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June 24, 2011
Final Words from Suze's Jeffery Hobbs
Robert BostickJeffery Hobbs, chef and partner at Suze.For more from our Q&A with Suze chef/partner Jeffery Hobbs, check out parts one and two. What are your top five rules of the kitchen? Always taste your food. Work clean. Work fast. Be nice. Be quiet. What are your top five favorite cookb ... More >>
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June 23, 2011
Suze's Jeffery Hobbs: Everybody Get Together Now
Robert BostickSuze's Jeffrey Hobbs.Yesterday, Suze chef/partner Jeffery Hobbs told City of Ate about himself. Today, he shares a few thoughts on dining in Dallas. What are the five Dallas restaurants you go to most often? Maple & Motor, for a bacon cheeseburger with charred jalapeños. Rafa ... More >>
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June 22, 2011
Suze's Jeffery Hobbs: Making Something New from the Familiar
Robert BostickSuze's Jeffery Hobbs.Like many chefs, Jeffery Hobbs fell in love with the kitchen because both his grandmother and his mother were in it. Born in Indianapolis, the 40-year-old Hobbs spent much of his time as a kid in the kitchen peeling carrots and potatoes or in the family gard ... More >>
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June 2, 2011
Oh No They Didn't: Miami says their BBQ beats Dallas BBQ
Sara KerensWhat's that Miami? Look at this meatacular from Lockhart Smokehouse. 'Nuff said.Today is the day we may finally have to kick our sister's ass. Our sister paper, The Miami New Times, that is. We've been letting the trash talk about the Mavs go on and on and yeah, we get it, we're rivals ... More >>
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May 23, 2011
In Honor of Supper Club: The Top 5 Meat Photos From Smoke
Sara KerensNot exactly meat, but we sure do like Smoke's "heavy handed" pancakes.Next month's Supper Club, our monthly dinner and music series with local chefs, is showcasing the raw meat talent of Chef Tim Byres of Smoke. Later this week, we'll post Chef Tim's menu for those lookin' to get ... More >>
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February 15, 2011
Two DFW Chefs in the Running For Food & Wine Prize
Brownstone's Casey ThompsonProving once again that Austin has a Justin Bieber-like hold on culinary chroniclers' heartstrings, chefs from the capital city scored four of the ten slots in Food & Wine's online "The People's Best New Chef" competition. For the first time ever, Food & Wine's add ... More >>
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January 4, 2011
Jeff Harris Takes His Craft Elsewhere as Tom Colicchio Calls Up Tim Bevins to Run Kitchen
Photo by Robert BostickJeff Harris, back when he worked at Craft, like, a few weeks agoJust three months ago we ran that three-parter about Jeff Harris, executive chef at Tom Colicchio's Craft at the W in Victory Park. But Craft sends word this afternoon that Harris has departed, leaving in charg ... More >>
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November 18, 2010
French-born Dallas Chef Bruno Davaillon's
Take on Thanksgiving Dishes
Photo by Robert BostickBruno DavaillonIt's a safe bet Thanksgiving coverage fatigue's set in when a national publication looks to a French-born Dallas chef for a vegetarian holiday dish. But The Mansion's Bruno Davaillon came through for Tara Parker-Pope, who blogs about health for The New Y ... More >>
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October 28, 2010
Is Chartiable Eating Overstretching Local Chefs and Diners?
