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May 14, 2012
How I (Almost) Survived Seven Long Days of Veganism
It's been one week since I pledged to abstain from all animal products, and I kept a journal to track my progress during the week. Here are some highlights for your amusement: Monday, 10:30 a.m.: Day one. Cold-brewed coffee with a splash of almond milk and a vegan banana muffin for breakfast. I' ... More >>
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May 7, 2012
On This Meatless Monday, an Avid Carnivore Prepares for a Week of Veganhood
I just consumed my last meal, consisting of a deliciously bloody flat iron steak with Boursin cheese and caramelized onions cooked in bacon fat, topped off with a fried egg also cooked in bacon fat. I'm not being marched off to my execution, though -- my fate is slightly less final and significantl ... More >>
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April 30, 2012
The Food of Denton's Arts and Jazz Festival
The Arts and Jazz Festival should be called the My Chest Will Hurt On Monday Convention. Taking a step into city limits, you're olfactory sense is assaulted with the undeniable, comforting aroma of all things battered and fried. If only Village Voice Media would invest in smell-o-vision.
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April 25, 2012
Inspired by The Yu Dog, 25 More Dishes to Honor DFW Sports Stars
The Yu Dog at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington has created a food media circus. But he's not the only DFW sports icon worthy of his own dish at The Ballpark in Arlington, Jerryland and the AAC. Here are some others. 1. Tom Landry Enormous fedora filled with chili. Feather garnish optional. 2. Nolan ... More >>
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April 25, 2012
The Universal Food Shame Scale
Damn. Eating that freezer burrito made you feel like an awful human being. But, exactly how awful? Wish there was a way to know exactly how much shame you should feel when you eat a horrible, awful food? Wish. Effing. Granted. Above is our very helpful, very scientific Universal Food Shame Scale: ... More >>
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April 11, 2012
The Cheap Bastard's Ultimate Guide to Eating like a Total Cheap Bastard in Dallas
For this week's cover story, Alice "The Cheap Bastard" Laussade provides an extensive and profane guide to, as she puts it, her "favorite restaurants in Dallas where cheap meets delicious (without meeting diarrhea)." It follows. Drive-Through Deals White Rock Coffee 4216 Abrams Road The Starbucks d ... More >>
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February 3, 2012
We Gave Campo's Matt McCallister a Big Box of Crap and He Made Us 14-Layer Dip
Once a month or so, we invite a new lucky soul to attempt to conquer The Box. Their challenge: To create something awesome out of whatever ingredients are in the box. It's like Chopped plus Punk'd, only less terrible. This month, Campo's Matt McCallister attempts to make some Super Bowl app ... More >>
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January 31, 2012
Can Campo's Matt McCallister Turn this Big Box of Crap into Awesome Apps? Probably.
Mmm. Fuzzy Navel.Welcome to the return of The Box. Last time, Trailercakes turned our big box of crap into two delicious cupcakes. This time, Chef Matt McCallister of Campo will get a chance to turn a box of chips, hot dogs and wine coolers into something that's actually edible. Here's the c ... More >>
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November 2, 2011
Screen Door Chef David McMillan on Overcoming Dad's "Shit on a Shingle"
Screen DoorWhen Chef David McMillan first came to Dallas he was the chef of the Anatole's five-star restaurant Nana. A few years later he opened his own place, 62 Main, in Colleyville, and he's now at the Screen Door in One Arts Plaza, which is a modern southern kitchen. Over the next three d ... More >>
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October 3, 2011
You State Fair-Goers Can Eat All the Deep-Fried Crap You Like. More Cuban Sandwiches For Me.
I grew up in a rural area, and the state fair was pretty far away. Most years the county or 4-H fair was where I got my fix for funnel cakes and sheep shit. The theme is about the same, but the scale much smaller and the food selection was less diverse. So when the State Fair of Texas kicked ... More >>
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September 20, 2011
Fry Master Abel Gonzales Jr. Teaches Us How to Make Fried Cookie Dough
DIY fried cookie dough. Oh snap.Last week, my friend told me about a batch of cookies she made with Oreo cookies crumbled inside them. "It's a cookie in a cookie!" Pretty impressive. But what would obviously be more impressive? We had to fry it. (begin Ghostbusters parody) "Who you gonna ca ... More >>
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September 9, 2011
Debating the Merits of Cake Balls, Cake Pops, and Other Cake Bastardizations
FlickrIn the spirit of debate season, we're trying to settle our grievances civilly: with scathing innuendo and name calling. The topic this time: Cake. Justin Bitner, City of Ate contributor: How did cake let things get so out of hand? It used to be so wonderfully two dimensional: cup or sh ... More >>
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September 7, 2011
Fried Chicken Skin and Fried Cake Balls?!? Thanks, Eat Crispies.
