Main Dish Recipes

Bistro 31 Sets Highland Park Buzzing

Simple Mediterranean-inspired plates designed for Park Cities palates.

Bird versus Bird: A Farm and Factory Showdown.

Heritage Turkey​In college I had to take a communications class, which involved giving a persuasive speech. Luckily, I don't remember mine. But, I'll never forget the girl who persuaded us not to eat chicken. It worked. She did a standing ovation-worthy physical interpretation of a chicken wit ... More >>

Here's Hoping Grandma Doesn't Mind if I Dallas Up Her Stuffing Recipe

Turkey Stuffing -- Vermont? ​Seven days. I've got seven days till the greatest holiday of all time commences, and I haven't done a thing to prepare. Once an avid home cook, I've prepared, no exaggeration, one meal since I moved here in July. A bowl of steel cut oatmeal, laced with sweet Texa ... More >>

Choose Wisely and Drink Freely at SWIG

Come for the booze, stay for the booze at Henderson Avenue's latest.

Dallas' Five Best Dishes To Eat In Front of Vegetarians

​Everyone's got the right to make their own decisions when it comes to food choices, so why not take the opportunity to show all your vegetarian friends that you made the right one by eating Dallas' most hedonistic protein dishes. Don't just eat meat but gorge on all the delicious animal parts ... More >>

God's Gift To Pizza Pie: The Egg

Flickr​Early Phoenicians believed that a primeval egg split open to form heaven and earth; I believe eggs were created for pizza. Peperoni? That's a topping made in America. You won't see it in Italy anywhere. Some thinly-shaved ham is nice. I like basil and cheese, too. But a lightly cooked e ... More >>

Conquering Marrakesh with the Baboush's Condiment Kings

From the guys who brought you Medina, a new menu and a new neighborhood show a different side of Morocco.

The Reuben at Coppell Deli: Taking You Back to the Glory Days

​Each week, Justin Bitner goes hunting for DFW's most interesting sandwiches. Have a sandwich suggestion? Leave it in the comments and he'll check it out. Venue: Coppell Deli The Sandwich: The Reuben ($6.29) Bread: Ever so delicately toasted Rye Toppings: Corned beef, sauerkraut, Swiss ch ... More >>

At Tillman's Roadhouse, Big Crowds and Bigger Portions

After changes and a tragedy, an old Oak Cliff favorite presses on.

Thoughts On Chicken-Fried Steak and This Week's Review: Tillman's Roadhouse

You can't put lipstick on a pig. Well I suppose you could, but then we'd have another set of issues to discuss. At any rate, this is the phrase that jumped into my head when I tore into the chicken-fried steak at Tillman's Roadhouse a few weeks ago. The kitchen used filet mignon in the recipe -- br ... More >>

At Amruth and the Taj Chaat House, a Lesson in Learning From Ingredients

Lesson No. 1: Show up hungry.

Winspear Opera House's Petite Sandwich Redefines "Petite." And "Sandwich."

​Last night the Winspear Opera House played host to Kathleen Edwards, a Canadian folk and country singer, and Bon Iver. The opera house, a marvel of modern architectural and sound design, makes for a life-shifting experience when the music is good. I wish I could say the same for the food a ... More >>

The Grape is Stuck in the Past, Right Where it Belongs

Compared to modern bistros, The Grape's menu and dining room seem dated. That's why it works so well.

Mesa: Bringing Veracruz to Oak Cliff

Mesa's rustic version of Mexico doesn't bring the heat, but it stays true to its roots.

Walking the Wok at Asian-American's Birthplace

Kristy YangR&G Lounge's humongous Dungeness crab. We'd hate to see the one that got away.​(Here's part two of travelin' woman Kristy Yang's Walk the Really Long Wok from the Bay Area. Coming up shortly, something about Asian food closer to home. Check out last week's California Wok here.) San ... More >>

Company Cafe: Healthy Food Can Be Good. Who Knew?

Try some local, organic, gluten-free food without a 'tude.

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 >>

Some Food Tips for When You're Dumb Enough to Camp

www.tjhtees.com/tshirt/camping-sucks-tshirtsYes. Yes it does.​With summer here, inevitably someone is going to suggest I give up the burden of air conditioning, properly prepared food, washed hair and a comfy mattress to enjoy the pleasures of sleeping on dirt, swatting mosquitoes and eating u ... More >>

Clear Fork Station: A Cowboy Oasis

Worth a stop if you're in the neighborhood.

