Email Author Alice Laussade

Awards

• 2012 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists

  Cheap Bastard

• 2011 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published September 16, 2010

  "OK, Who Put Food in My Beer?"

• 2011 - Lone Star Awards, published March 18, 2010

  "Moms Gone Wired"

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2007 Stories by Alice Laussade

• Szechuan Chinese Restaurant

  published December 27, 2007

  Lunch special: $5.25 buffet 7 days a week. As I was pointing and laughing at the bright orange Oompa Loompas who were leaving... More >>

• Tune in Tuna

  published December 27, 2007

  How are you ringing in 2008? With some ridiculously unachievable and unfun resolutions involving The Zone diet and wheat germ? You do that every... More >>

• Avila's Mexican Restaurant

  published December 20, 2007

  Lunch special: Cheese enchilada with meat sauce, beef taco, rice, beans and a drink, $7.95 Parking spots out front count:... More >>

• Oliver? I Just Met Her

  published December 20, 2007

  At 8 p.m. Friday, see Oliver!, a musical based on Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist (In the book, an orphan boy teams up with a... More >>

• I Want It All

  published December 13, 2007

  Lunch special: Buffet $5.99 Water refills: 20 Plate refills: 20 A tasty food magnet drew my car to the "$5.99... More >>

• General Badass

  published December 13, 2007

  How did Wesley Clark not get elected in 2004? He was valedictorian of his class at West Point, he's a Rhodes Scholar, and at this point, if... More >>

• Park It at PD’s

  published December 6, 2007

  Laps of parking lot required before you'll find a spot count: 15 Chip varieties count: Bites left on your plate count:... More >>

• Bad or Good?

  published December 6, 2007

  I have great taste in music. It's probably because of my rating scale, which is a thumbs up or a thumbs down based on one question: Has your band... More >>

• Burgers With Balls

  published November 29, 2007

  Lunch special: Hamburger, sweet potato chips and a drink for $9.46. Homemade root beer at the fountain count: 1 "Sofa King... More >>

• The Butter Queen

  published November 29, 2007

  This Friday, Central Market will be completely out of whipping cream and butter. From noon to 2 p.m., skip your lame work lunch: Ina Garten... More >>

• The Butter Queen

  published November 29, 2007

  This Friday, Central Market will be completely out of whipping cream and butter. From noon to 2 p.m., skip your lame work lunch: Ina Garten... More >>

• South Dallas Café

  published November 22, 2007

  Lunch specials: Monday-Friday $5.95 TVs playing soap operas: 2 Guy walking around asking if everything's OK and refilling my... More >>

• Hope You've Been Nice

  published November 22, 2007

  This weekend, Santa's showing up early. Like everyone else, he thinks we should skip Thanksgiving and start calling the day after Halloween... More >>

• Thumpity Thump Thump

  published November 22, 2007

  I wonder if it'll ever snow in Dallas this winter. Actually, I wonder if it'll ever be winter in Dallas this winter. Either way, chicks will still... More >>

• Mooyah Burgers

  published November 15, 2007

  Lunch special: Burger, fries and a drink for $7.85 People in line in front of me: 15 Number of french fries in one order of... More >>

• Again With Antigone

  published November 15, 2007

  UNT is performing a modern version of Antigone. And I can't wait. Antigone's gonna overdose on TrimSpa at the end of the play when... More >>

• Sing Me Back Home (From Frisco)

  published November 15, 2007

  Can't sing? Can't read? Have I got the event for you: From 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, drive out to... More >>

• Big D's Dogs

  published November 8, 2007

  Lunch: Dog and a drink for $6.33 Times employees resist making hot dog/dick jokes a day count: 1,000 Times employees make... More >>

• Pick Pickler?

  published November 8, 2007

  If you wear Wranglers, would you please buy the next size up? Seriously, dudes. I know you think "the Ladies" like the way those jeans look when... More >>

• Catch a Bouquet

  published November 8, 2007

  From 7 p.m. until 10 p.m. Saturday, bring your snooty nostrils and your uppity taste buds to WineFest at the Addison Conference Center,... More >>

• Tacos y Mas

  published November 1, 2007

  Lunch special: three tacos, rice, beans and a drink for $6.16 Cashier yelling at her cook in Spanish count: 1 Tables and... More >>

• Open Mind, Keep Eyeballs

  published November 1, 2007

  Did you see Pan's Labyrinth? Holy out of nowhere with the stabbing the guy in the face with the broken bottle, right? And that... More >>

• Two Words: Jalapeño Sausage

  published October 25, 2007

  Wednesday Lunch Special: $6.39 for a meat, a veggie, a roll and a drink. Add a peach cobbler for a buck. Corona bottles filled with... More >>

• Chills and Thrills

  published October 25, 2007

  When Halloween rolls around, I'm more of a get-drunk-and-wear-a-stupid-costume person than a go-scare-my-balls-off person. And, I've been that way... More >>

• Lovers Pizza and Pasta

  published October 18, 2007

  Lunch special: Every Day Special, $4.99 for one slice of pizza, a salad and a soda Fake plant count: 50 Chicks... More >>