Michelin-starred chef joins Beren Meze
Posted by Malcolm | July 5, 2026 | Food & restaurants
The low & slow rise of Cultura BBQ
Posted by Malcolm | July 5, 2026 | Food & restaurants
At the Oaks Coffee shop takes over Cannon space
Posted by Malcolm | July 5, 2026 | Food & restaurants
Not the same ol’ Med
Posted by Malcolm | June 11, 2026 | Food & restaurants
Food & restaurants
LatestA second serving of Samwon Garden
by Malcolm | July 6, 2026 | Food & restaurants
The pioneering Korean restaurant Samwon Garden returns with a new menu and new owner – and a...
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Michelin-starred chef joins Beren Meze
by Malcolm | July 5, 2026 | Food & restaurants
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The low & slow rise of Cultura BBQ
by Malcolm | July 5, 2026 | Food & restaurants
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At the Oaks Coffee shop takes over Cannon space
by Malcolm | July 5, 2026 | Food & restaurants
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LatestPioneering coffee shop turns 15
Avoca Coffee Roasters, which helped usher in the era of craft coffee in Fort Worth, celebrates its...
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LatestInterview: Simon Raymonde of Cocteau Twins, 1994
My scheduled 15-minute chat turned into a long, introspective, sometimes funny, sometimes somber...
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by Malcolm | July 14, 2025 | Favorite Stories, Food & restaurants
While Fort Worth is supposedly growing into this great food city, it still doesn’t know how to...
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The architects of Fort Worth’s fine dining scene
by Malcolm | May 11, 2025 | Favorite Stories, Food & restaurants
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Hickory Stick BBQ offers classic ‘cue – and no fat, 2012
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Steven Parker is keeping the art of bootmaking alive
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LatestA guide to Fort Worth’s fieriest foods
by Malcolm | May 22, 2026 | Best of, Food & restaurants
For Fort Worth Magazine’s May cover story, I set out to discover the city’s fieriest...
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Fort Worth’s best new restaurants 2025
by Malcolm | December 10, 2025 | Best of, Food & restaurants
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I’m a Fort Worth native who’s been writing about my hometown since 1992, when I joined the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Over a 26-year career there — 14 years on staff and 12 as a freelancer — I traveled across town, the state, and the country, writing about music, pop culture, food, and people, both famous and unsung, from Billy Joel to a young high school couple in love in a small Texas town.
My work has appeared in the Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun, Orlando Sentinel, American Way, Texas Music, Pop Culture Press, and MTV.com. I currently freelance for Fort Worth Magazine and CultureMap.
This site is an ongoing work in progress, updated regularly with new stories and older work spanning my now 30-year-plus career.