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May 11, 2012
Mother's Day in Dallas: A Survival Guide
Mother's Day is only behind Valentine's Day in terms of craziest days to eat out. Choosing almost any other day of the year would be probably provide a better experience, but mom gets what mom wants on this day. I prompted Chris Jeffers, co-owner of Smoke, one of the best brunch spots in the city, ... More >>
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May 1, 2012
Eddie Campbell Gets Booted from Chesterfield While It and Campo Shuffle Chefs
There's drama fit for daytime TV at two notable Dallas restaurants. A few chefs and a notable bartender have been spinning in and out of the front doors at a dizzying rate. The afternoon my Chesterfield review ran I heard that Michael Ehlert, the chef responsible for the lackluster cooking I'd tas ... More >>
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April 5, 2012
Chef Nicole Van Camp: Texas Weather Can Make Bringing the Farm to the Table Hard
When Nicole Van Camp was 15 years old, she decided to become a vegetarian based on the grounds of animal cruelty. But she lived in highly carnivorous Carrollton. Unless she wanted to starve, she had to learn to cook. She quickly fell in love with her new life-sustaining hobby. And although she learn ... More >>
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March 29, 2012
Victor Tango's Chef Greg Bussey on Evolving in the Kitchen and the Best Korean Food In Town
Victor Tango chef Greg Bussey is a chef's chef. By that, I mean so many other cooks in Dallas mention Bussey's tables as one of their favorites to dine at. After meeting the soft-spoken, quick-to-smile chef, it's easy to understand why. After attending the California Culinary Academy, Bussey spent ... More >>
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March 29, 2012
Can Campo Survive without Matt McCallister?
When Campo Modern Country Bistro first opened, it did so to much fanfare. Owners Miguel Vicéns and John Paul Valverde built a charming space from a rundown bungalow in Oak Cliff, and they hired Matt McCallister to consult as a temporary executive chef. In the weeks preceding the opening, McCalliste ... More >>
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March 27, 2012
Dallas Chefs Support The Farm at Paul Quinn College with Culinary Cookout
Back in 2010, students at Paul Quinn College, Dallas' only historically black college, tilled up their football field to create an urban garden in a food desert. Since that time, the "We Over Me Farm" has cultivated over two thousand pounds of corn, squash, greens, tomatoes and other produce for the ... More >>
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March 22, 2012
Matt McCallister Announces FT 33
While reviewing Campo, and bitching about truffles, I've been alluding to Matt McCallister's new restaurant but not coughing up the name. A server squeaked while I was reviewing Campo, and when I followed up with McCallister, he asked I not print it. I'm glad I didn't because I was just a smidgen of ... More >>
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March 21, 2012
Sundown Chef Patrick Stark Talks Sourcing Locally and Scorching Hot Pans
Originally from Akron, Ohio, Patrick Stark, chef at Sundown at Granada, enrolled in the Culinary Institute of America fresh out of high school at 17 years of age, partially because he just wanted the get the hell outta town. He's worked throughout the United States, a few spots in Europe and had a t ... More >>
Dining
March 15, 2012
303 Bar and Grill's Psycho Burger
Oak Cliff's newest burger house is still searching for its identity
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February 21, 2012
Matt McCallister Ate a Yelper for Breakfast
Poor, poor Tina. With just nine Yelp reviews under her belt she decided to report on her experience at Campo Modern Country Bistro. She wasn't fond of her meal, awarding the experience a single star. Tina "really wanted to like" Campo but was upset that her chicken came with a bone in it (it ... More >>
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February 21, 2012
James Beard Awards: Stephen Pyles, Bruno Davaillon and Teiichi Sakurai are Semifinalists
Alison V. SmithTei An Chef Teiichi SakuraiThe James Beard Foundation just released this year's semifinalists, and to be honest they're a total snooze -- at least as far as Dallas is considered. Stephen Pyles is a finalist for Outstanding Chef for his work at his eponymous restaurant; Bruno ... More >>
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February 10, 2012
Campo Names Josh Black its New Exec Chef; Matt McCallister Still on His (Long) Way Out
Earlier this week I heard that Matt McCallister, the chef at Oak Cliff's Campo, had put in his two weeks. I tried to call the chef to confirm, but we've been playing phone tag for days. I did get in touch with a manager there, who basically told me the same thing he did when I conducted interviews f ... More >>
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February 8, 2012
La Calle Doce Has Been Serving Mexican Seafood for 30 Years. Here's How.
Laura and Silka Sanchez In 1981, Laura and Oscar Sanchez opened La Calle Doce in small house in Oak Cliff. Now, more than 30 years later, with the recent addition of a new bar and patio, it stands as a staple for Mexican seafood in Dallas. Raised in Monterrey, Mexico, Laura's father instill ... More >>
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February 7, 2012
Why Those Black Truffles You're Eating Don't Taste Like Truffles at All
FlickrBlack truffles don't really work like this, as I recently learned.I remember my first encounter with truffles vividly, probably because it was a simultaneously euphoric and traumatic experience. I was on a date at Al Tiramisu, a basement Italian restaurant in Washington, D.C., which I p ... More >>
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February 3, 2012
We Gave Campo's Matt McCallister a Big Box of Crap and He Made Us 14-Layer Dip
Once a month or so, we invite a new lucky soul to attempt to conquer The Box. Their challenge: To create something awesome out of whatever ingredients are in the box. It's like Chopped plus Punk'd, only less terrible. This month, Campo's Matt McCallister attempts to make some Super Bowl app ... More >>
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January 31, 2012
Lockhart Goes Nose-to-Tail on Friday. Let's Hope It's a Sign of Weirder Things to Come.
