Subject: Julia Child

• Mama's bad boy

  Felicia's Journey is a thrilling, grim, and unexpected trip

  November 18, 1999

• Events for the week

  April 6, 1995

• Took 50 Years, But, Finally, Dallas Officially Recognizes Helen Corbitt

  Amy Severson, keeper of The Dallas Cook Book, has done her good deed for the year -- which year, you decide. Today she writes of a very special something she received from City Hall: "a City of Dallas Special Recognition for Helen Corbitt, with a gold seal, red ribbons, the whole shebang." Severson had inquired earlier this year whether the city had ever officially bestowed any honors upon Dallas's first celebrity chef -- who was "to American cuisine what Julia Child is to French" and Texas's "T

  December 31, 2008

• Pretty package

  December 7, 1995

• No place in the West End

  June 20, 1996

• Hot Dish

  October 3, 1996

• Bread and Circuses

  October 31, 1996

• Taking a stand

  May 8, 1997

• Top breed

  May 29, 1997

• 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 almost gleefully uninformed) implied in its emergence and dominance. The word crept into parlance in the early 80s then took off, spurred by a book--The Official Foodie Handbook--the launching of Food Ne

  February 16, 2009

• 10 Questions: James Neel

  He wanted to be a chef since the age of six, when he would "surprise" his parents with self-taught recipes. Neel's first professional role, however, was at the famous Ninfa's in Houston--as a dishwasher.After working his way up to a chef's apprentice role, he attended cooking school at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. From there, Neel's resume includes such standout kitchens as Tony's Restaurant in Houston, The French Room and Al Biernat's, where he served as opening chef.Tramontana is his own place

  February 18, 2009

• 10 Questions: Christopher Short

  The crew of Bella. Guess which one is the chef?You may not know his name. Short shies away from cameras and microphones, after all. But only a few chefs have a longer resume, at least when it comes to cooking in Dallas.Bella, a brand new spot in the Quadrangle, is his first small kitchen. Through much of his 25 years in the city, Short handled duties at the Hotel Crescent Court or The Mansion on Turtle Creek (where he served as private dining chef)...although way, way back in the 80s he cooked a

  April 2, 2009

• Dishsmithing

  February 26, 2009

• Child's Play

  February 12, 2009

• Cook or Kook?

  Yan shows Central Market how it's done

  September 18, 2008

• Review: The Food, Not the Setting, Impresses at Scene Restaurant & Lounge

  May 8, 2008

• Burnout

  A few glowing embers can be found at Firehouse

  August 17, 2006

• Piece of Her Heart

  May 5, 2005

• This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

  May 5, 2005

• Dead Heat

  Día De Los Muertos exhibit returns with the monarchs

  October 21, 2004

• Best Chicken

  Ali Baba Cafe

  October 14, 2004

• Bookwormed

  Guthrie's has a great cookbook collection. Too bad they're on the shelf.

  September 9, 2004

• This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

  September 2, 2004

• This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

  August 19, 2004

• Good as Cash

  The unlikely story of the greatest Texas athlete you've never heard of

  January 29, 2004

• This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

  October 30, 2003

• Salad Days

  Star chefs host a toss-up

  August 7, 2003

• Naked Ambition

  Jamie Oliver shows his twist at Central Market

  October 24, 2002

• Something about Stephan

  After 25 years in Dallas' restaurant jungle, Stephan Pyles has come out respected and rich. How does he stay so clean?

  July 26, 2001

• Ballsy dining

  Eating at Mel's on Main takes uncommon valor

  December 16, 1999

• Totally baked

  Julia Child returns to Dallas

  October 7, 1999

• On The Range: Chiles Rellenos

  Chiles rellenos, Emeril-stylePoblano peppers or Anaheim? When making chiles rellenos, the chef must first consider which pepper might better serve his or her vision of the completed dish. Indeed, they are similar and both are widely used, but tasting reveals subtle but noticeable differences. The leaner Anaheim pepper is actually American in origin, specifically New Mexico by way of California, and its flavor is often more delicate--which some might argue serves as a better canvas for the

  May 20, 2009

• Kitchen Wasteland

  Just how many food shows do we need hanging out in and around Dallas, distracting our chefs and disrupting meals?Oxygen will be shooting the Naughty Kitchen at Central 214 for the next few months. The contest winner with the hair was back in the area--this time in Cowtown. A mom from Keller is vying for another Fieri-type show as the Food Network continues to seek out inexpensive talent. People still remember locals who appeared on Iron Chef America episodes. And Fort Worth chef Tim Love takes p

  June 10, 2009

• Keeping Score

  Zorilla, via FlickrSix months (plus a couple) into City of Ate and I'm still trying to figure out blogging. In the past couple of months, we've also added twitter--fortunately handed to someone else, since my response to the first mention of it was along the lines of 'I've read about it in the paper'--and a text message blast.And yet, I'm still trying to understand the older format. Oh, we discuss possibilities from time to time. Some folks around here want to crowd the space with more and more

  June 22, 2009

• Ghost in the Kitchen

  July 23, 2009

• 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 Austin native who spent a year cooking her way through Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking. My review of Nora Ephron's adaptation of both Powell's book and Child's sparkling memoir My Life in Fr

  July 29, 2009

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

  August 6, 2009

• 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 Julia. Mason, however, has a few new faves of his own back behind the impulse-purchase racks. Read on for his top late summer picks: Seven Fires: Grilling the Argentine Way by Francis Mallmann and

  September 11, 2009