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May 16, 2012
Oh Hey, Slurpee Lite: Fuck You.
Yesterday the Huffington Post reported that 7-Eleven is nationally debuting Slurpee Lite. Slurpee Lite will be made with Splenda instead of real sugar and promises to be "50% fewer calories, 100% awesome taste." Give me a summer-fucking break. Seems to me that if you're inside a 7-Eleven at all, y ... More >>
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May 2, 2012
Austin Food Truckery: Frozen Bananas, Fried Avocado Tacos and Brisket, All in the Same Lunch
You're bound to be in Austin at some point this summer. And if you're not into making reservations at a real restaurant, you'll probably end up at a food truck or three while you're there. I love Mighty Cone and the other great spots in the park on South Congress. And I'm excited that Odd Duck is ... More >>
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April 3, 2012
We Gave Parigi Chef Chad Houser This Big Box of Crap and He Made Us Easter Dinner
Welcome to the return of The Box. Last time, Craig Cottier turned the ingredients from The Box into radass St. Paddy's Day drinks. This time, we gave our big box of crap to Chad Houser, Cafe Momentum do-er and Parigi cheffer ("Parigi" means "fucking delicious deviled eggs" in French talk).
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December 19, 2011
Five Nights of Drinking at Home: It's Not Alcoholism If There's Christmas Music On
FlickrDon't ask me out for a drink because, 1.) I'm cheap and 2.) at the height of holiday shopping insanity, I like to leave my house less than Sigorney Weaver in Copycat. So I stay home, watch TV, read and drink. My drink of choice is usually peppermint Schnapps in hot chocolate. Yes, I kno ... More >>
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November 25, 2011
La Victoria: Man With 4 out of 32 Teeth Agrees -- It's "Yeeeeeees"
Alice LaussadeEach week, the Cheap Bastard goes looking for a new place to eat a meal for less than nine million dollars. This week, she finds the man of her dreams at La Victoria, 1605 N Haskell Ave., 214-827-0101. Dinosaur toy guarding the barbed wire fence count: 1 Times I've driven past ... More >>
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November 4, 2011
Mama Faye's: Delicious Dead Cow and Pig, but the Bread Disappoints
Alice LaussadeEach week, the Cheap Bastard goes looking for a new place to eat a meal for less than nine million dollars. This week, she checked out the Mama Faye's, 2933 Commerce St. They serve meat, lots of dead animal flesh, which Alice loves so much, we're starting to worry she's a werewo ... More >>
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September 20, 2011
Fry Master Abel Gonzales Jr. Teaches Us How to Make Fried Cookie Dough
DIY fried cookie dough. Oh snap.Last week, my friend told me about a batch of cookies she made with Oreo cookies crumbled inside them. "It's a cookie in a cookie!" Pretty impressive. But what would obviously be more impressive? We had to fry it. (begin Ghostbusters parody) "Who you gonna ca ... More >>
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September 9, 2011
Debating the Merits of Cake Balls, Cake Pops, and Other Cake Bastardizations
FlickrIn the spirit of debate season, we're trying to settle our grievances civilly: with scathing innuendo and name calling. The topic this time: Cake. Justin Bitner, City of Ate contributor: How did cake let things get so out of hand? It used to be so wonderfully two dimensional: cup or sh ... More >>
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September 6, 2011
Fried Bubble Gum Wins, Tastes Like My Little Pony Turds
Taryn WalkerFried bubble gum is really a fried strawberry-flavored marshmallow. Yum? More photos in the slideshow.This Labor Day, winners were crowned for the Big Tex Choice Awards. And we were definitely a little (OK, maybe a lot) excited. Like, a lot a lot. Allan W ... More >>
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August 5, 2011
Hack Saws and Fried Guacamole. Who Else is Proud to be a Texan?
