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March 1, 2012
Top Chef Texas Finale: Yayy! We're So Happy For ____ !
Last night was the final episode of Top Chef Tex-Anada, and it played out like a culinary version of the walk-off scene in Zoolander set to symphony music -- a fierce and almost perfectly orchestrated parade of dishes, as we have come to expect from the two remaining chefs. Paul Qui, executive che ... More >>
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January 27, 2012
Chocolate Secrets Covers Bacon in Chocolate. We Thought You Should Know. (Photos)
Chocolate Secrets is at the corner of 3926 Oak Lawn and Avondale. It serves organic candied Black Forest bacon nestled in a sea of dark chocolate ganache (see more photos below). They're among the most magnificent things I've ever eaten. We now return you to your regularly scheduled bacon programmi ... More >>
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January 23, 2012
On National Pie Day, Dallas' Best Diners for Pie
Norma'sYes, it's National Pie Day. No, we don't know why it isn't a National Holiday. Yes, we're drafting a letter to address this degradation of our national food. In the meantime, we're offering up a few of our favorites to guide you through your four-hour lunch in which you try each place ... More >>
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January 17, 2012
The Banana Pot de Creme at Malai Thai Wants You, and You Want it Back
Friday's chilly temps made for a soup kind of day, so I headed to Malai Thai, knowing that I'd get something hearty with a little heat. The bartender set me up with a bowl of Thai coconut soup, which was fantastic. Then, a few minutes after I was done with my healthy meal, the bartender asked ... More >>
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October 17, 2011
The Old-School Dessert Plate is Alive, if Not Well, At Taverna
Behold! Dessert Plate! I first met you back in high school, where I thanklessly waited tables at a seafood-meets-steak house on the Chesapeake Bay. There, in the walk-in fridge, you sat perched at the ready, covered in cellophane and prepared to advertize your glorious bounty to diners already st ... More >>
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October 4, 2011
Wild Salsa's Sopapillas: A Dessert That Leaves Your Belt In Place
I'm not the biggest dessert person. It's mostly the sweetness that gets to me, but also the portions at many restaurants, which are often over the top. Who needs a five-inch tall slice of chocolate cake after starters and mains? Dessert should be small and diminutive -- like a tiny package o ... More >>
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September 2, 2011
We Still Like Hamburgers and Fried Things, According to This Week In Food Blog Land
This week, the food media saw plenty of ungodly fried things, men who like burgers and more chocolate and crepes than you could ever want (though not in the same place, unfortunately.) Read on. City of Ate/Observer Scott Reitz offered his opinion of The Grape, saying that restaurants are sup ... More >>
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June 9, 2011
The Office Grill: Perfect Escape from Cubicle Hell
Staying late at this office is no problem.
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March 4, 2011
State Fair Concessions Director on Quest For Next Fletcher's Corn Dog
The State Fair of Texas last week announced its theme for 2011, but the real start of Fair-anticipation season might come next week when representatives head down to the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo to scout out concession ideas. Concession area director Carey Risinger and Kelly Pound, pro ... More >>
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January 7, 2011
Cake Balls: Easy to Make, Easier to Make Jokes About
Photos by Brooke NottinghamAll innuendos and dirty jokes duly noted, I prefer my food in compact ball-shape. I like cheese balls, sausage balls, popcorn balls and meatballs. Thanksgiving always has and always will find a Butterball in my oven (sorry, Stephan Pyles.) So for dessert my natural ... More >>
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January 6, 2011
Why are Mexicans Turning Arizona's Sonoran Desert into a Trash Dump?
Photos by Brooke NottinghamAll innuendos and dirty jokes duly noted, I prefer my food in compact ball-shape. I like cheese balls, sausage balls, popcorn balls and meatballs. Thanksgiving always has and always will find a Butterball in my oven (sorry, Stephan Pyles.) So for dessert my natural ... More >>
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December 8, 2010
Julia Lopez: Smart, Simple Cooking Needs No Translation
La DuniIt's a very cold Monday night when I go to La Duni on Oak Lawn to visit with their corporate chef, 37-year-old Julia Lopez. Horse-drawn carriages roll by outside and almost all of the tables inside are filled with large parties of revelers. 'Tis the season and all. Warm, freshly-made ... More >>
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October 29, 2010
How About Rabbit With a Side of Pumpkin?
