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May 25, 2012
How Dallas Chefs Grill: The Tools, the Meat and the Techniques
We tracked down a few Dallas chefs to get a little insight on how a Memorial Day cookout in their backyard might look, taste and smell. From grills and smokers to favorite cuts of meat, plus some tips for the novice, let their words serve as inspiration as grilling season officially begins this week ... More >>
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May 18, 2012
Here's All The Crazy Food of The Box in One Place
The Box, if you haven't been following along, is the Cheap Bastard's brainchild, wherein chefs turn a box full o' crap and turn it into foodstuffs. Between Brian C. Luscher's weird-ass terrine of spam and quail eggs and the twinkie crowning inside a banana with homemade nutella, we've gotten some pr ... More >>
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April 23, 2012
Dallas Restaurateurs Debate Whether a Cell Phone Ban Could Work, and How
A comment in my story a while back about phone stacking caught my attention. "In Japan they have 'No Phone Areas' in restaurants, bars and even the subway," Wagner Gui Tronolone wrote. "I think it's awesome!" It does sound sort of awesome. Sometimes a cell phone feels like a leash. At the other end ... More >>
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March 20, 2012
Stuff Strangers' Chili in Your Face for the Benefit of White Rock Local Market This Weekend
As we've mentioned before, the White Rock Local Market is a great place to buy local produce from local farmers, which might sound locally redundant but unfortunately it isn't always. This community-inspired market is held the second and fourth Saturdays at the Green Spot, at 702 North Buckner Blvd. ... More >>
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February 20, 2012
How Dallas Restaurants Manage Social Media
That restaurants are using social media to get their message out is nothing new. As soon as any business owner realizes that networks like Facebook and Twitter provide an outlet and advertising at a low cost -- only the man hours it takes to set up a feed and gather and interact with followers and f ... More >>
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January 23, 2012
Tomorrow: Soup's On, Featuring a Load of Great Chefs and the Lady Who Wrote Glass Castle
Artist Cornelius Brackens Jr. "I Knew You Were There"The fourth annual SOUP'S ON! Stewpot Alliance Luncheon and art sale is tomorrow at Union Station. Jeannette Walls, author of The Glass Castle, will be the keynote speaker, and nine of Dallas' top chefs will serve up signature soups. The art ... More >>
Dining
January 19, 2012
The State of Dallas Dining, As Told By Its Chefs
Starring Stephan Pyles, John Tesar, Katherine Clapner, Kent Rathbun, Teiichi Sakurai and a dozen other local chefs.
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January 13, 2012
The Most Amazing Thing Stephan Pyles Ever Ate
FacebookStephan Pyles: Founding Father of Southwestern Cuisine, Eater of GrubsChefs for Farmers, a Dallas based group who celebrate small, local farms, is having some fun on their facebook page to promote their annual event.They asked Brian Luscher from the Grape to come up with a random ques ... More >>
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January 5, 2012
Can Trailercakes Save Katy Perry and Russell Brand's Marriage? Probably.
Somehow, Trailercakes will turn this box of crap (and Jack Daniels) into two awesome cupcakes.Welcome to the return of The Box. Last time, The Grape's Brian C. Luscher turned our box of crap into a badass quail egg terrine. This time the cupcakers at Trailercakes will get a chance to turn a b ... More >>
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December 16, 2011
Booze Booze Booze Tacobots: This Week In Dallas Grubbing
Ouch. Remember that whole Bar 828 thing in Oak Cliff? Seems like a distant memory. While milling around out back of the event, I asked a bartender (details fuzzy for obvious reasons) his best hangover cure. He told me a gin and tonic water poured over a couple of alka-seltzer tablets with som ... More >>
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December 14, 2011
We Gave The Grape's Brian Luscher a Big Box of Crap and He Made Us a Quail Egg Terrine
The Box. Note the baby food. Yum.We all know that Dallas chefs are great at cheffing. So we thought it might be fun to give them a chance to show off their chef creativity and skills with a new challenge we'll be calling "The Box." Once a month or so, we'll invite a new lucky soul to attempt ... More >>
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November 22, 2011
The Must-Have Thanksgiving Dishes of Dallas' Top Chefs
We all have our favorite dish at Thanksgiving. Maybe it's sweet potato casserole, cheesy mashed potatoes, Jello salad or cornbread dressing. No matter that crazy great-aunt Melba came up with the recipe 47 years ago; if it's not on the table when the bird is served, then just call the whole thing of ... More >>
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November 15, 2011
Eater Readers Think Jonathon Erdeljac is Dallas' Best Chef. Eater Editors, Not So Much.
