Yeah, another competition announcement.No one ever said "make 'em be sauciers and line cooks and such." Still, the International Culinary School at the Art Institute of Dallas is encouraging mamas of high school seniors to push their kids into the service industry...Actually, the institute hosts a round in this year's Best Teen Chef Competition on March 14, with finalists moving on to the 'championship' in Charlotte this May. The eventual best chef earns full tuition at one of the 30 plus Art In
The New York Times just posted a piece on designer Billy Reid, who peddles his "dressy-casual whiskey-soaked style" in NorthPark Center, one of only six outlets in the U.S. Which reminds dressy-casual, whiskey-soaked me: Over the weekend I received via postcard a reminder that tomorrow through Saturday is Billy Reid's Best of Dallas-winning semi-annual clearance sale at its Canton Street corporate office. Note to bossmens: Will be late in the morning. "Blogging," ahem.Alas, this sad note: This w
When Go Fish moved--and moved up market as Go Fish Ocean Club--the owners picked Derry to run the kitchen.She may look fresh-faced, but Derry's been in food service for some time. Before she finished high school, the Houston native became the youngest person to manage an IHOP. She then attended cooking school, which led to posts in the Landry's chain.Derry came to this city as a teacher, working for the Art Institute of Dallas' culinary school. Go Fish is her first executive chef position, but s
