D Home March-April 2006

Chef of the Month Chris Ward of Mercury Grill shares his recipe for Pepper Crusted Tuna with Ziziki Sauce & Panzanilla Salad.

Ports are sweet and delicious, but the many varieties are also subtle and sophisticated.

Peer inside the most beautiful private garden in Dallas.

Our green guru has always been a reticent recycler, but Dallas new recycling program may change all that.

The Dallas Morning News architecture critic has savaged local developers, architects, builders, and real estate agents for decades. Is Dallas finally doing something right?

Reflections on the occasion of our six-year anniversary.

Art collector Leah Fullinwider shares her Soviet-era art secrets and treasures.

Oddly beautiful pieces for the home.

We surveyed nearly 1,000 area builders and asked them to name the very best. Here’s how the votes tallied up.

Real men choose peach.

This apartment dining room takes its cues from stylish restaurants everywhere.

Everything you need to know to get your garden ready for spring.

Julia Dodd sold her Highland Park house, liquidated the family antiques, and started from scratch in Oak Cliff. Along the way, she discovered herself.

The Dallas Design District continues its metamorphosis. Here’s what to expect when the dust settles. 

Readers request their favorite recipes from Dallas restaurants.

The latest on the Dallas home and design scene, with gossip, products, personalities, shopping advice, and more.

Wildlife enthusiasts Vera and Bob Thornton have climbed an 80-foot tree in Venezuela and traveled to a dozen or more countries in pursuit of their twin passions: birding and photography.

The book- and art-filled Highland Park home of Anne and Alan Bromberg is richly decorated with years of obsessive discovery.

Slicers and mandolins go beyond utilitarian with these sleek designs.

Professionals know how to make a house shine (and sell). Learn from some of the area’s best.

Todd Johnson likes stuff. Lots of it. And he makes no excuses.