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Chocolate

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2008

    Just In Time For Boxing Day: Zakk United's Top Holiday Cocktails

    So good he also posted these on his 97.1 KEGL blog--actually he told us "blahg," but it pretty much means the same thing. Listed in no particular order. "The white dream is my fav," he says.     CHRISTMAS COSMOPOLITAN ½ oz. Cointreau ½ oz. Cranberry juice 1 tsp. Fresh lime juice 1 ... More >>

  • Dining

    July 13, 1995

    Watching bread rise

    Fairmount St. Cafe capitalizes on the bakery craze

  • Dining

    November 9, 1995

    Pasta perfect, service prego

    Momo's carries on the tradition of the surly waiter

  • News

    October 31, 1996

    Bread and Circuses

    When food legend Julia Child came to Texas spreading her gospel of good eating, no one was spared. Not even Big Tex

  • Dining

    March 27, 1997

    Hot Dish

    When food legend Julia Child came to Texas spreading her gospel of good eating, no one was spared. Not even Big Tex

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2009

    Praying To The Saint...Of Chocolate

    Chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate. It's almost like there's a chocolate-centric holiday coming up or something. A holiday that could have been custom-created for Central Market's brand and aesthetic, if Central Market had existed in 270 CE, around the time of Saint Valentine. No matter. This ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2009

    Pop...Without The Cork

    Megan FeldmanLinda (right) and Angela RiordanIf you've been slacking on your Valentine's Day preparations and you happen to be in Addison, the folks over at Yo Pop Etc. are happy to help.The place seems an unlikely spot for romantic sweet nothings given its non-descript strip mall location on Midway ... More >>

  • Best of Dallas

    September 21, 2000

    Best chocolate chip cookie (tie)

    J.D.'s Chippery & Great Harvest Bread Co.

  • Best of Dallas

    September 21, 2000

    Best cake by the slice

    Dallas Affairs Cake Co.

  • Best of Dallas

    September 21, 2000

    Best cup of coffee

    Einstein's Bagels

  • Best of Dallas

    September 21, 2000

    Best dessert

    Salve! Ristorante

  • Best of Dallas

    September 21, 2000

    Best doughnuts

    Mustang Donuts

  • Best of Dallas

    September 20, 2001

    Best Take-home Dessert

    Dallas Affaires Cake Co.

  • Best of Dallas

    September 20, 2001

    Best Comfort Food

    Lucky's Café

  • Best of Dallas

    September 26, 2002
  • Calendar

    January 3, 2008

    Sweet Mulch

    JD's Chippery

  • Calendar

    April 20, 2006

    Chocoholism

    JD's Chippery

  • Calendar

    December 21, 2006

    Bar None

    Try the best in Affairs

  • Calendar

    March 29, 2007

    Blast My Bubble

    Get on the floor for DIFFA

  • Calendar

    May 12, 2005

    Kowtow to Cacao

    Chocoholics unite at Gourmet Showcase 2005

  • Best of Dallas

    October 14, 2004

    Best Gimmick Martini

    Turkish coffee martini at Kismet

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    Chocolate Confidential

    When one of the top pastry chefs in town hands you a chocolate bar and says she's in love, you listen. In fact, I believe Rhonda Ruckman's exact words about the Patric bar she gave to me yesterday were, "As far as Madagascar chocolate goes, this kicks Valrhona's ass."Rhonda RuckmanComing from thi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    Veggie Guy: Vegan Chocolate Confections

    ​Chocolate--that's my kryptonite. Nothing makes me weaker in the knees than feasting on a chocolate dessert after dinner! My ancestors sure knew what they were doing by using the magical cacao bean as currency back in the day. But so many Dallas confectioners bastardize their chocolate creation ... More >>

  • Dining

    October 8, 2009

    Cheap Bastard Goes to the State Fair and Gets Her Fry On

    ​Chocolate--that's my kryptonite. Nothing makes me weaker in the knees than feasting on a chocolate dessert after dinner! My ancestors sure knew what they were doing by using the magical cacao bean as currency back in the day. But so many Dallas confectioners bastardize their chocolate creation ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    If Memory Serves: Zero Candy Bars

    Denver Westword​If Memory Serves chronicles moments from my dining past, perhaps explaining what's wrong with me.It has been dismissed as a white Snickers. The company that makes them has changed hands so many times it's near impossible to keep track. And when I went to the 7-Eleven by our posh, t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    Appetite for Instruction: French Kiss Cocktail Demonstrated by Ryan Kreps of RA Sushi