Base pandering? Who, us?This week in Dallas food blogs are all about the under-appreciated, under-munched animals. We've swapped the quintessential beef patty for things like bunny rabbit, gigantic worms and a hot dog that takes a fork, knife and entire roll of Bounty to eat. And in the middl ... More >>
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September 16, 2010
The 2010 Big Tex Choice Awards Fries Up A New Batch of Artery-Clogging Eats, Beckoning State Fair-goers To Come And Get Their Grease On.
Base pandering? Who, us?This week in Dallas food blogs are all about the under-appreciated, under-munched animals. We've swapped the quintessential beef patty for things like bunny rabbit, gigantic worms and a hot dog that takes a fork, knife and entire roll of Bounty to eat. And in the middl ... More >>
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September 13, 2010
Gail Simmons Sees How the Cookies Crumble on Top Chef Just Desserts
Gail SimmonsThe Emmy-winning and highly rated Top Chef franchise on Bravo puts the icing on its cake with this week's debut of Top Chef: Just Desserts (10 p.m., Wednesday, September 15, then moving to its regular slot at 9 p.m. the following week). Hosting the competition among 12 top-flight ... More >>
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August 19, 2010
Otherwise Known As "Cakelettes"
Gail SimmonsThe Emmy-winning and highly rated Top Chef franchise on Bravo puts the icing on its cake with this week's debut of Top Chef: Just Desserts (10 p.m., Wednesday, September 15, then moving to its regular slot at 9 p.m. the following week). Hosting the competition among 12 top-flight ... More >>
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July 30, 2010
Bonus MP3: Bravo, Max! -- "German Chocolate Cake"
Just got word from Ben Gastright, bassist for local alt-country act Bravo, Max!, that the band has expanded to seven members. The complete line up is now Johnny Beauford, Gastright, Steve Vanderheide, Eli Staford, Ellie Stevens, Bob Loshelder and Chris Schmidt. "We're your standard rock instru ... More >>
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June 30, 2010
Five Awesomely Easy Desserts for 4th of July
We salute you, lazy asses!Independence Day is coming up and you're in charge of bringing dessert to the office potluck, the familyfest or the epic drinkathon with your friends. Screw making a flag cake. Instead, assert your right to pursue happiness -- lazy = happy in our book -- and bring one of ... More >>
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May 21, 2010
Top 10 High-End Stoner Dishes
Ok, focus. Must...focus.The recent NY Times chronic-le about weed smokage in the kitchen was not shocking, to say the least, but it did spur a few imaginative thoughts: Do we have "haute stoner cuisine" in Dallas? Why is haute such an annoying word? The idea behind the Times' haute stoner cuisi ... More >>
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May 13, 2010
Sweets for Your Sweet Tooth: Bread Winners' White Chocolate Berry Cake
Photos by Sarah Johnson White Chocolate Berry Cake Demonstrated by Cara Vasquez of Bread Winners We recently decided that Appetite for Instruction needs more sweets in its life. Sure, we've dabbled here and there over the past year in the baking department, but not enough to satisfy our City o ... More >>
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March 24, 2010
The Soufflé Scramble
Nothing celebrates the coming of spring like the utilitarian, humble egg. For many civilizations, the egg symbolizes and celebrates power, life, fertility and renewal.At the Passover Seder, a hard-boiled egg dipped in salt water symbolizes both new life and sacrifice. The early Persians painted ... More >>
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March 4, 2010
The Original Pancake House: Big, Filled, Affordable Pancakes. Is This Heaven?