Photo by Robert BostickJohn TesarDon't bother looking for Dean Fearing at his restaurants next weekend. Fearing will be at The Joule next Friday for The Big Red, a culinary extravaganza benefiting the North Texas Food Bank. He'll reappear the next night at the Dallas Zoo for its annual fundr ... More >>
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October 14, 2010
Brian Luscher on Prague Powder and Frozen Potatoes
Robert BostickYesterday we chatted with chef Brian Luscher owner of The Grape, the venerable Greenville Avenue American bistro that is celebrating it's 38th anniversary this month. He spoke about great cuisine done well, wanting to do a great job and make his clients happy. We also discusse ... More >>
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October 13, 2010
Brian Luscher: Nice Guys Can Cook
Robert BostickThe Grape is celebrating its 38th anniversary this month, which makes it the perfect time to chat with chef and owner Brian Luscher. When the restaurant's previous owners, Kathy McDaniel and Charlotte Parker, decided to give up the Dallas institution, they tapped their former e ... More >>
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October 8, 2010
Scott Romano Dresses Up a Crispy Duck Breast
Photos by Robert BostickScott RomanoIn 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 >>
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October 7, 2010
Chef Scott Romano on Pork, His Favorite Tacos and the City's Best Dive Bars
Photo by Robert BostickScott RomanoYesterday, we brought you a profile of Scott Romano, executive chef at our favorite downtown restaurant Charlie Palmer at The Joule. Today we toss a few questions his way, and tomorrow demonstrates how to make one of his dishes. We don't know which dish yet, ... More >>
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October 6, 2010
Scott Romano: Going Whole Hog
At a Downtown Jewel
Photo by Robert BostickScott RomanoSince the Observer recently named Charlie Palmer at The Joule the city's Best Fancy Restaurant in this year's Best of Dallas issue, we thought now would be a good time to get a look at the man behind the kitchen, executive chef Scott Romano. Like many of th ... More >>
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October 1, 2010
Tim Byres Big Reveal: How the Sausage Gets Made
Photos by Robert BostickAs 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 >>
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September 30, 2010
Smoke's Tim Byres on Why Good Barbecue Is About More Than Just the Food
Photo by Robert BostickTim ByresYesterday, we profiled Tim Byres, chef at Smoke, the restaurant in the Belmont Hotel that serves what Byres describes as "heritage inspired cuisine." (Traditional style cooking, smoking, canning a preserving updated for modern palates, served with a touch of So ... More >>
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September 28, 2010
Watermelon With Feta Salad, We Are So Over You Now
Photo by Robert BostickBut if it tastes good, we can still like it, right?It's probably a few months too soon to name the most clichéd dish of 2010, but I'm early voting for watermelon with feta salad. The colorful salad showed up at restaurants across town this summer, gracing the salad pa ... More >>
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September 24, 2010
Maple & Motor's Jack Perkins Demonstrates
A Tasty Burger
Photos by Robert BostickWhether you like Maple & Motor's cantankerous Jack Perkins not, you must admit the man makes a great burger. Today we move into the kitchen and take a look at how this ballyhooed burger is created. Perkins was willing to reveal some of his innermost secrets on burger- ... More >>
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September 23, 2010
Foodies Beware, Jack Perkins Would Like
To Have a Few Words
Photo by Robert BostickMaple & Motor's Jack Perkins gives a finger to "foodies."Yesterday, Three-Course meal profiled Jack Perkins, who grills up one of the city's most popular hamburgers at Maple & Motor. Today, Perkins gives his thoughts on foodies, good and bad burgers and the best wine to ... More >>
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September 22, 2010
Maple & Motor's Jack Perkins:
He Does it His Way
Photo by Robert BostickMaple & Motor's Jack PerkinsThis week, Three-Course meal interviews burger meister Jack Perkins, who grills up one of the city's most popular patties at Maple & Motor. Tomorrow, we throw a Q&A Perkins way, and Friday he hands us the keys to the kingdom, showing us step ... More >>
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September 20, 2010
A Final Look at 48 Nights
