French Food and Cooking

New French Bistro Boulevardier Draws the Foodarazzi. For Now.

Boulevardier is Open in Bishop Arts (Photos)

Last night was the première of Boulevardier, the new French bistro from Veritas owners Brooks and Bradley Anderson, chef Randall Copeland and chef Nathan Tate. The scene was set with French linens, crisp white walls and rich woods. The players were all dressed in tailored, plaid button-downs and fr ... More >>

At Jeff Harris' Bolsa, One Dish Reveals the Chef's Chops

Want to measure a chef? Look to his chicken.

Bistro 31 Sets Highland Park Buzzing

Simple Mediterranean-inspired plates designed for Park Cities palates.

The Cedars Social Lures Veteran New York Chef Kyle McClelland to Dallas

Chef Kyle McClelland​Chef Kyle McClelland, a veteran of the Manhattan culinary scene, has moved to Dallas to take over the kitchen at The Cedars Social, the popular bar-restaurant near the Southside on Lamar complex, the restaurant announced today. The French Culinary Institute graduate grew up ... More >>

Bistro 31 Opens in Highland Park Village

Alberto Lombardi's latest creation, Bistro 31, opened yesterday in Highland Park Village, which was built, fittingly, in 1931. The menu specializes in Mediterranean food and includes Italian, Spanish and French dishes, or combinations thereof. Hitting most points on Foodbitch's 15 classy things li ... More >>

Share Your Fourth Of July Beer Suggestion, Win A Libertine Beer Dinner For Two

​The Libertine's June beer dinner Wednesday night features Colorado's Avery Brewing Company, including a couple of rarer brews like Samael's Ale and Collaboration Not Litigation. Chef Taylor McCreary came up with a five-course menu of French cuisine inspired by the likes of Bernard Loiseau, the Tr ... More >>

Deep Ellum Brewing Plans Brew-B-Q, Peticolas Zoning Approved, Whole Foods Will Fill Your Growler And More Beer News

​Angela Hunt, Dwaine Caraway, Dave Neumann and the rest of the Dallas City Council may not agree on everything, but you know what can unite them? Beer. Michael Peticolas' zoning change request, which we mentioned back in March, was unanimously approved at yesterday's council meeting. The change al ... More >>

Jennie Kelley's Different Kind of Spree

FoxPolyphonic Spree member Jennie Kelley competes on MasterChef.​Jennie Kelley may possess no more or less an unusual background as preparation for being one of the latest contestants to face the kitchen fire of notable British hothead, Gordon Ramsay on his second season of the MasterChef seri ... More >>

Canada's Answer to Julia Child? "Mais non" (Not)

Laura Calder​Whether it's intended or not really doesn't matter: The minute a cooking program dubs itself French Food at Home and offers up a chef trying to be as understated, quirkily charming, yet educational as, yes, la grande dame d'American French cooking -- Julia Child -- it's setting it ... More >>

Julia and Andrew: Keep Today's TV Chefs;
Give Me the Queen of the Kitchen.

Julia Child​I'll gladly admit it: I'm a nostalgia freak. If I don't answer my phone immediately, it's because I'm gorging on the video I.V. drip of YouTube, jaw slackened as I watch old interviews with fave bands from the bell-bottomed '70s. That same penchant for the grainy imaged past plu ... More >>

Nosh: Avner Samuel's Latest Is Fine, Affordable and a Touch Too Friendly.

Looking for Roots of Jewish Cooking in France

​When eaters think of French cookery, they're generally more likely to focus on choucroute than kugel. But Jewish food historian Joan Nathan is working to restore France's reputation as the birthplace of Ashkenazi cuisine with her new cookbook Quiches, Kugels and Couscous: My Search for Jewis ... More >>

Dijon Chefs Visit Land o' the Fried. Will They Survive?

Chefs from Dijon​School lunch reformers this past weekend salivated over a CBS Sunday Morning dispatch from Paris showing schoolchildren munching on ratatouille turnovers and mussels. Fresh, organic, local produce is the norm in French schools, says the city of Dijon's spokesman Fabian Forni, ... More >>

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 >>

Shelf Help: Some 'Other' Cookbooks Worth A Peek

​As the Julia Child renaissance rush continues, Joseph Mason of Borders in the West Village says Mastering the Art of French Cooking is flying off the shelves. He's barely able to keep the classic best seller in stock, given the hoards of wanna-be French Chefs inspired by the hit movie Julie and ... More >>

Poor Julia Child

Great note on the Eats blog by Leslie Brenner. Thanks to a movie that turned them on to an old cookbook, some columnists have discovered classic French recipes are difficult. And reverence for her leaves out modern trendwriters like Michael Pollan. And she didn't share today's outlook on sexual orie ... More >>

In Julie & Julia, Two Biopics Boil Down to Half-Greatness

Child's Play: Julie Powell Talks About Having Her Life Made Into a Movie. Kind Of.

Julie Powell​Word is the Dallas Museum of Art still has overflow-simulcast tickets left for tonight's appearance by Julie Powell, the former blogger-turned-book author whose moniker makes up one half of the movie title Julie & Julia, starring Meryl Streep as Julia Child and Amy Adams as the Au ... More >>

Ghost in the Kitchen

Cadot is Poised To Become One of the Best Mid-range Restaurants in Dallas

Dishsmithing

A culinary master teaches classic prep

Lost In Translation

One thing you will never see on City of Ate or in Observer reviews--except perhaps in mocking form--is the word 'foodie.' In part, this is personal preference. The cute diminutive nickname just sounds so damn childish. But my distaste for the term stems from something decidedly generational (and alm ... More >>

Normandie Alliance Reaches for France and Comes Up Short

Soley's blend of French-Italian Makes for an Awesome Saturday Night

Still I Rise

A new Highland Park souffle joint is blowin' up

May Oui?

Le Rendezvous dares to take its sweet time

French Movement

Watel's changes slowly as interest in French food wanes

Marking Time

Figaro Cafe keeps us waiting...and waiting

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Taste of Whimsy

Mignon chef puts a twist on the classic

Salad Days

Star chefs host a toss-up

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Boot Scootin'

Why is Italian food so popular?

Ripened Kiss

There are only a few rough spots at Chez Gerard

Poo Poo

We Oui is a no-no

Eurotrash pickup

Avanti Euro Bistro proves that a little smarminess isn't all bad

Hash Over

Where's PoPoLos?; Dowdy McKinney; Lo lo Lola

Paris, Texas

Though sometimes pricey, Jean-Michel Sakouhi's new bistro fits Dallas to a T

Wet kiss

Bizu needs to tighten its menu before Dallas will pucker up

A French toast

La Mirabelle serves up fine French fare and holds the snootiness

Success made simple

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

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

French lesson

With Dallas' French cuisine in decline, Chez Gerard offers a survival lesson

French, seriously

Unpretentious Bonjour unstuffs Gallic sensibility

At a Snail's Place

Richard Fullington is trying to make a fortune in a slimy business

Beyond 'grazing'

Chef George Greiser makes a triumphant return to Gershwin's

La Cuisine

Watel's remains one of Dallas' few genuinely French restaurants

Goodbye, Old World

Juniper sheds its French identity for something suspiciously American

Mall to mall

Le Chardonnay brings its friendly, Fort Worth flavor to the east 'anchor store'