While I loved the whole thing, there are some stand-out lines in Lauren's recent cover story on the state of Dallas dining. Matt McCallister's quotes are priceless, but there's also a bite from Brian Luscher that has stayed with me. Fifteen years ago -- hell, even five years ago -- sweetbreads, hea ... More >>
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January 31, 2012
Can Campo's Matt McCallister Turn this Big Box of Crap into Awesome Apps? Probably.
Mmm. Fuzzy Navel.Welcome to the return of The Box. Last time, Trailercakes turned our big box of crap into two delicious cupcakes. This time, Chef Matt McCallister of Campo will get a chance to turn a box of chips, hot dogs and wine coolers into something that's actually edible. Here's the c ... More >>
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January 20, 2012
Donuts, Reubens and Dallas' Prettiest Food Blog: This Week In Dallas Dining
FlickrI'm pulling for the Ravens.When I moved to Texas I was very upset about the weather. Multiple weeks of triple-digit heat and no rain had me begging for relief. I asked everyone if winter was at least mild. No, everyone said. There's ice and it's so cold it burns your skin. Fortunately ... More >>
Dining
January 19, 2012
Campo is One of Dallas' Best Restaurants -- For Now
Oak Cliff has one of the city's most daring restaurants. But will the chef stay put?
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January 18, 2012
Campo Modern Bistro Serves Up Poetry, But How Long Will Its Poet Last?
It's odd putting time into a restaurant review when you know the restaurant you're writing about will most likely not exist as it does for very long. Campo Modern Country Bistro, the subject of this week's review, opened last year with Matt McCallister as its "consulting executive chef." After desig ... More >>
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December 30, 2011
Foodbitch's New Year's Resolutions
Resolutions are nasty little things we "make" every January 1 so we can disappointed in ourselves for not living up to our own ridiculous expectations. Well guess what? I resolve to be who I am for the next year, and be fucking happy about it, too. Here's what else I'm going to do. Gain 10 lbs. I ... More >>
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December 21, 2011
The Next Generation Of Dallas Chefs
Forbes recently listed 30 movers and shakers in the national food scene who are under 30. The article highlights the new guard, the young chefs and food purveyors who promise to carry the torch for the next generation of restaurant patrons. Dallas has some younger chefs worth mention on the ... 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 2, 2011
Pig Parts, Happy Endings and More: The Week in the Dallas Food Scene
I'm thinking the cool and damp weather warrants a pot of hearty braised lamb shanks and lots and lots of red wine. Or maybe I'll get around to making my first pot of chili since moving to Texas -- anything to counter the clouds and mist that looks down-right Xanax-inducing. But first there's ... More >>
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December 1, 2011
Piglet Alert: Crispy Pig Ears Spotted at Campo
FlickrBack in August, I wrote about RedFork's snout to tail plate, and lamented the lack of offal on Ryan Carbery's menu. The chef told me a head cheese terrine was received with mixed reviews; customers were more likely to order it when he called the charcuterie a pork pate. Shame. Head chee ... More >>
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November 16, 2011
An Interview with Campo Chef and Stephan Pyles Vet Matt McCallister
Kevin MarpleChef Matt McCallister worked his way up from line cook to executive chef at Stephan Pyles in Dallas, then took off around the country to stage at other top restaurants: Daniel in New York City, McCrady's in South Carolina and Alinea in Chicago. Now he's opening a new restaurant in ... More >>
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November 11, 2011
Italian Eats, Stackhouse Love, and a Cheap-Ass Sandwich: This Week in Dallas Grubbing
Ugh. On the heels of a massive bowl of Pho with a Dallas Super Yelper (more on that next week), I'm ready for a quiet night at home. I wonder how many minutes I'll last alone on my couch before I get the bug to get out and look for something to interesting to eat. I give myself till 7:30 tops ... More >>
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November 10, 2011
Campo Opens in Oak Cliff
Rachel LaineCampo Modern Bistro opened this week at 1115 N. Beckley Ave. in Oak Cliff. Owners Miguel Vicéns and John Paul Valverde of Coevál Studios recruited Matt McCallister, formerly of Stephan Pyles, to run the kitchen. McCallister has been dabbling in many different things lately, in ... More >>
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September 12, 2011
For Fashion Week, Five Foods Just as Hard to Eat as Those Clothes are to Wear
AbacusIt's Fashion Week, which means lots of impractical clothes clothes on impractically shaped people. But designers aren't alone in their ability to turn something as functional as clothes into high art. Chefs often do the same with food, as demonstrated by the above dish -- a salad from ... More >>
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July 31, 2008
Roy Williams: Man or Myth?
AbacusIt's Fashion Week, which means lots of impractical clothes clothes on impractically shaped people. But designers aren't alone in their ability to turn something as functional as clothes into high art. Chefs often do the same with food, as demonstrated by the above dish -- a salad from ... More >>

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