    Sarah Johnson​Every mall, grocery or drugstore you walk into is decorated with red and pink hearts. Little kids are writing "will you be mine" on their Dora the Explorer-themed cards. Husbands are frantically making last minute dinner reservations, while wives are buying expensive lingerie. A ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 28, 2010

    Sweet School

    Sarah Johnson​Every mall, grocery or drugstore you walk into is decorated with red and pink hearts. Little kids are writing "will you be mine" on their Dora the Explorer-themed cards. Husbands are frantically making last minute dinner reservations, while wives are buying expensive lingerie. A ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 28, 2010

    Sweet School

    Sarah Johnson​Every mall, grocery or drugstore you walk into is decorated with red and pink hearts. Little kids are writing "will you be mine" on their Dora the Explorer-themed cards. Husbands are frantically making last minute dinner reservations, while wives are buying expensive lingerie. A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2010

    How to Build Dallas' Reputation as a Chocolate City

    ​Every chocolatier at next weekend's Chocolate Conference, sponsored by DallasChocolate.org, is slated to participate in a roundtable discussion of "the state of chocolate in Dallas." Panel members will presumably debate the quality and quantity of artisanal chocolate available in the DFW area ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    Wow, Dark Chocolate,
    You Sure Are Sluttin' It Up

    A little advice for those of you tuning in from work: Don't do what we did and Google images for "dark chocolate slut."​Dark Chocolate, you are such a candy aisle whore now. I love you, Dark Chocolate, but you used to be special. On Halloween, I used to get all hyped to see Hershey's Special ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2010

    Dude Sweet Chocolate's Tobacco and Chocolate Mix Gets Goes Almost Prime Time

    Photo by Manny Rodriguez​Dude Sweet Chocolate's Katherine Clapner is busy making doughnuts this afternoon to feed 100 people at tonight's Bishop Arts Big Table fundraiser in Oak Cliff, but her biggest worry has nothing to do with pastry. "I'm scared to death," Clapner says of the impending de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2010

    What, No Marshmallow-Topped Yams?
    Thanksgiving Menus for the Non-homebodies.

    ​Thanksgiving is just under three weeks away, which means it's high time to choose recipes, draft a shopping list and find the roasting pan. Or, alternately, make reservations. For folks without nearby relatives or an inclination to cook, a number of local restaurants are serving up Thanksgiving ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2010

    Pastry Chef Morgan Wilson's Chocolate Treat Too Bittersweet for Lovers?

    BravoRitz Carlton executive pastry chef Morgan Wilson​Fellas, you may want to think hard before you nab a box of Godiva Chocolate Top Chef Just Desserts Collection for your wife this holiday season. One of the four chocolates in the set designed by the Ritz Carlton's executive pastry chef Mor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2010

    It's Em-Effing Cookie Baking Time:
    Black Forest Crinkle Cookies

    Alice LaussadeOr you could skip the baking and snuggle up with a bottle of optional ingredient.​'Tis the season to get fat on Black Forest crinkle cookies. They're chocolatey. They're cherry-y. These Black Forest crinkle cookies will blow your face off with deliciousness. They taste like brown ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2010

    It's Em-Effing Cookie-Baking Time: Chocolate Chip Bacon Cookies

    Alice LaussadeChocolate chip cookies with bacon? Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. (He suffers from angina.)​It's the holidays. A time filled with magic and wonder -- a time when wishes are granted. A time when getting completely blackout drunk is socially acceptable and everyone's nice t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2010

    It's Em-Effing Chocolate-Eating Time: Peppermint Bark

    ​It's a Christmas miracle! No-bake treats that taste beyond delicious. All you need is a 11-by-17-inch cookie sheet, a hammer (sweet!), a freezer and a little patience at the stove. If you're no good at baking and you're really good at eating chocolate, this is the holiday treat for you. Stra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2011

    Breaking News: Uptown Popcorn Bitch-Slaps Orville Redenbacher

    ​Uptown Popcorn recently opened in NorthPark mall with more than 70 popcorn flavors that are way more tasty than that microwavable Orville Redenbacher's you have in your pantry. A mini bag of most of Uptown Popcorn's flavors will only set you back $1.75 and holds about three cups of crazy awes ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 13, 2011

    Race for the Beer

    ​Uptown Popcorn recently opened in NorthPark mall with more than 70 popcorn flavors that are way more tasty than that microwavable Orville Redenbacher's you have in your pantry. A mini bag of most of Uptown Popcorn's flavors will only set you back $1.75 and holds about three cups of crazy awes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2011

    As If We Need To Tell You, Avoid These Candies On Valentine's Day. Seriously.