This week in food blogs, a Dallas chef milked cows and wielded a hack saw to win $10,000; El Bulli closed; and we gave you an arsenal of excuses to eat and drink. Read on. City of Ate If you're looking for Ethiopian food that is as nonthreatening as it is tasty, Scott Reitz suggests Ibex E ... More >>
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August 1, 2011
Mache and Machetes: Fall Vegetable Gardening at Texas Discovery Gardens
Randy Johnson: Garden. Ninja."Hang on a sec, y'all," Randy Johnson (director of horticulture) says as he stomps through his lush, native flowerbed at the Texas Discovery Gardens in Fair Park. Classmates whisper uncomfortably, "Did he seriously just shove that Texas lantana out of his way?" Yep ... More >>
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July 22, 2011
The New Kid in Town, Squealing on Yelp and More
Sara KerensChicken, waffles and coffee at Oddfellows.This week in food blogs, the T Room sold sandwiches, users decided Yelp! is even more unreliable than they thought, and the newly opened and recently gassy Redfork is down two chefs. Most important, our new food critic started posting. Read ... More >>
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July 13, 2011
Five Ways to Change Up Your Obviously Boring Lemonade Recipe
Up until yesterday, I believed that July was National Lemonade Month. After Googling it, I discovered there likely isn't any such thing as "National Lemonade Month." July is just another hot month that needs a good, refreshing beverage. It is also, apparently, the National Month of blueberrie ... More >>
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July 8, 2011
Peachy Week in the Food Blogosphere
He did it for America.This week in food blogs, peach desserts were a big hit, ketchup haters learned to love Ketchup and Taco Cabana introduced different-tasting tacos. Read on. City of Ate Even Jenny Block, who doesn't like ketchup, enjoyed Ketchup the restaurant. In her review, she said th ... More >>
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June 24, 2011
Too Hot to Eat is Too Hot to Think Much About Eating, Apparently
Hungry burger fans mob the opening of Dallas proper's first In-N-Out. No, wait. They don't.Even though a new In-N-Out opened, the only things hot this week were Trinidad Scorpion "Butch T" peppers and the puzzling chains on Michael Costa's The Office Grill. Read on. City of Ate Welcome to ou ... More >>
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June 3, 2011
Lettuce Wrap Up: Of Miami BBQ Sucks, Douche-bars, and Magnums
Utopias. A really expensive beer.There was plenty going still going on with In-N-Out and food trucks this week, but I think we all need some time off. Instead, Dallas blogs have soda-and-burger paintings, fighting words about sous-vide and sweaters, and Miami spurting some nonsense. Read on. Cit ... More >>
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May 27, 2011
Food Trucks! All About Food Trucks! Because Food Tastes Better With a Side of Exhaust.
Breast-milk ice cream. Seriously, what is wrong with people?If you're not charmed by the food truck fad, then this week may have been slightly dull. If a food truck sighting is tantamount to spying a unicorn or an In-N-Out, then the blogosphere has some good news for you. It has something fo ... More >>
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May 13, 2011
Five Ways To Get Unlucky By Eating On Friday The 13th
If you haven't already been reminded by 90 coworkers today, we're happy to tell you that today's Friday the 13th. According to Wikipedia, fear of Friday the 13th is called friggatriskaidekaphobia. So now you know that. Nerd. Since today's already unlucky, in the spirit of getting screwed by ... More >>
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May 6, 2011
Of In-N-Out and Crabs...Our Inner 12-Year-Old Howls With Laughter
He's dead! Shot in the head! Please pass the bread! Stay classy, Dallas.It sounds like soft shell crabs and In-N-Out are finally coming to Dallas, so it's been a good week in Dallas food blogs. Read on. City of Ate Kristy Yang has some mixed feelings about Il Cane Rosso. She was disappointed ... More >>
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April 22, 2011
A Fuzzy Empire, Rare Puns and More This Week on Food Blogs
If you like lists or food trucks (and who doesn't?) it was a good week to be a Dallas blog reader. Nancy Nichols ate a bunch of steak, a blog post inspires readers to plug their iPods into onions, and Fuzzy's Tacos shops are popping up like.... Something that pops up quickly and all over. Lik ... More >>
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April 15, 2011
Lettuce Wrap Up: Of Whiskey Cake and Pickled Eggs. Bleh.
