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December 28, 2011
Bring On the Meatless Mondays
Happy belated birthday, sweet infant Jesus! Now that all that trimming the tree and wrapping presents is over, all Santa's cookies have been eaten, and all the stores are ready to mark down all the stuff you just bought by 60 percent, we can look ahead to the dawning of another year and the d ... More >>
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November 17, 2011
Top Chef: Texas Cost Taxpayers $200K More Than First Reported, Thanks to San Antonio
We've been telling you since the summer about the estimated $400,000 the Texas governor's office agreed to pay the producers in exchange for them promoting the state's brand in the ongoing, Texas-centric season of Top Chef. Last we checked in, the producers, a California company called Magica ... More >>
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November 10, 2011
Top Chef: Texas Episode 2: Painful Moments, Best Dishes, and Other Highlights
via BravoLast night's City of Ate-Deemed 'Best Dish,' jump for delicious details. Last night's episode of Top Chef: Texas should have come with a five-minute bonus Colicchio-lead meditation at the end -- it was INTENSE. I get it, the show's in Texas where everything's bigger, and hence this s ... More >>
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November 3, 2011
Top Chef Texas Recap: Highlights, Superlatives, and the Three Best Dishes
Top Chef Texas "Booyeah bitches!"Last night at La Grange, City of Aters had good beer, better tacos, and an hour of fantastic television on an enormous projector screen. It was the first City of Ate Top Chef Texas viewing party, and watching the show with a beer in hand, a selection of $2 tac ... More >>
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October 6, 2011
Come On Down: It's Time to Meet the Contestants for Top Chef: Texas
The folks over at Bravo have been teasing out info about the new contestants while they battle in court about your tax dollars. A set of clips released last week compiled a montage of each contestant and some of their dishes, drawn from the videos they submitted to enter the contest. When first pub ... More >>
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August 9, 2011
Top Chef: Texas is Official; Emeril Lagasse and Hugh Acheson Will Judge
Emeril: Top Chef's new jurist.Official word just came from Bravo: The next season of Top Chef will be set in Texas. You already knew that if you've been following any number of blogs, including City of Ate, where we broke the story that the state will shell out an estimated $400,000 to see ... More >>
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May 9, 2011
Six Letdowns at the James Beard Book, Broadcast & Journalism Awards
Bite us, Jimmy.Not sure if you guys heard, but this year City of Ate picked up a nomination from the James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards for Group Food Blog, and I was nominated in the Humor category for a feature story we did on fried hamsters. Awesome! We City of Aters were so excited, ... More >>
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March 23, 2011
Miss Turkey and The Top Five Shameless Carl's Jr. Ads
Carl's Jr - YouTube"To help you remember we put Miss Turkey in a bikini": Carl's Jr. new ad for their turkey burger.Carl's Jr., which opened a new spot in Dallas late last year, has added a new entry to their weird, not funny food-meets-porn marketing strategy. The commercial popped up on Eater t ... More >>
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February 4, 2011
Chef Tell: The Big Italian Challenge at the Big Italian Restaurant
Last night was a big night. A big family night. A big Italian family night. As much as I love me some Tre and Tiffany, I was rooting for Fabio big time. If I had the money, I'd want Fabio to record an audio book for me of his own stories.But before we got any sign of garlic or pasta, there was th ... More >>
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September 23, 2010
Top Ten Moments on Last Night's Top Chef D.C. Reunion
Last night, the cast of Top Chef D.C. came back together to rehash the season with judges Gail Simmons, Tom Colicchio, Padma Lakshmi, Eric Ripert and producer/consummate reunion host Andy Cohen. A lot was discussed -- some interesting and some not so much -- so I'm breaking down the best of ... More >>
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June 16, 2010
Top Five Things We're Expecting to Happen on Top Chef Tonight
OK, so we're all really stoked about the start of Top Chef, D.C. tonight. Even Bravo producer and Watch What Happens Live host Andy Cohen is venturing into fanboy-level excitement, as proven by his repeated tweets on the subject today. (So cute. Love that guy.)Glad to have some Dallas representat ... More >>
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July 14, 2009
The Top Ten Smuttiest Food Ads
You probably remember the moment you first saw Jessica Simpson slink into a Pizza Hut and, quite seductively, feed some dorky tween an oh-so-cheesy popper while moaning the line "one of these days these bites are gonna pop right into you." Yeah, it was pre-the now post- Tony Romo and she might have ... More >>
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October 4, 2007
Casey Thompson's Pork Belly Just Wasn't Crispy Enough
You probably remember the moment you first saw Jessica Simpson slink into a Pizza Hut and, quite seductively, feed some dorky tween an oh-so-cheesy popper while moaning the line "one of these days these bites are gonna pop right into you." Yeah, it was pre-the now post- Tony Romo and she might have ... More >>
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September 27, 2007
Soul Kitchen
You probably remember the moment you first saw Jessica Simpson slink into a Pizza Hut and, quite seductively, feed some dorky tween an oh-so-cheesy popper while moaning the line "one of these days these bites are gonna pop right into you." Yeah, it was pre-the now post- Tony Romo and she might have ... More >>
Film
July 26, 2007
Light Dining
No Reservations is sweet and savory fare. Without the foam.
Blogs
July 19, 2007
Casey's Recipe: Season with Teardrops
No Reservations is sweet and savory fare. Without the foam.
Blogs
June 14, 2007
Dallas' Own Tre Wilcox is the First to Top Top Chef
No Reservations is sweet and savory fare. Without the foam.

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Bring On the Meatless Mondays

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Top Chef: Texas Cost Taxpayers $200K More Than First Reported, Thanks to San Antonio

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Top Chef: Texas Episode 2: Painful Moments, Best Dishes, and Other Highlights

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Top Chef Texas Recap: Highlights, Superlatives, and the Three Best Dishes

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Come On Down: It's Time to Meet the Contestants for Top Chef: Texas

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Top Chef: Texas is Official; Emeril Lagasse and Hugh Acheson Will Judge

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Six Letdowns at the James Beard Book, Broadcast & Journalism Awards

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Miss Turkey and The Top Five Shameless Carl's Jr. Ads

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Chef Tell: The Big Italian Challenge at the Big Italian Restaurant

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Top Ten Moments on Last Night's Top Chef D.C. Reunion

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Top Five Things We're Expecting to Happen on Top Chef Tonight

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The Top Ten Smuttiest Food Ads

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Casey Thompson's Pork Belly Just Wasn't Crispy Enough

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Soul Kitchen

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Light Dining

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Casey's Recipe: Season with Teardrops

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Dallas' Own Tre Wilcox is the First to Top Top Chef

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