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April 3, 2012
Five Foods to Find at Rangers Ballpark This Spring, Including That $26 "Boomstick"
If you're a Baseball Person, walking through the concourse of a stadium and seeing that massive expanse of emerald turf for the first time each year fills your soul with the feeling of potential. For a northerner, baseball invokes the potential for warmer weather ahead; interrelationships of the cel ... More >>
Music
March 22, 2012
The Cool Ranchification of SXSW 2012
If you're a Baseball Person, walking through the concourse of a stadium and seeing that massive expanse of emerald turf for the first time each year fills your soul with the feeling of potential. For a northerner, baseball invokes the potential for warmer weather ahead; interrelationships of the cel ... More >>
Blogs
March 20, 2012
A Sucker For Your Marketing: A Conversation
When Observer Web Editor Nick Rallo and I shuffled down to SXSW last week, we both noticed the same thing: The somewhat icky marketing that seems to have inundated the Austin music festival, to the point where even the fans themselves were part of the brand. Here's an excerpt of a conversation we ha ... More >>
Blogs
March 15, 2012
10 Lessons Learned at SXSW 2012, Day One
SXSW soldiers on through Sunday, of course, but before our minds go supernova from the the plethora of great music, we'd like to share a few important things learned after Day One in the Chaos Machine. Also, our feet are like blood balloons so we need to sit down. That's another lesson: Bring 1,400 ... More >>
Blogs
March 8, 2012
The 7-Eleven Frito Pie: Feeding Drunks and Stoners Everywhere
I'd just walked into my local 7-Eleven to pick up a six-pack of beer. While walking back from the cooler, I saw a round and wobbling man standing in front of the cheese and chili dispenser. He had One hand on the chili dispensing button. The other was cupped below it. "Well this is going to be good ... More >>
Blogs
March 7, 2012
Chef Tre Wilcox on Masks, March Madness and the Perks of Being a Private Chef
Walking towards the back of Marquee to interview Tre Wilcox, I spot him having a rather intense conversation with a guy in a suit about the menu. I grab a seat in a plush booth and wait. No more than a minute later he starts to walk over, but gets interrupted twice by two other employees with just a ... More >>
Dining
February 23, 2012
The Great Dallas Brisket Taco Hunt
Five brisket tacos at five places in five hours: It's more meat -- and more fun -- than it seems.
Blogs
December 23, 2011
Easy Sliders Food Truck Rolls Up
The Easy Slider food truck hits the streets in Big D today for their first lunch service. Co-owners Miley Holmes and Caroline Perini worked together at the House of Blues and decided to cash it in and put it all down a bright blue food truck and sell small sandwiches. "We realized early on ... More >>
Dining
September 29, 2011
At Tillman's Roadhouse, Big Crowds and Bigger Portions
After changes and a tragedy, an old Oak Cliff favorite presses on.
Blogs
September 12, 2011
Texas Author Kaleta Doolin Gets Nostalgic For Fritos Pie
I've stumbled upon another book written by a Texas author and released recently. Kaleta Doolin's Fritos Pie came out late this summer, and I've just finished plowing through the copy that landed on my desk. The short paperback chronicles the genesis of the popular corn chip that subsequently ... More >>
Blogs
June 21, 2011
Powerful Sports Marketing Agency Concerned Employee Left With Confidential Trade Secrets
There's no shortage of stories extolling the genius of John Tatum, the 45-year-old who in 1994 co-founded Genesco Sports Enterprises, the Woodall Rodgers-based consulting group that marries the right product with the right athlete, sport or major league. Sports Business Journal noted in '08 that ... More >>
Blogs
June 6, 2011
Picture Show: Burgers Across Texas
JC Reid / Houston PressEating Our Words says Houston's Hubcap's bacon burger is one of the best. Last week, we joined forces with the Fellowship of the Village Voice Media Ring to bring a epic slideshow of burgers across the country. There were some surprises: the peanut-butter slathered mons ... More >>
Dining
December 16, 2010
Home On La Grange: Where Service and Drinks Almost Make Up for the Food.
