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October 3, 2011
You State Fair-Goers Can Eat All the Deep-Fried Crap You Like. More Cuban Sandwiches For Me.
I grew up in a rural area, and the state fair was pretty far away. Most years the county or 4-H fair was where I got my fix for funnel cakes and sheep shit. The theme is about the same, but the scale much smaller and the food selection was less diverse. So when the State Fair of Texas kicked ... More >>
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October 13, 2010
Five Cuisines Dallas Needs Now
Elizabeth BairWith all due respect to this beautiful thing, we'd like to see some other cuisines come through Big D.Fusion cookery is great. It can make global eats accessible to novices, turning something initially unpalatable to timid taste buds into something irresistible. It can be a gateway ... More >>
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September 28, 2010
What Wine Does One Pair with a Corny Dog?
Photo by Chris MeeseyThe State Fair of Texas makes it easy to find your way around Fair Park if you know how to use one of the handy free maps handed out at the entrance gate. If you wish to find the Go Texan Wine Garden, for example, merely mosey a ways down the Esplanade, turn left at Inter ... More >>
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August 13, 2010
Sloppy Seconds: Luxe food at the movies, green 'cue in the Cliff
Gold Class CinemasThis week's Dallas food blog coverage saw lots of action over at Stephen Pyles and a musical chairs of restaurant openings and closings all over the metroplex. Bargain priced wine and seafood may be in short supply at some venues, and a couple of bloggers gave the bene ... More >>
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May 24, 2010
Will Loft 610 Push Tre Wilcox from Top Chef to Best Chef?
Chris MeeseyFearing, Pyles, Gottlich, Hage, Luscher. These are some of the names that are automatically given as answers whenever the question is asked, "Who is the best chef in Dallas?" They have all prepared thousands of wow-inducing meals for their grateful patrons, they have worked in some ... More >>
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March 15, 2010
Springtime for Dallas and Plano with Tequila and Chili at Red's Patio Grill
Photos by Chris MeeseyRed's fire-roasted chicken quesadillas.Spring's awakening. The city returns to life after winter's long slumber. Of course, March means college basketball and St. Patrick's Day, but it also means the start of patio season, the all-too-brief time when we can dine alfresco be ... More >>
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January 4, 2010
Another Year At City Of Ate
We understand City of Ate is an, um, unusual blog.The Dallas market was already well-served, when we started up, by outlets breaking news tidbits, speculating on rumors, providing forums on topics of the day and such. So we conceived of a 'magazine-style' blog--a venue for recurring articles, som ... More >>
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September 15, 2009
Mix-Mex: A Quick Tour Of Newly Opened Mexican Venues
We Texans love our "Mexican" food. That is, we love flour tortillas filled with breast meat and corn chips dipped in processed cheese. Who wouldn't? Except, as we all know, that's not really Mexican, now is it? (And sometimes, as our own Chris Meesey would point out, the concoctions we adore ... More >>
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March 20, 2009
Burning Question: What's Going On At City Of Ate?
Hey, wait a minute...this is a government waste disposal schedule.Someone posted a comment under our new Veggie Girl segment this week wanting some kind of alert when the column pops up--RSS, we think they called it.The Burning Question crew, of course, knows nothing about technology...which is prob ... More >>
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February 11, 2009
On The Range: West Texas Enchiladas
The first of a series documenting Chris Meesey's personal quest for authentic Tex-Mex. But we'll let him tell you more... I'm a genu-wine Texan, born and bred. In fact, I began life at Nix Hospital, San Antonio--less than one mile from The Alamo, the acknowledged epicenter of the Texas Universe. ... More >>
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January 14, 2009
Pairing Off: Grilled Cheese
For a brief moment I regretted this week's pairing. Not only did my first attempt turn into a smoldering slab of charcoal--oozing orange stuff and damn near sending the smoke alarm into a shrieking fit--but the wine experts I consulted gave me a right grilling."What cheese," asked Lin Sellman of Goo ... More >>

Blogs

You State Fair-Goers Can Eat All the Deep-Fried Crap You Like. More Cuban Sandwiches For Me.

Blogs

Five Cuisines Dallas Needs Now

Blogs

What Wine Does One Pair with a Corny Dog?

Blogs

Sloppy Seconds: Luxe food at the movies, green 'cue in the Cliff

Blogs

Will Loft 610 Push Tre Wilcox from Top Chef to Best Chef?

Blogs

Springtime for Dallas and Plano with Tequila and Chili at Red's Patio Grill

Blogs

Another Year At City Of Ate

Blogs

Mix-Mex: A Quick Tour Of Newly Opened Mexican Venues

Blogs

Burning Question: What's Going On At City Of Ate?

Blogs

On The Range: West Texas Enchiladas

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Pairing Off: Grilled Cheese

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