FlickrAndrea Grimes, former City of Ater and current editor of Eater Dallas, announced Eater Dallas' Award winners yesterday, to the chagrin of many commenters on the site. A series of blog posts -- used to determined Dallas winners in categories including Restaurant of the Year, So Hot Right ... More >>
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October 12, 2011
Oh, Bacon Snap: The 2011 State Fair of Texas Bacon and Eggs Contest
Alice Laussade2011 Bacon and Eggs contest at the State Fair of Texas. Idea: Let's put all that stuff in my face.Yesterday I had the honor of judging at the 2011 State Fair of Texas Bacon and Eggs contest. Yeah, be so jealous. There were six categories for competition: bacon appetizer, bacon e ... More >>
Dining
September 1, 2011
The Grape is Stuck in the Past, Right Where it Belongs
Compared to modern bistros, The Grape's menu and dining room seem dated. That's why it works so well.
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September 1, 2011
How A Burger Took Over The Grape's Brunch
Yesterday I wrote that scorecards aren't any fun for restaurant critics. They can be useful in certain applications, though, like comparing many versions of the same thing over time. Judges at food competitions use them. And it was a scorecard designed by Texas Monthly that forever changed di ... More >>
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July 15, 2011
Burger Experts Eating Burgers: Dallas' Meat Mavens Test Fast Food
Sara KerensJack Perkins holds up the contestants: Whataburger and In-N-Out (left, right)In the paper version of City of Ate this week, Alice Laussade writes of the patty smackdown we ordered between Whataburger and In-N-Out burger. We got Grape owner Brian Luscher, Angry Dog owner Todd Dicker ... More >>
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July 14, 2011
In-N-Out Vs. Whataburger: A Petty Patty Smackdown
In the beef between Whataburger and In-N-Out fans, you win by not playing.
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June 27, 2011
Bath House Picnic: Some Things Are Worth Braving the Heat
Photos by Jenny BlockMore than 300 people came together at the Bath House Cultural Center on Sunday to support White Rock Lake and the Red Cross, as well as to take part in the Chef's Picnic (part of the Beach Party of the Century). Red-checkered tablecloths covered the tables and Deep Eddy ... More >>
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May 4, 2011
Danyele McPherson Named as Sous Chef at The Grape Restaurant
Reservations just got more difficult to acquire at The Grape, chef/owner Brian C. Luscher's wine bistro, as Danyele McPherson was named sous chef today. McPherson is late of Stephan Pyles, where she began as line cook and worked her way up dice by dice to sous chef. She was educated at the Culinary ... More >>
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April 26, 2011
Dine At The Grape Tomorrow Night After The Observer's Iron Fork
After you get a taste of competition at the Observer's Iron Fork tomorrow night, make your way to The Grape(2808 Greenville Ave.) for this month's installment of the Come-As-You-Are dinner series. Tomorrow's dinner features boutique wines from Spain, selected by Sommelier and co-owner Courtn ... More >>
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February 10, 2011
Feed Each Other Grape's
After you get a taste of competition at the Observer's Iron Fork tomorrow night, make your way to The Grape(2808 Greenville Ave.) for this month's installment of the Come-As-You-Are dinner series. Tomorrow's dinner features boutique wines from Spain, selected by Sommelier and co-owner Courtn ... More >>
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December 23, 2010
Dine in Delight
After you get a taste of competition at the Observer's Iron Fork tomorrow night, make your way to The Grape(2808 Greenville Ave.) for this month's installment of the Come-As-You-Are dinner series. Tomorrow's dinner features boutique wines from Spain, selected by Sommelier and co-owner Courtn ... More >>
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December 7, 2010
Where To Find Sharon Hage Tonight
Well, it certainly looks tasty.If you're planning on staying at home tonight because, well, you just don't go out on Tuesdays, you might want to reconsider because Culpepper Steak House in Rockwall is hosting a white truffle dinner at 7 p.m. We can hear the groans already -- another truffle ... More >>
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October 15, 2010
Brian Luscher Reaches for the Duck Fat: A Recipe for Pork Rilletes