1974 Schlitz Malt Liquor Recipes For Drinking And Dining

Spice up your next swingin' key party with a tray of Schlitz "Malt Twisters" and a table full of Schlitz-marinated pork.​Lady Hophead visited an estate sale on our street recently and picked up what has to be the greatest, most hilarious example of misguided beer marketing I have ever seen: a 1974 ... More >>

Gefilte at Sea Breeze Shouldn't be Passed Over

​Shama lama ding dong! It's Passover time again. North Texas Jewish families who are preparing for the holiday, which begins Monday at sundown, will sit down for a ceremonial Seder dinner that is full of symbolism. Unfortunately for many, that means jarred gefilte. These spam-like fish balls a ... More >>

Yosef Schwartz and George Shepherd, Stars of the Fresh Diet, Share Recipes With City of Ate

Mushroom Crowns Filled with Pesto Chicken​In part one of this week's Three Course Meal, we shared a profile of Executive Chef and Chief Culinary Officer of The Fresh Diet, Yosef Schwartz, as well as a short bit about Dallas head chef of The Fresh Diet George Shepherd. In part two, we asked Sch ... More >>

Cookbook Author Speeds Up Southern Cooking

There are recipes for okra fritters, blackened catfish and benne wafers in Rebecca Lang's new cookbook, but there's not a word about fried chicken. ​"I'm really sad fried chicken is not in the book," says Lang, who will be demonstrating recipes from Quick-Fix Southern: Homemade Hospitality in 30 ... More >>

Urban Crust Shares Its Signature Pizza Recipe

​In part one of this week's Three Course Meal, we gave you a look at Salvatore Gisellu, executive chef at Urban Crust. In part two, we asked Gusellu to complete our thoughts for us. In today's final installment he shares a recipe for Black and Blue Pizza. Now, it won't be exactly the same as ... More >>

With a Name Like Whiskey Cake, It's No Surprise We Like It.

Cibus Brings Brunch To The Mall

Photos by Andrea Grimes and Man O' The HourThe Cibus Benedict features creamy Parmesan sauce and, supposedly, crab.​Sunday morning, as downtown restaurants were brimming with Super Bowl brunchers, the Man O' The Hour and I headed north into the sweet, consumerist bosom of North Park Center. There, ... More >>

It's Game Day at Big Daddy's House

Aaron McCargo Jr.​Everything about Aaron McCargo Jr. -- a.k.a. Big Daddy of Big Daddy's House -- is larger-than-life, from those dueling, glimmering earrings to the ingratiating grin as wide as the Rio Grande to that infectious laugh that serves as constant exclamation point to every brashly f ... More >>

Brownstone: Those Wintertime Blues are Lifted by Brussels Sprouts.

DiGiorno Pizza & Cookies Coming to a Store Near You

DiGiornoIt's not delivery. It's not anything else, either.​According to DiGiorno's Official Facebook page, the frozen pizza chain is about to launch new, yep-these-are-real products: Pizza & Cookies and Pizza & Boneless "Wyngz*." Fascinating! It's a good thing they went with the mind-blowi ... More >>

Nonna's Julian Barsotti Serves Up an Easy Recipe for Fussilli alla Gricia

​In part one of this week's Three Course Meal, we gave you a look at Julian Barsotti, owner and executive chef of Nonna. In part two, we asked Barsotti to complete our thoughts for us. In today's final installment he shares a recipe for Fussilli alla Gricia. Barsotti says, it's "one of the wo ... More >>

One2One: You Can't Please Everyone.

Technically, If You Eat Taco Bell At Brunch Time, That Means It's Brunch.

Photo by Man O' The HourOur Taco Bell brunch pile included: two Beef Baja Gorditas, a Double Decker Taco, a Chicken Burrito and a Beefy 5-Layer Burrito.​These things went into my belly on Saturday night: apple cider bourbon toddies topped with whiskey whipped cream. Mulled wine. Absinthe. Old Fash ... More >>

Leave the Bird, Bring the Pig: A Family Recipe for Pernil

​Whereas other families might have a Christmas turkey or goose, Puerto Rican families such as my own eat pork for their holiday meal. The meal -- actually a night-long party called Nochebuena -- is held on Christmas Eve and involves music, dancing, coquito (Puerto Rican eggnog), pitorro (Pue ... More >>

Home On La Grange: Where Service and Drinks Almost Make Up for the Food.

