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Desserts

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Our Recipe For Peach & Calamari Ice Cream

    japaneseicecream.blogspot.comMmm, seafood ice cream.​You probably ate a lot of food this Fourth of July. We're not judging. We did the same thing. But while you were gorging yourself on hot dogs and that questionably warm potato salad, we made a dessert that's sort of nutritious, but more impo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 2, 2010

    Christmas is for Cookie

    japaneseicecream.blogspot.comMmm, seafood ice cream.​You probably ate a lot of food this Fourth of July. We're not judging. We did the same thing. But while you were gorging yourself on hot dogs and that questionably warm potato salad, we made a dessert that's sort of nutritious, but more impo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2010

    Chef Tell: Wedding Cakes and Cliques

    ​At the start of last night's Top Chef Just Desserts, Princess Dexter was not really lamenting his huge blow-up -- wait, make that blow-ups, plural, because he clearly didn't remember all of them -- on last week's episode. Others were sad that Mama Bear Tim had been kicked off, and the rest were j ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2010

    Chef Tell: Savory's Finale a Little Sick, Sweet's Premiere a Little Sour

    ​First of all, let's get something out of the way. We all need closure. After our lovely Tiffany Derry packed her knives and came home to Dallas to get hitched, I didn't recap the finales. Partly because I was heartbroken they sent Kelly home over Kevin or Angelo on Part 1 and partly because, well ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2010

    Gail Simmons Sees How the Cookies Crumble on Top Chef Just Desserts

    Gail Simmons​The 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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2010

    No-Cook Prune Whip Is Plum Tasty
    (Ike Liked It, Too)

    Photo by Elaine LinerUh...yummy?​Discovering a collection of old recipe booklets my late grandmother saved and used for decades has inspired me. Can I replicate some of those now-forgotten dishes the way they used to make them? First up: Prune Whip. It's a chilled dessert, or at fancier table ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2010

    Pastry Chefs Getting Their Just Desserts

    Dallas' Top Chef: Just Desserts Competitor &Ritz-Carlton executive pastry chef Morgan Wilson​An upcoming dessert promotion is a good deal for diners, but may be an even better deal for the pastry chefs responsible for the free sweets. Bravo has partnered with OpenTable to offer free desserts ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2010

    Who's Your Daddy? UrbanDaddy
    Cooks Up a "Dallas" Dessert

    ​UrbanDaddy, a free daily e-mail service, touts its ability to suss out the "single thing you need to know every day about your city." What many subscribers don't know is the magazine's also in the business of creating the screwball foods and drinks that populate its hot list, including a new ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Goody two-shoes go wild for Square Burgers

    Sara KerensThe burgers are great, the desserts are tiny at Square Burger​This week's Dallas food blog coverage is a medley of Czech chili, lamb burgers at Square Burger, good eats from Ethiopia, seafood stew from San Francisco, and gun-eating Texans. We'll help you to prepare your sweet tooth ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 19, 2010

    Otherwise Known As "Cakelettes"

    Sara KerensThe burgers are great, the desserts are tiny at Square Burger​This week's Dallas food blog coverage is a medley of Czech chili, lamb burgers at Square Burger, good eats from Ethiopia, seafood stew from San Francisco, and gun-eating Texans. We'll help you to prepare your sweet tooth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2010

    Five Reasons Fried Pies are Better Than Cupcakes

    ​Dallas could have been a fried pie town. Simon Hubig, who put his name on the pies that define grab-and-go sweetness in New Orleans, opened his first bakery in Fort Worth during the First World War. But Hubig's bakery failed, becoming one of the first great DFW fried pie ventures to go belly-up. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    More Cupcakes, Less Wine. Dimples To Open in Arts District.

    ​Theatergoers who used to grab a glass of wine at Dali before the show may now have to content themselves with cupcakes. Dimples Cupcakes this week announced it will move into the storefront alongside Tei An. The bakery -- Dimples' fourth location in Texas -- will open for business on August. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    Any Food Fad That Involves Cake and Frosting is Fine With Us

    Photos courtesy of The Cake Ball CompanyFor more views of cake balls, macarons and whoopie pies, click here to see our recent slideshow.​What would our diets be without humanity's lemming-like habit of chasing the latest food fads? The acai berry would remain in the swamp lands of South Ameri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2010

    The New Cupcake? Wasn't the Old One Already Perfect?

    Kristy YangWith flavors changing daily, come to Breadwinners on a good day, and you might be lucky enough to score a brownie ball.​First, they said it was the whoopie pie. Then, it was the glamorous macaron. Most recently, cake balls are the frenzy. So, which exactly is the new cupcake? Despit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    10 Cupcakes and a Donut: The Heavyweights of Dallas Desserts

    Patrick MichelsSociety Bakery's peanut butter and chocolate cupcake. Just under $3.​It wasn't so long ago that the arrival of Sprinkles marked a moist, frosted watershed: the $3 cupcake. Last month's opening of Dimples in the West Village, though, has run that mark up to $5 -- or more, for a more ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 1, 2010

    Get Crankin'

