An imaginative mashup of Mexican & Japanese cuisines
The new Shogun Taqueria in the Near Southside area carries on the owner’s tradition of...
Read MorePosted by Malcolm | Aug 15, 2025 | Food & restaurants
The new Shogun Taqueria in the Near Southside area carries on the owner’s tradition of...
Read MorePosted by Malcolm | Aug 15, 2025 | Food & restaurants
After landing in the top 10 of Texas Monthly’s Best BBQ Joints list, Dayne’s has been...
Read MoreMy scheduled 15-minute chat turned into a long, introspective, sometimes funny, sometimes somber...
Read MoreThis story was originally published Feb. 3, 1994
Read MorePosted by Malcolm | Jul 28, 2025 | Food & restaurants
One of the city’s best BBQ joints will close August 17. Read more here.
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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.