    Consult Dr. Chuck Norris before giving anyone modified candy dispensers on Valentine's day.​Valentine's Day is a zero-sum game. And I say that as someone who loves Valentine's Day, as someone who knows terms like "Hallmark holiday" and "Singles Awareness Day" are just the protests of the unhappy a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    nib chocolate's Stephen Smith on the Sweet Life

    ​Here's some hopeful news for all you C students out there: At the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu culinary school in Paris, Stephen Smith's "worst subject of everything was chocolate." Apparently, he got better. In fact, he got good enough to operate his own wholesale chocolate business, nib cho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    Don't Trifle with this Truffle Recipe

    ​In part one of this week's Three Course Meal, we gave you a look at Stephen Smith, chocolatier and owner of nib chocolate. In part two, we asked Smith to complete our thoughts for us. In today's final installment he shares a recipe for Russian Caravan Truffles. Remember, crafting chocolates ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    What Makes Kozy Kitchen Cozy?

    Scallops at Kozy Kitchen.​What makes Kozy Kitchen cozy? It's definitely the comfort food the restaurant serves and not its stark décor. Kozy Kitchen's atmosphere actually feels pretty sterile with its nine vertical paintings on the walls, brown vinyl booths, dark brown wood chairs and black ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2011

    Choco-Porn, Courtesy of Oak Cliff's CocoAndre

    Photos by foodbitch​In a tiny space on Davis Street in Oak Cliff, you can find CocoAndré Chocolatier. And if you do happen to find it, you'll discover something special: a passionate chocolatier with a particularly interesting story about a rediscovered chocolate once thought to be extinct. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2011

    Dude Sweet's Crack In a Box: I GOTTA HAVE IT, GIMME SOME, CRAAAACK

    ​ The first time I bought Dude, Sweet Chocolate's "Crack in a Box," it was on a whim and possibly because the name was amusing. Later that evening, as I polished off the last bite of the two large slabs that were inside the box, I had my "ah-ha!" moment: the name is in reference to the fact th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2011

    Katherine Clapner, the Woman Behind Dude, Sweet, On Life as a Chocolatier

    ​Each week we meet a new local chef in our Three-Course Meal series. This week, Katherine Clapner, the woman responsible for making us crazy for Dude, Sweet Chocolate, explains how she paved her way to her little shop in Oak Cliff, which recently was named Best Devil's Advocate and Best Chocol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2011

    La Duni's Ice Cream: Cinco Times Better Than the Quatro Leches

    photo by foodbitchToasted almond ice cream at La Duni​In Happy Endings, foodbitch goes on the hunt for Dallas' unsung and unsurpassed desserts. Today: the ice creams at La Duni. La Duni may be famous for its intensely beautiful and equally delicious cakes, but, at least for me, the restaurant ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2011

    Oak Cliff's CocoAndré Chocolatier Hits the Catwalk, and Keeps Hitting its Stride

    ​In 1985 Andrea Pedraza found herself in need of a little extra cash when a friend told her about a new chocolate shop that had just opened and was hiring. Going to the interview, Pedraza was hopeful, but didn't think working in a chocolate shop was realistic. Three weeks later, Rex Morgan, ow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    This Week's Best Food Deals, Starring Cakes in Jars, Fish and Lots of Chocolate

    SokolataYou look pretty good, for a vegan.​Foodbitch's inboxes fill each day with a metric shit-ton of offers, flash sales and discounts. Here are some of this week's foodfull best. Living Social: 4-Course Chocolate-themed Meal for 2 at NCuisineIt must be close to Valentine's Day, the way res ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    Central Market's Chocolate Festival: A Guide

    Central Market​Central Market's annual chocolate festival starts today and lasts through February 14. Some of the best chocolatiers from around the world will make appearances over the next few days and, as always, there are some interesting back stories. If you can fight through the crowds, d ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 2, 2012

    Death by Chocolate

    Central Market​Central Market's annual chocolate festival starts today and lasts through February 14. Some of the best chocolatiers from around the world will make appearances over the next few days and, as always, there are some interesting back stories. If you can fight through the crowds, d ... More >>

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