The cinnamon roll as we know it is a Scandinavian invention — Sweden’s kanelbulle has been around since the 1920s, and October 4th is still celebrated there as Cinnamon Roll Day. The version that took over American bakeries came later, built on enriched yeasted dough, softened with butter, rolled tight with cinnamon and brown sugar, and finished ...

For a long time, Dallas got a little too much credit for its steakhouses and not nearly enough for its bars. That’s changed. The James Beard Foundation has taken notice. So has Michelin. Heavy-hitter bartenders who built careers in New York and LA have been quietly landing here, opening rooms that can hold their own against anything in those cities. The cocktail scene isn...

Burger Schmurger started as a backyard pop-up. A year later, it’s one of the more legitimate smashburger destinations in East Dallas, and the crew at 718 N. Buckner is throwing a block party to mark the occasion.

The celebration is Thursday, April 30, starting at 3 p.m., with the main action running 5 to 8. Live music from Downtown Doug, a dunk tank with the fou...

Bishop Arts gets the press. It gets the food tourists, the Instagram posts, the out-of-town write-ups that call it charming and walkable and full of independent spirit. All of that is true. But a few blocks away, running parallel and older and considerably less interested in your approval, is Jefferson Boulevard — and it has been f...

There is a moment in the first act of Bizet’s Carmen when the title character walks onto the stage, tosses a flower at a soldier she has barely glanced at, and walks away. No grand entrance. No trembling aria. Just that. And the soldie...