Nothing celebrates the coming of spring like the utilitarian, humble egg. For many civilizations, the egg symbolizes and celebrates power, life, fertility and renewal.At the Passover Seder, a hard-boiled egg dipped in salt water symbolizes both new life and sacrifice. The early Persians painted ... More >>
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January 8, 2010
From Mom: Secret Toffee And Gooey Butter Cake Recipes
This is mostly for Amy S., but a few others were interested so I asked mom to send the recipes. I'll just leave her to explain:I am sending 3 gooey butter cake recipes. The first one was in this week's St. Louis paper, from their files. This is not the one I make. ST LOUIS GOOEY BUTTER CAKE ... More >>
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December 17, 2009
Hophead: Warmers, Porters And Stouts To Make The Season Merry And Dark
Jesse HugheyRahr Whiskey WarmerWhile last week's Hophead focused on just a very few of the great Christmas beers available this time of year, this week's is a more general look at winter seasonal beers along with beers that are well suited to drinking by the fireplace or in a warm pub escaping th ... More >>
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November 19, 2009
Veggie Guy: Thanksgiving
I would've really liked to spend this Thanksgiving with my brother and sister-in-law in Northwest Spain. They throw an amazing bash each year for all of their American friends, then take it to the clubs for late-night dancing and drinks. Fun times, for sure! My recently retired mother, however ... More >>
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July 15, 2009
Old School Sweets
One of these guys has been hittin' the sauce...well, the extract, really.Long before these dismal days of gut-busting King Size Snickers and 3 Musketeers Dark Chocolate Mint (an unholy creation, for sure), there were Goo Goo Clusters and Zagnuts and Squirrel Nut Zippers...uh...must...resist...Beavi ... More >>
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June 11, 2009
Genealogy With Icing
One of these guys has been hittin' the sauce...well, the extract, really.Long before these dismal days of gut-busting King Size Snickers and 3 Musketeers Dark Chocolate Mint (an unholy creation, for sure), there were Goo Goo Clusters and Zagnuts and Squirrel Nut Zippers...uh...must...resist...Beavi ... More >>
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May 28, 2009
Texan Treats
One of these guys has been hittin' the sauce...well, the extract, really.Long before these dismal days of gut-busting King Size Snickers and 3 Musketeers Dark Chocolate Mint (an unholy creation, for sure), there were Goo Goo Clusters and Zagnuts and Squirrel Nut Zippers...uh...must...resist...Beavi ... More >>
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May 26, 2009
Dude Food: Chubby's Family Restaurant
Chubby's Family Restaurant7474 S. Cockrell Hill RoadDude Factor: 8, or "Jack Palance in City Slickers" on a scale of 1 ("Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones And The Crystal Disappointment") to 10 ("Clint Eastwood in Unforgiven")Of all the billboards on the way to and from work, Chubby's Family Restaurant ... More >>
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February 10, 2009
The Dark (And Semi-Sweet) Side
Katherine ClapnerDude!Sweet! chocolates is playful from its name on down. The local, independent chocolatier owned and operated by pastry chef Karen Clapner, recently hit the scene with fun flavors like Curried Banana (yellow curry, banana, African dark chocolate), Black and Blue (Guiness and black ... More >>
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November 25, 2008
Mmmm, 7-Eleven Now Has Its Very Own Brand of Beef Jerky
From the sound of this morning's announcement, Dallas-based 7-Eleven has decided that sooner or later, everything in the joint will be branded with the brand name. Three months ago, word was the convenience store chain was expanding into the Jamaican beef patties business -- which was fine with a ha ... More >>
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February 22, 2007
May Oui?
Le Rendezvous dares to take its sweet time
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September 8, 2005
Zest is Best
Spice things up with ZestFest
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June 13, 2002
Touchy Subject
Get a feel for art at Edith Baker Gallery
Dining
February 7, 2002
That '70s Meal
Fondue makes a comeback at The Melting Pot
Best of Dallas
September 20, 2001
Best Sausage
Kuby's Sausage House Inc.
Best of Dallas
September 21, 2000
Best Oak Lawn Restaurant
Marco Italian
Best of Dallas
September 21, 2000
Best place to buy a vegan birthday cake
Cosmic Café,
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March 12, 1998
Grub at earth's end
A stop at The Classic Cafe means eating well where the highway ends
Dining
July 10, 1997
Battle of the free bread
A new Italian eatery tries to one-up La Madeleine
Dining
May 29, 1997
Amazing grace
Jim Severson's new restaurant has the Wright stuff
Dining
November 7, 1996
Hot Dish
Jim Severson's new restaurant has the Wright stuff
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August 29, 1996
Tastefully out of style
Corny name, delicious quiche--could ST be any more out of it?
Dining
May 16, 1996
Holding food court
Lunch at Neiman's is still fashionably good, but Nordstrom just serves off-the-rack
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February 8, 1996
Hot Dish
Lunch at Neiman's is still fashionably good, but Nordstrom just serves off-the-rack
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November 2, 1995
Hot Dish
Lunch at Neiman's is still fashionably good, but Nordstrom just serves off-the-rack
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September 7, 1995
Hot Dish
Lunch at Neiman's is still fashionably good, but Nordstrom just serves off-the-rack
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August 24, 1995
Hot Dish
Lunch at Neiman's is still fashionably good, but Nordstrom just serves off-the-rack
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April 6, 1995
Sea no evil
Plano's Sea Grill angles for greatness
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