Robert Bostick.Right to left: Chefs Nathan tate, Randall Copeland and Jeff Harris relaxing.After eight months of charitable cooking, the chefs behind the ambitious 48 Nights project recently put the popular weekly event to bed. Dallas restaurateurs Chris Jeffers, Chris Zielke and Tim Byres r ... More >>
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September 17, 2010
Craft's Jeff Harris Goes Deep in the Heart of Texas with a Bone-in Rib Eye
Photos by Robert Bostick Craft Dallas executive chef Jeff Harris demonstrates how to prepare a tender bone-in rib eye, which we think would go well with some of the previous chef-created recipes from this series. Perhaps you could open with Bruno Davaillon's watermelon salad or J. Chastain's ... More >>
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September 16, 2010
Craft's Jeff Harris on East Texas Barbecue
And The Delights of the Offal
Photo by Robert BostickCraft's Jeff Harris(Yesterday, we brought you a profile of Jeff Harris, executive chef at Craft in the W Hotel. Today, we throw a few questions at the chef and tomorrow bring you a how-to on one of the restaurant's dishes.) CofA: What is your ideal meal? Harris: Somet ... More >>
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September 15, 2010
Craft's Jeff Harris: A Chef you Can Bank On
Photos by Robert BostickCraft's Jeff Harris(This is the first part of a three-part look at Jeff Harris, executive chef at Craft. Tune in tomorrow for a Q&A with Harris and Friday as he demonstrates how to prepare one of the restaurant's dishes.) Jeff Harris was raised in a small town in East ... More >>
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September 15, 2010
From Farm to Table: Chef for Farmers Event
To Boost Local Producers
Photos by Robert BostickRandall Copeland, Bruno Davaillon, Janice Provost, Chad Houser, Nathan Tate and Matt McCallisterA unique twilight dinner has been scheduled at Eden's Garden Organic Garden Center and CSA Farm in Balch Springs that will pair seven chefs from five Dallas restaurants for ... More >>
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September 10, 2010
Tillman's Roadhouse Chef Dan Landsberg Demonstrates a Tasty Sidedish
Photos by Robert BostickIn the third part of our series with Tillman's Roadhouse chef Dan Landsberg, he shares the restaurant's recipe for green beans flavored with a touch of bacon. For parts one and two of our interview with Landsberg, click here and here. The recipe follows on the next pag ... More >>
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September 9, 2010
Part 2: Dan Landsberg on Odd Requests, Local Foods and the Day He Nearly Burned Down
A Kitchen
Photo by Robert BostickDan LandsbergAs we told you yesterday, Chef Dan Landsberg puts an inventive twist on American-style fare at Tillman's Roadhouse in Oak Cliff. For a further peek at the mind behind Tillman's down-home/upscale menu, today we pose a few questions about the chef's likes and ... More >>
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September 8, 2010
Tillman's Roadhouse Chef Dan Landsberg:
Blending Down-Home with Upscale
Photo by Robert BostickDan LandsbergIn the beginning, there was Tillman's Corner. This was in the era B.C. -- before cool -- when roosters still roamed the ungentrified land of Oak Cliff without fear of city code inspectors or the heedless, speeding wheels of a yuppie's Trek. It was 1992, a ... More >>
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September 3, 2010
Richard Chamberlain's Creamed Corn Puts Mom's Canned Stuff to Shame
Photos by Robert BostickFresh corn, parmigiana and apple wood smoked bacon make Richard Chamberlain's creamed corn unlike anything that Mom ever poured out of a can.In part three of our series with chef Richard Chamberlain, owner of Chamberlain's Steak and Chop House and Chamberlain's Fish Ma ... More >>
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September 2, 2010
Going Whole Hog With Steakhouse Master Richard Chamberlain
Photo by Robert BostickRichard ChamberlainYesterday, we brought you a short profile of chef Richard Chamberlain, owner of Chamberlain's Steak and Chop House and Chamberlain's Fish Market Grill. Today, the chef answers a few questions for us, and tomorrow he demonstrates how to cook one of his ... More >>
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September 1, 2010
Chef Richard Chamberlain: Boys Will Be
Boys Who Cook
Photos by Robert BostickRichard ChambelainLuckily for steak-loving Dallas diners, chef Richard Chamberlain wasn't much interested in tilling the soil when he was a young man. Girls on the other hand -- well, them he liked. That's not exactly surprising for a 14-year-old boy -- Chamberlain's ... More >>
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August 27, 2010
Part 3: The Mansion's Bruno Davaillon Demonstrates a Cool, Simple Summertime Treat