JC Reid / Houston PressEating Our Words says Houston's Hubcap's bacon burger is one of the best. Last week, we joined forces with the Fellowship of the Village Voice Media Ring to bring a epic slideshow of burgers across the country. There were some surprises: the peanut-butter slathered mons ... More >>
Blogs
October 27, 2010
Even Tail-Get Snacks Come With a Cause
for Giants Fans
Do the cured ones cost extra?How does a Giants fan celebrate the start of the World Series? With a community supported agriculture box, of course. Winning the title for "Game tie-in least likely ever to be seen in Dallas," San Francisco's popular 4505 Meats this week announced it was putting ... More >>
News
October 14, 2010
Competitive eater “Nasty” Nate Biller chases the dream of athletic glory, one distended stomach at a time.
Do the cured ones cost extra?How does a Giants fan celebrate the start of the World Series? With a community supported agriculture box, of course. Winning the title for "Game tie-in least likely ever to be seen in Dallas," San Francisco's popular 4505 Meats this week announced it was putting ... More >>
News
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.
Do the cured ones cost extra?How does a Giants fan celebrate the start of the World Series? With a community supported agriculture box, of course. Winning the title for "Game tie-in least likely ever to be seen in Dallas," San Francisco's popular 4505 Meats this week announced it was putting ... More >>
Calendar
September 16, 2010
How 'Bout a Little Bear Huntin'?
Do the cured ones cost extra?How does a Giants fan celebrate the start of the World Series? With a community supported agriculture box, of course. Winning the title for "Game tie-in least likely ever to be seen in Dallas," San Francisco's popular 4505 Meats this week announced it was putting ... More >>
Blogs
September 7, 2010
Pie in the Sky: Is Fried Frito Pie Ready
To Hit the Top of the Greasy Charts?
Not satisfied with winning "best taste" honors at yesterday's Big Tex Choice Awards, fried Frito pie inventor Michael Thomas has implied he'd like his concoction to become a concession stand staple. "The deep-fried Frito pie is a game changer for fair food," Thomas told The Dallas Morning Ne ... More >>
Dining
August 26, 2010
The Burger Spot: Screw the Organic Beef! Gimme Funnel Cake Fries!
Not satisfied with winning "best taste" honors at yesterday's Big Tex Choice Awards, fried Frito pie inventor Michael Thomas has implied he'd like his concoction to become a concession stand staple. "The deep-fried Frito pie is a game changer for fair food," Thomas told The Dallas Morning Ne ... More >>
Blogs
August 4, 2010
Eat Local! Eat Cheetos!
The death of Cheez Doodles creator Morrie Yohai last week spawns this New York Times piece today about the myriad other cheese-flavored snacks available, well, everywhere. And it reminds us of another great inventor: Charles Elmer Doolin, the father of Frito and the creator of the Cheeto:Througho ... More >>
Blogs
July 22, 2010
Dude Food Goes Organic, But At Least It's With a Friggin' Burger
Burger Spot9090 Skillman St.Dude Factor: 8, or the G-Spot, on a scale of 1 (liver spots) to 10 (Spot)Burger Spot is tucked into a strip mall way up near LBJ, not far from another, well-established burger joint, the highly Dude Food-rated JG's. But while JG's is decidedly old school, Burger Spot i ... More >>
Blogs
May 25, 2010
A Baker's Dozen of Authentic Munchies Recipes
From Holytaco.comLast week, we discussed The New York Times' article on "haute-stoner cuisine" and, in response, we offered up some dishes from local restaurants that totally speak to the high mind.This sparked (ha!) some discussion regarding much more low-brow, what's-left-in-the-pantry culinary ... More >>
Blogs
May 17, 2010
Carlos Quintanilla's Found a New Delicious Target For Protest: Plano-Based Frito-Lay
Now might be a good time to go back and read Megan Feldman's '06 profile of Carlos QuintanillaOooh, just got a press release about an "informational protest" scheduled from 4-6 afternoon at a 7-Eleven close to my house -- the one at Marsh and Forest Lanes, to be precise, as it's apparently "the l ... More >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
