Kyeyote, Doug Funnie, Meathead Wop
In an old-school rap song battle, I’m pretty sure there’s one tune that trumps them all. But I’m not going to...
Racism’s Echoes
A best-selling novel called The Help, set in Jackson, Miss., in 1962, is about the relationships between black maids and the white families they...
30 Minutes or Less: Delivery Boom
Some young thespians bag their first Academy Award nomination and morph into Serious Actors who do only prestige projects intended to win them the...
In Defense of Leon Russell
I recently told somebody that blues guitarist B.B. King was coming to Verizon Theatre on October 8 and that I was excited about Leon...
The Help: Maid in Mississippi
When Kathryn Stockett’s debut novel The Help became a huge popular success in 2009, Hollywood studios immediately rushed in with offers to have A-list...
Praise The Lord And Pass The Kool-Aid
I like to think I’m relatively well-liked by my colleagues in the news business and that I’ve been doing this long enough to know...
Intriguing Temaki Sushi
In Japanese, “temaki” means the kind of sushi roll that looks like a horn of plenty. In Fort Worth, Temaki means an interesting new...
Sleuthing with Spice Girls
One of my challenges as Chow, Baby is trying to protect my identity as a food writer — note-taking during a meal feels so...
An Ending, A Beginning
A North Texas institution enjoys its last hurrah this weekend. After more than 11 years in operation, Granbury Live holds its final show, called...
Movies About Maids
The Help looks poised to be a huge hit this weekend, and everyone is healthily chewing over the book and the film’s racial politics....