The 10 Crazy Fast Food and Chain Restaurant Releases of 2010

KFCIt's real, oh GOD, it's real.​On April 12, 2010 a new product was released by KFC. It began as an April Fools' Day press release. A joke, people thought, it must be a joke. The nation denied its existence. Then the billboards came, and somewhere, deep into the bowels of YouTube, a commerc ... More >>

La Duni's Julia Lopez Offers a Simple, Impressive Chicken Salad

Julia Lopez​In part one of last week's Three Course Meal, we gave you a look at Julia Lopez, corporate chef at La Duni. In part two, we asked Lopez to complete our thoughts for us. In today's final installment -- delayed by an editor's glitch -- she shares a recipe for one of her fave salads, ... More >>

Merry Xmas Cardiologists! First Bacon Cookies, Now Sausage Balls

Brooke NottinghamBalls of cheesy pork goodness​Sausage balls are charming. I find something delightfully underdog-ish about a pan loaded with tasty snacks that bake up to smell so good but look like clumps of dirt. There's nothing particularly Christmas-y about these little nuggets, but I ass ... More >>

Ming's Place: Great Fried Rice in the Heart
Of a Tex-Mex Zone

​A couple of weeks ago, on an otherwise familiar route home from the gym, an unfamiliar sign caught my eye. There, next to the Potbelly and Starbucks on the corner of Lemmon Avenue and Inwood Road, was a Grand Opening sign for Ming's Place China Bistro. Hmm... While I will admit that a high ... More >>

Bambu: This Friendly, Authentic Thai Spot Gets a Kiss on the Cheek.

Casey Thompson's Pasta With Grass-fed Beef: Maybe it's Time to Rethink That Holiday Turkey

​In the third part of our visit with Casey Thompson, Top Chef star, former executive chef at Shinsei and current chef at Fort Worth's Brownstone, Thompson shares a recipe for a beefy pasta dish. For parts 1 and 2 of our interview with Thompson, go here and here. Pasta and Grass-fed Beef

Nosh: Avner Samuel's Latest Is Fine, Affordable and a Touch Too Friendly.

Craft Dresses Up Menu with a Charity Favorite; Tom Colicchio May Return

Chef Jeff Harris' cavatelli, version 1.0, before it was dressed up with duck and foie gras.​Charitable contributions aren't the only good thing emerging from the bushel of culinary benefits being held this month. Chef Jeff Harris last weekend created a duck cavetelli with Swiss chard and foie ... More >>

Loft 610's Tre Wilcox's Got Legs
And Knows How to Use Them

​In part three of our look at Loft 610's executive chef Tre Wilcox, the chef shares his recipe for the Triple C -- Crispy Confit Chicken. He says it's the duck fat and the time the chicken spends in it that makes it so special. Not to mention that duck is the usual suspect when it comes to con ... More >>

Love On It: Blythe Beck's Chicken and Waffles

​One of the goodies on executive chef Blythe Beck's brand new fall menu at Central 214 is the Southern fave chicken and waffles. Luckily, this is no State Fair version. With its jalapeno gravy, it's more like South meets Southwest. (For this week's profile of Beck, click here. For a Q&A, click ... More >>

Speaking of Ballparks and Getting the Munchies, A Look at the Rangers' New World Series Menu

Sam Merten​Texas Rangers spokesman John Blake just sent word: For World Series Games Three and Four at the Ballpark in Arlington -- oh, right, Game Five too, fingers crossed -- the team's done beefed up (heh) its sports menu. Also: The team's added more places to buy beer in the park, which, a ... More >>

The Green Room May Be The Place To See and Be Seen, But a Place To Eat? Not So Much.

Scott Romano Dresses Up a Crispy Duck Breast

Photos by Robert BostickScott Romano​In visiting with Scott Romano, executive chef at Charlie Palmer at the Joule, we found out he enjoys his pigs. When visiting the restaurant you should consider the vast array of charcuterie offered by the downtown restaurant, but as today's recipe indicates ... More >>

Garden Café Should Reap More of What it Sows.

Tim Byres Big Reveal: How the Sausage Gets Made

Photos by Robert Bostick​As we learned from Smoke's Tim Byres earlier this week, he enjoys making his own charcuterie. The day we visited the chef he had just finished carving up half a hog for use in the restaurant's various barbecue recipes. And that was just for a single day's use. We w ... More >>

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.