Today Brian Luscher takes us into his kitchen at The Grape where he shows us how to make a pate-like dish that originates from the Indre-et-Loire department of France (the same region where Rosewood Mansion chef Bruno Davaillon hails from). The meat is traditionally cooked for long periods ... More >>
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October 13, 2010
Brian Luscher: Nice Guys Can Cook
Robert BostickThe Grape is celebrating its 38th anniversary this month, which makes it the perfect time to chat with chef and owner Brian Luscher. When the restaurant's previous owners, Kathy McDaniel and Charlotte Parker, decided to give up the Dallas institution, they tapped their former e ... More >>
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September 8, 2010
100 Favorite Dishes: Cheese and Charcuterie Plate at The Grape
Photo by Jenny BlockAs a countdown to the Dallas Observer's "Best of Dallas" 2010, City of Ate is serving up 100 of the favorite dishes we crave, savor and hope to scarf down again soon. These dishes are in no particular order. Some are little known, others celebrated. Some are pricey, others ... More >>
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July 19, 2010
Hash Over: Flavors of Passion Awards, Russo's Pizza Eating Challenge, Grape Wine Dinner, Bread Winners Turns 16, and More
Sure, the Oscars have already passed and the Emmys are still a couple of months away, but that doesn't mean award season is taking a breather. This Thursday, July 22, the Flavors of Passion Awards will celebrate world class excellence in Latino cuisine. The Flavor of Passion Awards will reco ... More >>
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June 17, 2010
Appetite for Instruction: Fromage Blanc and Strawberry Confiture from The Grape
Photos by Sarah Johnson Fromage Blanc and Strawberry Confiture Demonstrated by Brian Luscher of The Grape You might know The Grape from its Texas Monthly fame for having the number one burger in Texas (which caused its burger sales to skyrocket, of course). Maybe you know the bistro from attendi ... More >>
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January 21, 2010
The Souper Bowl
Photos by Sarah Johnson Fromage Blanc and Strawberry Confiture Demonstrated by Brian Luscher of The Grape You might know The Grape from its Texas Monthly fame for having the number one burger in Texas (which caused its burger sales to skyrocket, of course). Maybe you know the bistro from attendi ... More >>
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December 31, 2009
New Year's Noms
Photos by Sarah Johnson Fromage Blanc and Strawberry Confiture Demonstrated by Brian Luscher of The Grape You might know The Grape from its Texas Monthly fame for having the number one burger in Texas (which caused its burger sales to skyrocket, of course). Maybe you know the bistro from attendi ... More >>
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December 31, 2009
New Year's Noms
Photos by Sarah Johnson Fromage Blanc and Strawberry Confiture Demonstrated by Brian Luscher of The Grape You might know The Grape from its Texas Monthly fame for having the number one burger in Texas (which caused its burger sales to skyrocket, of course). Maybe you know the bistro from attendi ... More >>
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December 23, 2009
The Year/The Decade: Personalities
The other day Jesse "Hophead" Hughey said something about the role of those special edition $150 beers--something along the lines of "they generate publicity and motivate interest in beer."True enough. Basketball needed Michael Jordan and golf Tiger Woods...well, until recently. Indeed, every mar ... More >>
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October 7, 2009
Pairing Off: Pork Rinds
Patrick Michels/foodistablogEach week, Pairing Off attempts to find just the right bottle of wine to go with ordinary food.There's gonna be a moment when you think "this is the low point--it can't get any worse." Of course, intellectually you know it can get much worse. But the little speech, how ... More >>
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August 31, 2009
Mini Burger Backlash: The Big Ol' Mound Of Meat On A Bun Returns
The Grape's newly famous burger.Much to our delight, the mini-burger craze has hit a bump in the road. Hey, don't get us wrong--we've got nothing against two-biters. They're cute and small and often even feature fancy meats. It's just the "s-word" that grosses us out. But whatever you wanna ca ... More >>
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August 7, 2009
Burger Party At A Wine Bar? If Nothing Else, The Grape Has a More Effective Happy Meal.
