his business holdings.
Music
December 1, 1990
Fine Tuning
From the Panhandle to the Bayou City, homegrown classical music ensembles are our best-kept secret.