D Magazine June 2007

At the East Dallas Community Garden, refugees from Cambodia, Vietnam, Burma, and Somalia have grown foods from their homelands to feed their families and communities.

The current Trinity parkway design misses the mark. But the answer is to fix it, not can it.

Swimsuits that’ll turn heads whether you’re poolside or seaside.

Dallas’ recycling program has cause to celebrate its six-month anniversary.

From sporty to sophisticated, we found a bevy of beach bags to suit your style this summer.

You should eat locally grown food because you’ll save mankind. Oh, and because it tastes better.

Shanna Lopez would still be policing the streets of Dallas today if she hadn’t stumbled onto a ring of DPD veterans trying to inflate their arrest numbers by preying on those they had sworn to protect.

If dapper duds are what you’re after, Barneys’ Ken Foret is the man to see.

UTD’s NanoTech Institute has big-time street cred in the nano world, thanks to Ray Baughman, whose far-reaching discoveries are putting the miniscule under the microscope.

Lindsay Graham’s Telegram

A SMU professor and his wife keep turning up in novels.

W.K. Jeffus hunts down history the old-fashioned way, without a computer.

Grab the kids and put that SUV to work. North Texas is home to dozens of bountiful farms and ranches where you can roll up your sleeves and make your mouth happy.

Well, actually it’s in Addison, but WaterTower is setting the standard for all area theater companies.

 This man radiates refinement.

Why is it that the hottest bodies at Dallas’ biggest events are there just as adornments?

Azul Blue Hotel + Spa pampers guests with a gourmet-inclusive stay on the Mayan Riviera.

A Dallas eye doctor helps his father see how they can change the world.

A look at where, and why, the elite meet to eat at  Al Biernat’s.

Because if Dallas is a real foodie town, we need a place where chefs and shoppers can buy and eat local.

One young reader takes exception to our columnist’s use of irony.

Navigating the choppy waters of the Dallas seafood scene yields one catch worth weighing.

McKinney couple pops yummy corn.

Nove Italiano is a great restaurant. Just don’t expect real Italian food.

It’s bright pink. Front-lawn flamingo pink. And although women will love X-Rated Fusion Liqueur, men will still empty the bottle to the last drop.

You’re lucky. North Texas offers a bounty of delicious, healthy food, everything from plump tomatoes to sweet basil to chickens that actually taste like chicken. Here’s how to take advantage of where you live.

Emack & Bolio’s comes to Flower Mound. The Boston chain was founded by a music lawyer with rock ’n’ roll connections.