January 27, 2010
Days Gone Bite: Frito Bandito
I had a Frito Bandito eraser. I can still hear that leering, gravely voice. And the song--oh, I remember the song.At least I remember the second version. Frito-Lay introduced the animated Mexican bandit to advertise Fritos in 1967. He wore a sombrero and a couple of six-shooters, sported a gold t ... More >>
Blogs
September 3, 2009
Appetite For Instruction: Venison Frito Pie
Recipe Demonstrated by Dan Landsberg of Tillman's Roadhouse Walk into Tillman's Roadhouse and treat your eyes to a feast. Exposed pine walls and crystal chandeliers set off luxe designer fabrics and rough-hewn country accents in this unique Bishop Arts restaurant. Executive Chef Dan Landsberg ... More >>
Blogs
May 20, 2009
Food For Thought 5.20.09
I guess the ironic thing about all of this was Charles Elmer Doolin (who also invented the "Cheeto") was a bit of a food purist himself and health food advocate...Doolin was the treasurer of the Texas Natural Foods Association and an avid follower of Dr. Herbert Shelton, a San Antonio vegetarian and ... More >>
Blogs
May 5, 2009
Dude Food: Jimmy John's
Jimmy John'smultiple locationsDude Factor: 9, or Jerry Springer (paid for sex with a check), on a scale of 1 (Eliot Spitzer, resigned in shame after press conference) to 10 (Charles Barkley, returned triumphantly to TNT and T-Mobile endorsements)I'm gonna level with you bros. Unlike my Dude Food co ... More >>
Blogs
March 18, 2009
On The Range: Bar-Mex (Nachos, Chips And Stuff Like That)
Most of us--well, most non-Hispanics, anyway--have been eating nachos for many years without a clue as to where the term originated. You see, in Tejano culture, "Nacho" is merely the nickname for Ignacio, a rather common name in Spanish-speaking households. And according to Robb Walsh and his ... More >>
Blogs
January 15, 2009
10 Questions: Paula Lambert
She opened the Mozzarella Company way back in 1982, after returning from Italy frustrated--not at the city's lifestyle or our inability to gesture frantically while holding normal conversation, but at the shortage of good, fresh cheese. Back then Lambert's fledgling company produced no more than 10 ... More >>
Blogs
December 24, 2008
Pairing Off: 2008's Most Graphic Moments
Looking back on an all too brief year matching wines with everyday foods--you know, things from cans, boxes, fast food joints, and so on--it occurs to me the experts consulted each week performed admirably.Suspiciously so, as if they had already guzzled rose with their Taco Bueno takeaway on several ... More >>
Dining
November 8, 2007
Big D's Dogs
Looking back on an all too brief year matching wines with everyday foods--you know, things from cans, boxes, fast food joints, and so on--it occurs to me the experts consulted each week performed admirably.Suspiciously so, as if they had already guzzled rose with their Taco Bueno takeaway on several ... More >>
Dining
July 19, 2007
Slick Porch
New Tristan Simon venture has good food, little personality
Calendar
June 22, 2006
Rough Riders
New Tristan Simon venture has good food, little personality
Best of Dallas
September 25, 2003
Best Lunch Deal
Frito pie at Sonny Bryan's Smokehouse
News
January 9, 2003
Tuna Casserole
My recipe for a tasty tenure as Cowboys coach
Film
April 4, 2002
Barry Bad
Sonnenfeld's comic caper is no Trouble at all
Music
May 6, 1999
The variations of Tom Waits
Or: What do Liberace, Rodney Dangerfield, and a one-armed pianist have in common?
News
January 8, 1998
Not kosher
A Dallas County Jail inmate claims his junk-food diet is religious persecution
News
August 15, 1996
Not Ready for Prime time
The Bobby Jack Pack Show lurks in the shadows of cable access, threatening its creator with low-rent success
Dining
August 15, 1996
White-trash chic
Behind a low-rent facade dwells a Blue Soul of great eats
News
June 6, 1996
Blood and Feathers
A violent sport provides the knives, gaffs, and blood that bind
Dining
January 26, 1995
Supreme Being of barbecue
Zeus' Smokehouse offers up food for the gods

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