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Le Cordon Bleu

  • Dining

    April 12, 2012

    Company Cafe's Growing Pains

    A rapidly expanding restaurant learns good hands are hard to find.

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    Smoke Chef Tim Byres on His New Place for Chicken, the Importance of Nostalgia and a Fried Chicken Roadtrip

    After recently opening the new bar The Foundry, Chef Tim Byres is trying to finish out a family-style casual fried-chicken joint called Chicken Scratch, both of which are just around the bend from Smoke in north Oak Cliff. In the interview that follows, we discuss it all, including the best fried ch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    Top Chef Texas (Canada): Judges Whittle the Final Competition to Two Texans

    via Bravo... that damn lonely sliver of arugula.​Just think, this episode's elimination could have come down to a piece of arugula -- a wisp of a flavor dose so tiny it contributed almost nothing to the dish, which was the root of the problem. In the final elimination episode before next week' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2012

    Top Chef Texas Highlights: Make Delicious Barbecue, in Texas -- No Pressure.

    Last night's Top Chef delivered the most Texan of any conceivable Texas challenges: make barbecue that doesn't suck and do it at one of the state's best barbecue restaurants, Salt Lick in Austin. Oh, and make enough beef brisket, chicken and pork ribs to feed 300 people. No small task for the three ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2011

    Top Chef Texas: Dean Fearing, Lousy Steaks and the Emergence of a Bitchy Villian-Type

    via BravoThe dish that looked most delicious in the entire hour of television was Greyson's Quickfire creation. ​This week's Top Chef didn't overly Dallas-ize Dallas like last week's -- for that, we are thankful. Dean Fearing, the original chef at Mansion on Turtle Creek and the man behind Fea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Moth Chef Chad Kelley Exits Stage Left and Chef Jennifer Otsuki Saunters In

    The Meddlesome Moth​ Shannon Wynne, owner of the Meddlesome Moth just issued a statement, per D Magazine: "We are excited that Jennifer Otsuki has been promoted to Chef at the Meddlesome Moth where she has been working as sous chef under Chad Kelley for nearly two years. She is the one with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    nib chocolate's Stephen Smith on the Sweet Life

    ​Here's some hopeful news for all you C students out there: At the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu culinary school in Paris, Stephen Smith's "worst subject of everything was chocolate." Apparently, he got better. In fact, he got good enough to operate his own wholesale chocolate business, nib cho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2010

    So You Think You Can Cook: MasterChef Dishes Up a Chance to Embarrass Yourself

    And here's what Gordon Ramsay thinks of your tuna casserole.​A recent City of Ate post announcing Food Network's upcoming Dallas casting call has been hanging around in the most-viewed story list this week, so y'all are probably keen to learn about another chance for TV stardom. MasterChef, t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 4, 2010

    Chefs Clash for a Cause

    And here's what Gordon Ramsay thinks of your tuna casserole.​A recent City of Ate post announcing Food Network's upcoming Dallas casting call has been hanging around in the most-viewed story list this week, so y'all are probably keen to learn about another chance for TV stardom. MasterChef, t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2010

    Hash Over: Movember, Mojito Monday,
    Melting Pot and More

    October is long gone folks, and we here at City of Ate couldn't be happier. Thanksgiving is around the corner, and we've almost recovered from yesterday's sugar high. So let's all put away the Halloween costumes and get ready for a week of food events, many of which are benefiting charitable causes. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2010

    Barbecue Royalty to Open Smokehouse in Oak Cliff

    Two relatives of legendary Kreuz Market owner Edgar "Smitty" Schmidt are trying to save Dallasites the trouble of making a four-hour drive to Lockhart. Tablet​Jill Bergus, Schmidt's step-granddaughter, is partnering with pit master Tim McLaughlin to open Lockhart Smokehouse on the corner of W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    Any Food Fad That Involves Cake and Frosting is Fine With Us

    Photos courtesy of The Cake Ball CompanyFor more views of cake balls, macarons and whoopie pies, click here to see our recent slideshow.​What would our diets be without humanity's lemming-like habit of chasing the latest food fads? The acai berry would remain in the swamp lands of South Ameri ... More >>

  • Dining

    March 11, 2010

    Tramontana: A Restaurant Made for Grandma

    Photos courtesy of The Cake Ball CompanyFor more views of cake balls, macarons and whoopie pies, click here to see our recent slideshow.​What would our diets be without humanity's lemming-like habit of chasing the latest food fads? The acai berry would remain in the swamp lands of South Ameri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 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 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2009

    Heart Like A Deal

    Scrambling to find a romantic, yet hip and unique option for Valentine's Day? Lucky for you, many local restaurants have special menus, special dishes or just special prices to choose from on this, er, special day. Here are some options: Cupid would be proud of Central 214's naughty new chef, Bly ... More >>

  • Dining

    October 16, 2008

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

    Scrambling to find a romantic, yet hip and unique option for Valentine's Day? Lucky for you, many local restaurants have special menus, special dishes or just special prices to choose from on this, er, special day. Here are some options: Cupid would be proud of Central 214's naughty new chef, Bly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2007

    Northwest Dallas is So Bleu -- Le Cordon Bleu, That Is

    Scrambling to find a romantic, yet hip and unique option for Valentine's Day? Lucky for you, many local restaurants have special menus, special dishes or just special prices to choose from on this, er, special day. Here are some options: Cupid would be proud of Central 214's naughty new chef, Bly ... More >>

  • Dining

    July 12, 2007

    Do It Yourself

    For food like this, you might as well stay home

  • Dining

    May 16, 2002

    Kitchen Prism

    Food is art at Mirabelle

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