Julia Child

Chef Burning Questions: Lisa Garza of Sissy's Shares Her Favorite Cookbooks and Meals

Each week (or thereabout) we ask a local chef three burning questions about their favorite culinary reads, food shames and best (or worst) meals. Today we chat with the proprietress of Sissy's Southern Kitchen and Bar, Lisa Garza, who has small library of cookbooks, but swears off some foods. What ... More >>

PBS Digital Studios Make Julia Child Remix in Honor of Her 100th Birthday

Turn the house speakers all the way up and let Julia Child, with her blessed chocolate-loving soul and gracious spirit, invade every nook and cranny of your chalet. As HufPo reported, in celebration of what would have been her 100th birthday on August 15, PBS Digital Studios made a Julia Child Remix ... More >>

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

Want to measure a chef? Look to his chicken.

Komali Chef Anastacia Quinones on the Allure of Victor Tango's, the Mulato Chili and More

Anastacia Quiñones is just one week into her new job as chef at the modern Mexican cuisine spot Komali. The Dallas native attended the Culinary Institute of America in New York, then fell in love with San Francisco after just several hours visiting. After working there for a few years, she returned ... More >>

Tracing the Origins of Rockwall's Bin 303

Growing up in Amarillo, Mat Nugent's mom was, in today's lingo, a "foodie." She taught classes in French cooking, hosted parties to display her culinary skills and, of course, watched Julia Child. Her interest rubbed off on son Mat, who split his TV time between cartoons and cooking shows. So when ... 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 >>

Gift Ideas for Cooks When a Dreidel Isn't Enough

Since Chanukah's not traditionally a gift-giving holiday (it's a minor festival trumped up to keep assimilation-minded Jews from celebrating Christmas, but I'll save that screed for another day), I typically don't bother making a wish list. As a kid, my loot usually consisted of dreidels and socks, ... More >>

WingSpan Theatre Entertains With Absurd Albee One-Acts; Theatre Three Plods Through 33 Variations

Down on the Farm: Are Women Being Denied Credit for Changes to Eating Habits?

In a less patriarchal and oppressive society, she'd be holding the pitchfork.​Ms. Magazine took on food politics this month, arguing in a cover story that women aren't getting enough credit for their contributions to the changing culinary landscape. Author Jennifer Cognard-Black fingers a "fa ... More >>

Chef Tell: Dishes in Disguise?

​Last night's episode of Top Chef provided A) the best text messages sent by friends watching the show before I was, and B) the most quality "sheesh"-inducing insults during tasting and Judges' Table so far this season.I knew the Quickfire was going to be good because well, I got a text that said ... More >>

Second Floor's J. Chastain Whips Up a Blend of Simple, Local, Classic and Modern Techniques

Photo by Robert Bostick​Time was, the only chefs most of us knew by name were Julia Child and that Boyardee guy. Not anymore. With the crush of talented wizards working magic in Dallas kitchens, it pays to know just who is behind the saute pan at your favorite eatery. To help you keep track, t ... More >>

Top 10 Most Important Influences On Food In Our Lifetimes

​Consequences are near impossible to predict and rather difficult to judge, even in hindsight. For example, the Baby Boom generation, so interested in besting their elders in freedom of thought, turned into the kind of wimp-ass parents who dumb down education so every kid could pass. And you coul ... 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 >>

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

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 ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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. ... More >>

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 mu ... More >>

Dishsmithing

A culinary master teaches classic prep

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 ... More >>

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 >>

Child's Play

Lawry's honors the mother of cooking shows

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 ... More >>

Cook or Kook?

Yan shows Central Market how it's done

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

Burnout

A few glowing embers can be found at Firehouse

Piece of Her Heart

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Dead Heat

Día De Los Muertos exhibit returns with the monarchs

Best Chicken

Ali Baba Cafe

Bookwormed

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

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Salad Days

Star chefs host a toss-up

Naked Ambition

Jamie Oliver shows his twist at Central Market

Something about Stephan

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

Ballsy dining

Eating at Mel's on Main takes uncommon valor

Totally baked

Julia Child returns to Dallas

Top breed

Dog Show has the pedigree of pure Beckett

Taking a stand

Rebellious Chef Danielle Custer creates a risky menu for Laurels

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

Hot Dish

No place in the West End

To hell with authenticity, Y.O. Ranch has great cowboy grub

Pretty package

La Petite Maison masters form, but the contents need a bit of work

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