Via FoodbeastAnd then Taco Bell tested a shell made of Doritos. This week, Dallas is buzzing about Whiskey Cake (we beat the rest of them to it, FYI). And even though Easter is right around the corner, only a few displays of enthusiasm (like eating 41 pickled eggs, or finding a certain flavor ... More >>
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April 1, 2011
Elephants Never Forget, and We Won't Forget What's Her Name...Hanna
There's an elephant in the room. Or maybe at the Dallas Farmers Market. Read on. City of Ate For her next-to-last Dallas review, Hanna Raskin visits Park and finds the dishes overwrought, misleading and inconsistent -- and drowned in lemon juice. Alice Laussade describes the food at Szechwa ... More >>
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March 29, 2011
Anthony Bourdain Sort Of Responds to City of Ate Post
The question of whether an awards competition designed to confer legitimacy upon food writing should honor a writer who doesn't have an editor, discernible code of ethics or known identity has reached Anthony Bourdain -- and he's seized upon the occasion to condemn food writers everywhere. C ... More >>
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March 23, 2011
Food Writers Fret About James Beard's Humor Division
This week's announcement of James Beard Foundation award nominees triggered another round of hand-wringing among food writers over whether the newly created humor award cheapens culinary journalism. The concern was raised yesterday on a listserv maintained by the Association of Food Journali ... More >>
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March 4, 2011
Week of the Iguana -- And Other Stuff
Here are two things you haven't tried: taco-flavored chips and iguana tamales. For that, we have you covered. For all the things you might have tried (ie. Crossroads Diner, The Speedway Club, the wonder of vegan baking), Dallas blogs are happy to expand. Read on. City of Ate For Decanter in ... More >>
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February 18, 2011
Is BEE A Keeper? Bloggers Share Their Thoughts
In-N-Out has poked its head out of the ground again, looking for its shadow. Besides that, muffins may be coming back in a big way. In case you missed either post or are hesitant to believe BEE's boastful name, Dallas blogs and writers are here to enlighten you. Dallas Observer Hanna Raskin fin ... More >>
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February 4, 2011
Say, Did You Know There's Some Kinda Football Game Happening?
Just like for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's, Dallas food blogs have eagerly compiled lists of things to do and places to go if you're not into the main event. On Super Bowl Sunday, even if you're into football and not so much into planning ahead, there are still plenty of restaurants ... More >>
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January 28, 2011
A Week in Restaurant News -- And Not All Is Super Bowl-Related
It was touch-and-go for a while, but it seems like In-N-Out Burger may finally be sprouting in North Texas. While we continue to wait patiently, Dallas is whipping itself into a Super Bowl frenzy. Read on. City of Ate Even in the middle of winter, Brownstone still turns out stunningly tasty ... More >>
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September 16, 2010
Cool Aid Pickles a Refreshing Alternative
To Fried Food at State Fair
As Dallas Observer's Cheap Bastard, Alice Laussade, so eloquently put it in this week's cover story, fried food at the State Fair of Texas might have jumped the shark, thanks to Mark Zable's fried beer. Zable's creation won this year's Big Tex Choice Awards' Most Creative prize. The annual fried- ... More >>
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July 22, 2010
Old World Sausage Comes Knocking...A Little Late
Old World Sausage Company Farmer's Market Shed #2 1010 S. Pearl Expressway 214-760-9000 oldworldsausagecompany.comEstimated Delivery Time: 60 minutes Actual Delivery Time: 75 minutes Not having to order Chinese food or pizza: 20 Friendliest service encountered during Knockers review: 40 Exce ... More >>
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June 22, 2010
Torchy's Tacos Spreads Like Brush Fire From Austin to Dallas
Fire! A fire has been ignited by a new taco shop that opened today. Sure, another taco shop isn't really breaking news, except these are exported from Austin. And they're not just any Austin tacos. They belong to Torchy's Tacos. First opened in August 2006, the original Torchy's Tacos outpost ... More >>
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May 25, 2010
Nice rack. (Of spices, duh.)