Eat CrispiesFried chicken skin from Eat Crispies. Mmm. Skin.Meet fried chicken skin, brought to your State Fair of Texas by Eat Crispies. It's just chicken skin, battered and fried for your face. Eat Crispies owner Phuong Le says, "The fried chicken skin was what caught the attention of ... More >>
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August 1, 2011
Hey, There's Dairy In That Milkshake: Five Ways I Justify My Terrible Food Decisions
If she can settle on the pasta by convincing herself she needs to carb load before her big night of drinking, we'd probably get along.I had a milkshake with lunch the other day. I didn't feel too bad about it, even if I have been bitching about my build lately. I look sort of like a centaur t ... More >>
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June 10, 2011
Brain Freeze: Our Panel of Experts Samples New Summer Coolers
Lauren Drewes DanielsArby's Jamocha Oreo Shake, a summer drink worth fighting for.Being bored for extended amounts of time builds character. Everyone (kids, in particular) needs to stare at the wall so long that it makes them crazy. Then go outside and stare at the hot grass. Then lie on the ... More >>
Dining
June 2, 2011
Dragonfly: It's a Beautiful Meal
Life is a cabaret at Hotel ZaZa's joint.
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February 22, 2011
Top 7 Most Irritating Food Commericals
Ritz Hey Guy, how 'bout never driving your exhaust spewing Ritz truck near our food. Capeesh? It's been a long day. You're at home watching Top Chef. After three-to-four minutes of actual show, you get an ad blitz (Yes, this scenario implies you don't have TiVo).There's the ad where Burger King's ... More >>
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January 24, 2011
AMC's Dine-In Movie Concept Could Stand a Few Tweaks in the Dining Department
Oscar nominations will be announced tomorrow morning, and if the Academy gets the least bit cutesy, I'll have hours and hours of movie-watching ahead of me. For more than a decade, I've made a ritual of seeing every nominated film in every category: I was probably the only person as crushed ... More >>
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December 30, 2010
Moby-Dick tops our list of 2010's best on DFW stages
Oscar nominations will be announced tomorrow morning, and if the Academy gets the least bit cutesy, I'll have hours and hours of movie-watching ahead of me. For more than a decade, I've made a ritual of seeing every nominated film in every category: I was probably the only person as crushed ... More >>
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October 7, 2010
Model Watch: Moving Catwalks, Masked Catfights and a Lean, Mean Winnin' Machine
Last week, I "introduced" you to Liz, the single mom from Arlington with a penchant for bitchin'. At the top of this week's episode of America's Next Top Model, Liz was right back to her MO, bringing down a light-hearted housemates' gettin'-to-know-you game of truth with tales of poverty and teen ... More >>
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September 27, 2010
Over the Weekend: Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax at Superpages.com Center
Slayer, Megadeth, AnthraxSuperpages.com CenterSeptember 24, 2010Better than: getting sick from fried Oreos at the State Fair. Dylan HollingsworthSlayer's Kerry King was beaming on Friday night.Usually, it's a proving ground when a band plays before Slayer. And, if you're worthy of sharing the s ... More >>
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September 22, 2010
100 Favorite Dishes: Mini Ice Cream Sandwiches at Square Burger
Photo by Sara KerensTo celebrate Dallas Observer's "Best of Dallas" 2010, available this week, City of Ate is serving up 100 of the favorite dishes we crave, savor and hope to scarf down again soon. These dishes are in no particular order. Some are little known, others celebrated. Some are pr ... More >>
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July 19, 2010
Hash Over: Flavors of Passion Awards, Russo's Pizza Eating Challenge, Grape Wine Dinner, Bread Winners Turns 16, and More
Sure, the Oscars have already passed and the Emmys are still a couple of months away, but that doesn't mean award season is taking a breather. This Thursday, July 22, the Flavors of Passion Awards will celebrate world class excellence in Latino cuisine. The Flavor of Passion Awards will reco ... More >>
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July 9, 2010
Six Alternatives to "Bros Icing Bros"
Bros icing bros? Oh mah gah, we are so over it. Running up to a dude and flashing a bottle of Smirnoff Ice so that he has to chug it? Whatever. Not only is just an easy cop-out for when you wake up naked on the pool table spooning your frat brother, but it's total child's play. We here at City of ... More >>
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June 24, 2010
Shouldn't Dairy Queen's Mini Blizzard Be Called a Flurry?