All photos by Patrick MichelsThis month's "it" burger.Since finding themselves smack at the top of Texas Monthly's "50 Best Burgers in Texas" list, ahead of local favorites like Adair's, Angry Dog, The Porch, etc., etc., things have been a little different at The Grape.To honor their top-ranked b ... More >>
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July 31, 2009
Two Restaurants Score Big This Week
Chef Brian Luscher, one of the big winners.Ah, bragging rights. Everyone wants to claim them, over your brother, a co-worker, the guy you battle for a parking space every morning. Now two Dallas restaurants hold them over the entire city.Nana was just inducted into the Nation's Restaurant News 2 ... More >>
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May 19, 2009
Fashion Statements
Good God...Brian Luscher (The Grape) in a cowboy hat with pinstriped apron and Brooks Anderson (Veritas wine bar) in a camel jacket. Notify Tom Ford. Wait, scratch that. Maybe Edsel Ford?Chef Luscher won the sixth annual steak cook-off in Hico. That's his belt buckle in the case.
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May 14, 2009
Appetite For Instruction: Moules Frites-Part 2
Demonstrated by Brian Luscher and Karin Porter of The Grape Despite their reputation as the ultimate fast food, truly great French fries actually take some time. And they're worth it. Anyone who's gummed a gooey stick of the typical Dallas restaurant potato mush could tell you that. Thing is, wh ... More >>
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May 7, 2009
Appetite For Instruction: Moules Frites-Part 1
Demonstrated by Chef Brian Luscher of The Grape "How do we improve on an institution?" That's a question Brian Luscher asks himself a lot these days. It's been almost two years since he and his wife Courtney took ownership of The Grape, a cozy bistro on lower Greenville Avenue that's been wining ... More >>
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April 20, 2009
Short Orders: The Grape
The Grape2808 Greenville Ave.214-828-1981If not for The Grape, Dallas would have a small empty space in its culinary soul.Yeah, we'd have some cool wine bars with great kitchens--Dali comes to mind. We would even have a compliment of venues with old world charm, however contrived. But nothing el ... More >>
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December 12, 2008
Burning Question: Do Chefs "Do" Sloppy Seconds?
Sean Avery's not the only one who has a problem with leftovers."I hated them as a kid," admits James Neel, chef at Tramontana. "I didn't want the same thing two days in a row."Wait...are we talking about the same thing? Maybe not. Fortunately, cooks in the city treat sloppy seconds with a little mor ... More >>
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October 9, 2007
Tangy Sous
Sean Avery's not the only one who has a problem with leftovers."I hated them as a kid," admits James Neel, chef at Tramontana. "I didn't want the same thing two days in a row."Wait...are we talking about the same thing? Maybe not. Fortunately, cooks in the city treat sloppy seconds with a little mor ... More >>
Dining
September 6, 2007
Tinsel Town Toppings
Tristan Simon expands his empire
Blogs
August 30, 2007
Grape Juice
Tristan Simon expands his empire
Dining
September 8, 2005
Tryst Of Fate
Are chefs very superstitious?
Dining
July 1, 2004
Innards and Outs
Which is more revolting: haggis, scrapple or head cheese?
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August 16, 2001
Bait Snag
Chris Svalesen is still waiting to rock and roll
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May 4, 2000
Hash Over
Beer bust; Buck banger
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June 25, 1998
Hash Over
Beer bust; Buck banger
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