Alice LaussadeMuch tastier than the "Dick Head" spicePenzeys Spices 12835 Preston Rd. 972-392-7777Try: Vanilla Sugar Don't try: leaving without buying anything You ever get started making dinner only to realize the recipe calls for some weird ass spice that you know is neither a) in your spice ... More >>
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May 18, 2010
Taj Mahal Imports: East Meets West, and the West is Very Happy
Editor's note: Take a tour of the area's specialty and/or strange markets with our own beloved Basket Case, Alice Laussade. Taj Mahal Imports 26 Richardson Heights Center (Richardson) 972-644.1329 Try: Bombay Kitchen Masala Chickpeas from the snack aisle Don't try: Heinz Salad Cream from t ... More >>
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April 2, 2010
How 'Bout Them Knockers: Venezia Italian Cafe
From City-Data.comVenezia Italian Cafe (972) 889-8559 908 Audelia Rd Ste 500 Richardson, TX 75081 Promised time: 30-40 minutes Delivery time: 32 minutes The Score: Beauty: 21 Evening Wear: 15 Talent: 25 X Factor: 10 Total: 71 I heard from a Richardsonian that Venezia Italian Cafe has scrumpt ... More >>
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October 2, 2008
Room Service|Work Smarter, Not Harder|Sweet on the Tea|Yeah, But It Was Tons to Read|F-Bombed Out
From City-Data.comVenezia Italian Cafe (972) 889-8559 908 Audelia Rd Ste 500 Richardson, TX 75081 Promised time: 30-40 minutes Delivery time: 32 minutes The Score: Beauty: 21 Evening Wear: 15 Talent: 25 X Factor: 10 Total: 71 I heard from a Richardsonian that Venezia Italian Cafe has scrumpt ... More >>
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September 18, 2008
Fresh Start|Who You Callin' Concise?|Please Say "I Don't"|Richie's Women
From City-Data.comVenezia Italian Cafe (972) 889-8559 908 Audelia Rd Ste 500 Richardson, TX 75081 Promised time: 30-40 minutes Delivery time: 32 minutes The Score: Beauty: 21 Evening Wear: 15 Talent: 25 X Factor: 10 Total: 71 I heard from a Richardsonian that Venezia Italian Cafe has scrumpt ... More >>
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December 13, 2007
Dirk Dundee|Go Ask Alice|The Dog Never Smells Its Own
From City-Data.comVenezia Italian Cafe (972) 889-8559 908 Audelia Rd Ste 500 Richardson, TX 75081 Promised time: 30-40 minutes Delivery time: 32 minutes The Score: Beauty: 21 Evening Wear: 15 Talent: 25 X Factor: 10 Total: 71 I heard from a Richardsonian that Venezia Italian Cafe has scrumpt ... More >>
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November 29, 2007
Shock the Monkey|Heal Thyself|Folded, Spindled and Mutilated|Potty Mouth
From City-Data.comVenezia Italian Cafe (972) 889-8559 908 Audelia Rd Ste 500 Richardson, TX 75081 Promised time: 30-40 minutes Delivery time: 32 minutes The Score: Beauty: 21 Evening Wear: 15 Talent: 25 X Factor: 10 Total: 71 I heard from a Richardsonian that Venezia Italian Cafe has scrumpt ... More >>
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October 25, 2007
Two Words: Jalapeño Sausage
From City-Data.comVenezia Italian Cafe (972) 889-8559 908 Audelia Rd Ste 500 Richardson, TX 75081 Promised time: 30-40 minutes Delivery time: 32 minutes The Score: Beauty: 21 Evening Wear: 15 Talent: 25 X Factor: 10 Total: 71 I heard from a Richardsonian that Venezia Italian Cafe has scrumpt ... More >>
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August 30, 2007
Pod People|Cheap Bastard|The Nice T.O.|Fields of Green|Mr. *|Trinity Foundation
From City-Data.comVenezia Italian Cafe (972) 889-8559 908 Audelia Rd Ste 500 Richardson, TX 75081 Promised time: 30-40 minutes Delivery time: 32 minutes The Score: Beauty: 21 Evening Wear: 15 Talent: 25 X Factor: 10 Total: 71 I heard from a Richardsonian that Venezia Italian Cafe has scrumpt ... More >>

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