Dairy Queen is putting on a very big show to celebrate a very little Blizzard. The Blizzardmobile, which looks like a bright blue mail truck with a giant Oreo Blizzard cup mashed in its middle, is coming to Dallas this weekend to promote seven-ounce servings of Dairy Queen's signature whippe ... More >>
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May 13, 2010
Sweets for Your Sweet Tooth: Bread Winners' White Chocolate Berry Cake
Photos by Sarah Johnson White Chocolate Berry Cake Demonstrated by Cara Vasquez of Bread Winners We recently decided that Appetite for Instruction needs more sweets in its life. Sure, we've dabbled here and there over the past year in the baking department, but not enough to satisfy our City o ... More >>
Culture
March 25, 2010
In subUrbia, Angst and Nihilism at 7-Eleven; In Fat Pig, Love Comes Super-Sized
Photos by Sarah Johnson White Chocolate Berry Cake Demonstrated by Cara Vasquez of Bread Winners We recently decided that Appetite for Instruction needs more sweets in its life. Sure, we've dabbled here and there over the past year in the baking department, but not enough to satisfy our City o ... More >>
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December 29, 2009
Our Deep-Fried Decade: Ten Years Of Gluttony And Progress At The State Fair
Photos by Patrick MichelsAfter 10 years, this is where we ended up: four deep-fried butter balls topped with garlic and grape sauce. How did we get to the point where we'd actually eat this?In the early 2000s, we came to the State Fair of Texas with a doe-eyed, innocent kind of hunger. We'd get a ... More >>
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November 17, 2009
Veggie Guy: How Vegan Are You?
Off limits?I find it rather off-putting when militant vegans say things like, "How vegan are you?" or "[I'm] a true vegan." Hmm...guess I didn't realize this was a competition. Fact is, no one living in modern day society can be completely vegan. As one of my pals puts it, "If you're breathing ... More >>
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July 6, 2009
Short Orders: Go Go Burger
Go Go Burger6129 Main St., Frisco214-472-2715Cute, the place is cute. So much so that it has a teenage girl atmosphere about it.In fact, five suburban kids sat gossiping behind me last time out. And I must say, teenage life in Frisco is really, really scandalous. Their hushed innuendos repeatedly bu ... More >>
Dining
March 12, 2009
Galilee Grill Delivers Buffet-Line Salvation
Go Go Burger6129 Main St., Frisco214-472-2715Cute, the place is cute. So much so that it has a teenage girl atmosphere about it.In fact, five suburban kids sat gossiping behind me last time out. And I must say, teenage life in Frisco is really, really scandalous. Their hushed innuendos repeatedly bu ... More >>
Blogs
February 13, 2009
Pop...Without The Cork
Megan FeldmanLinda (right) and Angela RiordanIf you've been slacking on your Valentine's Day preparations and you happen to be in Addison, the folks over at Yo Pop Etc. are happy to help.The place seems an unlikely spot for romantic sweet nothings given its non-descript strip mall location on Midway ... More >>
Blogs
January 2, 2009
Sounds Like a Bloody Good Time
A good Friend of Unfair Park shot me a photo this week of an SUV parked in Lakewood sporting an advertisement for www.MenarcheParty.com, which helps you "Celebrate Girlhood to Womanhood." Which, of course, sent me directly to the Web site, to which the missus responded with a bemused, albeit slightl ... More >>
Blogs
August 1, 2008
One Step Forward, Ten Steps Backward
A good Friend of Unfair Park shot me a photo this week of an SUV parked in Lakewood sporting an advertisement for www.MenarcheParty.com, which helps you "Celebrate Girlhood to Womanhood." Which, of course, sent me directly to the Web site, to which the missus responded with a bemused, albeit slightl ... More >>
Dining
July 10, 2008
Ticket to Paradise
A good Friend of Unfair Park shot me a photo this week of an SUV parked in Lakewood sporting an advertisement for www.MenarcheParty.com, which helps you "Celebrate Girlhood to Womanhood." Which, of course, sent me directly to the Web site, to which the missus responded with a bemused, albeit slightl ... More >>
Dining
April 12, 2007
Craic Den
Friendly atmosphere and good food bring you baic
Blogs
February 9, 2007
Your Grocery Cart's About to Tell You What to Buy. Thanks, Plano-Based MediaCart. Thanks A Lot.
Friendly atmosphere and good food bring you baic
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August 24, 2006
Give Peace a Dishtowel
Think peace protesters are lame? So, what are you doing with your life?
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January 19, 2006
Bronc, Stock and Barrel
Think peace protesters are lame? So, what are you doing with your life?
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September 22, 2005
Three Kings
The legends you only thought you knew
Calendar
January 13, 2005
Before E-mail
Writing when posting didn't mean blogging
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September 26, 2002
Best Restaurant for Kids
Tin Star at the Village on the Parkway
Film
May 30, 2002
Super Bad
The funked-up Undercover Brother keeps it r-r-real
Dining
April 26, 2001
Chilled Venus
The fish has landed
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June 25, 1998
I scream, you scream...
The fish has landed
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April 11, 1996
Seaworthy
Lefty's handles the big bugs adroitly
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March 21, 1996
Hot Dish
Lefty's handles the big bugs adroitly
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June 15, 1995
Hot Dish
Lefty's handles the big bugs adroitly
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June 8, 1995
Hot Dish
Lefty's handles the big bugs adroitly
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