    Patrick MichelsSociety Bakery's peanut butter and chocolate cupcake. Just under $3.​It wasn't so long ago that the arrival of Sprinkles marked a moist, frosted watershed: the $3 cupcake. Last month's opening of Dimples in the West Village, though, has run that mark up to $5 -- or more, for a more ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    Free Ice Cream for Everyone, Cinnabon Adds a Sweet New Addition, Rathbun's Blue Plate Kitchen Hosts a Wine Dinner, While 8.0's Goes the Beer Route

    www.sodahead.com​We were just thinking the other day that there should really be more free stuff available for the public. What if Steve Jobs set up shop on a street corner one day and just started giving away free computers and iPods? Or if Donald Trump decided it was a good day to rent a hot ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 4, 2010

    Noshing On Nutella

    www.sodahead.com​We were just thinking the other day that there should really be more free stuff available for the public. What if Steve Jobs set up shop on a street corner one day and just started giving away free computers and iPods? Or if Donald Trump decided it was a good day to rent a hot ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 17, 2009

    The Coveted Holiday Cookie

    www.sodahead.com​We were just thinking the other day that there should really be more free stuff available for the public. What if Steve Jobs set up shop on a street corner one day and just started giving away free computers and iPods? Or if Donald Trump decided it was a good day to rent a hot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2009

    Dorrough Expands Himself As An Artist, Pens Song About Ice Cream.

    Dorrough's getting brian-freeze.​You'd think that, in most instances, after scoring a major, nationwide hit with a song called "Ice Cream Paint Job," a rapper might consider avoiding the subject of frozen treats for a little while.But oh how presumptuous of you that would be...This past week, Dorr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    Veggie Guy: Vegan 'Month Of Food'

    ​In the vegan world, we're in what's known as "VeganMoFo." No, not what you think--it's a global event that stands for "Vegan Month of Food." We celebrate VeganMoFo to encourage our omnivorous friends to try animal-free eats for an entire month. Not an easy feat here in Dallas--you know, consider ... 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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2009

    Cupcakes On The Schedule

    The folks from Sprinkles just sent a box of cupcakes and a press release. The cupcakes feature a blue star on white icing (though the cake itself is the color of algae). The press release speaks of their arrangement with the Dallas Cowboys.Apparently if you buy these Cowboys-themed cupcakes (from Se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2009

    A Taste of 10 Dallas Milkshakes

    Europeans have fresh, seasonal foods, universal health care and about 30 weeks of vacation each year. But we have milkshakes.OK--so they serve a literal version: milk shaken with some flavoring. Ours involve ice cream, crammed into a glass and churned with a little milk (or, better yet, cream) into ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 4, 2009

    We're Not Cranking

    Europeans have fresh, seasonal foods, universal health care and about 30 weeks of vacation each year. But we have milkshakes.OK--so they serve a literal version: milk shaken with some flavoring. Ours involve ice cream, crammed into a glass and churned with a little milk (or, better yet, cream) into ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Dining

    February 26, 2009

    Yogilicious: Dessert for Lunch? Sure, Why Not?

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2009

    Reach For The Jars

    Sweet shops all over town are riding the cupcake wave. From California transplant Sprinkles to Las Vegas born, Frisco-baked Cupcakery and everything in between, if they can ice it, the people will come. But Samantha Rush, owner and cake designer at local bakery Rush Patisserie Pastry Boutique is ... More >>

  • Dining

    July 10, 2008

    Ticket to Paradise

    Sweet shops all over town are riding the cupcake wave. From California transplant Sprinkles to Las Vegas born, Frisco-baked Cupcakery and everything in between, if they can ice it, the people will come. But Samantha Rush, owner and cake designer at local bakery Rush Patisserie Pastry Boutique is ... More >>

  • Dining

    June 5, 2008

    Review: Cafe R&D

    Café R&D serves up pretty, tasty dishes, but where's the meow mix?

  • Calendar

    June 28, 2007

    Scoops of Summer

    Blue Bell blows out 100 candles

  • Dining

    January 25, 2007

    Ellumentary

    Comfort food in a reincarnated restaurant in Deep Ellum

  • Best of Dallas

    October 14, 2004
  • Best of Dallas

    October 14, 2004

    Best Cupcakes

    Cupcake Kitchen

  • Best of Dallas

    September 26, 2002

    Best Ice Cream

    Paciugo Gelato

  • Best of Dallas

    September 20, 2001

    Best Ice Cream

    Out of a Flower

  • Dining

    May 17, 2001

    Decisions, Decisions

    How many ice cream flavors do we really need?

  • Dining

    November 16, 2000

    Fat City

    Does anybody eat low-fat/no-fat ice cream?

  • Best of Dallas

    September 21, 2000

    Best ice cream flavor

    Coconut-banana at Marble Slab Creamery

  • Best of Dallas

    September 21, 2000
  • Dining

    November 18, 1999

    Value added

    Abacus' total is greater than the sum of its parts

  • Calendar

    June 25, 1998

    I scream, you scream...

    Abacus' total is greater than the sum of its parts

  • Dining

    February 6, 1997

    Success made simple

    What Else is the best new entry on the dining scene in a year

  • Dining

    August 15, 1996

    Hot Dish

    What Else is the best new entry on the dining scene in a year

  • Dining

    May 23, 1996

    Hot Dish

    What Else is the best new entry on the dining scene in a year

  • Dining

    November 9, 1995

    Pasta perfect, service prego

    Momo's carries on the tradition of the surly waiter

  • Dining

    July 13, 1995

    Watching bread rise

    Fairmount St. Cafe capitalizes on the bakery craze

  • Dining

    November 10, 1994

    Hot Dish

    Fairmount St. Cafe capitalizes on the bakery craze

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