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March 13, 2012
My Private Chef's Holly Muller Usually Just Hosts the Pop-Ups; This Time Her Food Stars
During the day, Holly Muller is a food nutritionist who runs My Private Chef, a service that cooks, packages and freezes well-balanced meals for customers who don't have time to cook or are looking for a simple way to lose weight with food that doesn't suck. At night time, however, My Private Chef ... More >>
Blogs
February 17, 2012
With the Red Tide Receding, It's Time To Eat Some Texas Oysters
Finally. We've been covering the red tide outbreak and its effect on oyster harvesting in the gulf for some time now. Last week the news finally shifted toward the positive. Many regions of the Texas Gulf shore have been opened to oyster fisherman. I talked with Chris Van Deusen, spokeswoman ... More >>
Blogs
May 13, 2011
Wrapping Up The Week That The Double Double Gods Finally Arrived In North Texas
These are the assholes who line-jumped at In-N-Out. In case you'd forgotten.Copper River salmon is nearly back in season, and Dallas plans to open up a new Central Market this year. A recipe for soft shell crab emerges. That's all that happened this week in food bloggery. Oh, and some burge ... More >>
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March 11, 2011
This Week Online: Superfood are Spawning, Spaghetti is Good and More
This week in the blogosphere, we learned eaters prefer spaghetti to pineapples and how to satisfy the growing numbers of Hispanic wine drinkers. Besides that, it's time for superfood to spawn and vegan burgers to rise above "decent." Read on. City of Ate Like so many other of its patrons, Ha ... More >>
Blogs
March 2, 2011
Lent: No, It's Not the Vatican Diet Plan
The tired, lame joke used to pop about annually this time of year among the lapsed Catholics in my family. "I'm giving up watermelon for Lent," assorted uncles would say with a grin. Har-har. Get it? Watermelon isn't in season during Lent, so as sacrifices go... Yeah, those old boys were ca ... More >>
Blogs
February 16, 2011
Crawfish Season Off to Slow Start Thanks to Winter Storms
I grew up in East Texas in a predominantly Cajun family, so crawfish season always makes me nostalgic for the days of sitting in the back seat of my dad's truck with a wiggling 20 pound burlap sack of mudbugs. At first, I was horrified for being responsible for sending countless crawdads to t ... More >>
Blogs
February 16, 2011
Honey Mussels Elsewhere, not Dallas
Honey Mussels, a specific strain of mussels named for their amber shell and unique flavor, may be garnering culinary popularity as they make their way to U.S. cities, popping up in places like New York, but they don't seem to have made it into Dallas -- yet. The mussels originated in Britis ... More >>
Blogs
December 3, 2010
Eddie V's Decides Chilean Seabass Isn't Eco-Friendly
Chilean seabass, the poster fish for irresponsible seafood selection, is off the menu at Eddie V's Prime Seafood. The uptown steak-and-seafood restaurant is now serving Hawaiian seabass instead, citing customer clamor for "additional sustainable, eco-friendly practices." But the seabass aff ... More >>
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November 22, 2010
TJ's Announces Lobster Discount -- Promotion Unlikely to Draw Pilgrims
It's odd. We find a ton of photos of babies dressed as food items, but very few recipes.TJ's Fresh Seafood market is spinning its lobster promotion this weekend as an antidote to turkey, but it's almost certain Pilgrims wouldn't have taken advantage of the deal. Befitting the first Thanksgiv ... More >>
Blogs
November 19, 2010
The Week in Food: Things to be Thankful For -- And Others Not
You might be stressed about cooking dinner next Thursday, but that's the kind of anxiety Dallas chefs breathe, sleep and eat for breakfast (slow-roasted and lavender-infused, naturally.) Some Dallas restaurants are closing for good, some are revamping their previously underwhelming menus, and ... More >>
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October 21, 2010
T.J.'s Seafood Market Cuts Through the Din
At least one local food retailer believes the costs and logistical hassles associated with offering a deal through an online coupon site are offset by the marketing benefits. "After being in business for 21 years, we figured we'd found just about everyone in Dallas who likes to cook fresh se ... More >>
Blogs
September 24, 2010
How Do Diners Know When "Local" Means "Good?"
If you're going to brand deviled eggs, this guy should get his due.Diners who've doted on the salmon-topped deviled eggs at Neighborhood Services Bar & Grill have had no way of knowing the smoked fish came from TJ's Seafood Market -- a situation TJ's owner Jon Alexis aims to change. As Alexi ... More >>
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August 19, 2010
Gefilte Fish: Tracking Heritage
Through Boiled Balls of Fish
Gefilte fish, perhaps the most maligned food on the traditional Jewish High Holiday table, encodes its maker's ancestry as surely as hand-me-down stories and immigration papers, a local fishmonger says. Jon Alexis of TJ's Fresh Seafood Market in Preston Forest Village claims he can almost al ... More >>
Blogs
July 19, 2010
Lousiana Season is Over,
But You Can Still Get a Crawfish Fix
Crawfish lovers, don't give up yet.A new project at Louisiana State University may eventually extend the crawfish season through the fall, but a local seafood purveyor says many consumers don't realize live mudbugs are already available through Halloween. "You can get crawfish from the Pacif ... More >>
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April 28, 2010
Nate's Seafood and Steakhouse vs. Shuck-N-Jive: The Mudbug Melee
Certain times and events of each year are celebrated with verve and ballyhoo, and crawfish season is no exception. This year the crawfish season came in sober like a lamb, but I have on good faith that it has built up steam in the past few weeks and is in full on lion-like rage at the moment. I ... More >>
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March 29, 2007
R.I.P., Ray Nasher | Widespread Outrage | The Death of Cool
Certain times and events of each year are celebrated with verve and ballyhoo, and crawfish season is no exception. This year the crawfish season came in sober like a lamb, but I have on good faith that it has built up steam in the past few weeks and is in full on lion-like rage at the moment. I ... More >>

Blogs

My Private Chef's Holly Muller Usually Just Hosts the Pop-Ups; This Time Her Food Stars

Blogs

With the Red Tide Receding, It's Time To Eat Some Texas Oysters

Blogs

Wrapping Up The Week That The Double Double Gods Finally Arrived In North Texas

Blogs

This Week Online: Superfood are Spawning, Spaghetti is Good and More

Blogs

Lent: No, It's Not the Vatican Diet Plan

Blogs

Crawfish Season Off to Slow Start Thanks to Winter Storms

Blogs

Honey Mussels Elsewhere, not Dallas

Blogs

Eddie V's Decides Chilean Seabass Isn't Eco-Friendly

Blogs

TJ's Announces Lobster Discount -- Promotion Unlikely to Draw Pilgrims

Blogs

The Week in Food: Things to be Thankful For -- And Others Not

Blogs

T.J.'s Seafood Market Cuts Through the Din

Blogs

How Do Diners Know When "Local" Means "Good?"

Blogs

Gefilte Fish: Tracking Heritage
Through Boiled Balls of Fish

Blogs

Lousiana Season is Over,
But You Can Still Get a Crawfish Fix

Blogs

Nate's Seafood and Steakhouse vs. Shuck-N-Jive: The Mudbug Melee

News

R.I.P., Ray Nasher | Widespread Outrage | The Death of Cool

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