Photos by Robert BostickBruno Davaillon's light, refreshing watermelon salad is perfect for summer.As the summer winds down from its scorching heat, you can still enjoy this treat featured on The Mansion's menu, which was offered as one of the salad choices during Restaurant Week. The zesty p ... More >>
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August 26, 2010
The Mansion's Bruno Davaillon
On Food Trends and His Need for Speed
Photo by Robert BostickBruno DavaillonYesterday posted a short profile of chef Bruno Davaillon of The Mansion on Turtle Creek in which he discussed his farm background and rise to success as a chef. Today we ask the chef a few questions to get an idea of some of his passions in life. Tomorrow ... More >>
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August 25, 2010
The Mansion's Bruno Davaillon:
A Star is Born Down on the Farm
Photo by Robert BostickIf you ask a random Dallasite to name the best local restaurant, the answer might well be The Mansion on Turtle Creek at the Rosewood Hotel. Ask that same person when they last ate at the 30-year-old Dallas icon, however, and you just might elicit a long pause. This tre ... More >>
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August 20, 2010
Part 3: Abraham Salum's Rack of Lamb
With Mushroom Bread Pudding
Photos by Robert BostickAbraham Salum of Salum and the upcoming Komali shows City of Aters how to prepare his Dijon- and truffle-crusted rack of lamb this week. A note on this one: Cooks who require precise amounts of ingredients are going to have to rely on their own taste buds in deciding w ... More >>
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August 19, 2010
Part 2: Abraham Salum on Grasshoppers, European Cheeses and -- ick-- Haggis
Photo by Robert BostickAbraham SalumIn part two of our continuing three-part chef's series we toss a few questions at chef Abraham Salum, recent U.S. citizen and owner of his popular namesake restaurant, Salum, which is about to celebrate its fifth anniversary. Tomorrow we join the chef in hi ... More >>
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August 18, 2010
With New Citizenship and Plans for a New Restaurant, Abraham Salum
Has Cause to Celebrate
Photo by Robert BostickAbraham SalumAbraham Salum's restaurant always seem to be filled with happy guests, despite its odd location. He runs a clean, consistent, open kitchen at his namesake Salum, located in a tiny shopping center on Cole Avenue, a spot many people said couldn't possibly be ... More >>
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August 12, 2010
Part 2: Chef John Tesar on Fatherhood, Sushi and Anthony Bourdain's Drinking Skills
Photo by Robert BostickIn part two of our continuing three-part chef's series we asked chef John Tesar a few questions while we visited with him at Dallas Fish Market. Chef Tesar was more than happy to discuss the birth of his son, Kim Pierce's secret spot and Anthony Bourdain's drinking habi ... More >>
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August 11, 2010
John Tesar: From Self-Destructive
To Brilliantly Creative
Photo by Robert BostickWith 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, City of Ate brings you Three-Course Meal, a three-part chat with some of the best, most inventive chefs ... More >>
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August 6, 2010
Part 3: Matthew McCallister Show Us
To Whip Up Something Cool, Smokey and Fishy
Photo by Robert BostickIn part 3 of our interview with Matthew McCallister, executive chef at Stephan Pyles, he shows us how to create a cooling fish dish perfect for these sweltering summer days: Stephan Pyles' Lenguado Ceviche. It's a fairly straightforward to prepare, but one note: It requ ... More >>
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August 5, 2010
Part 2: Matthew McCallister on Dreams, Hard Work and the Dangers of Hot Caramel
Photo by Robert BostickYesterday, we profiled the fast-rising Matthew McCallister, executive chef at Stephan Pyles. In part two of our three-part series, today we pose a few questions to McCallister. Tune in tomorrow as McCallister demonstrates one of his recipes for City of Aters. CofA: Wh ... More >>
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August 4, 2010
Stephan Pyles Executive Chef Matt McCallister
Is Living Every Food Fan's Dream
Photo by Robert BostickWith 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, City of Ate brings you Three-Course Meal, a three-part chat with some of the best, most inventive chefs ... More >>
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July 30, 2010
Part 3: Cool Off with Chef J. Chastain's Watermelon Crab Gazpacho
Photo by Robert BostickIn the third part of our look at Second Floor chef J. Chastain, we go into the kitchen where the chef shows shows us how to create one of his menu items at home. Chastain enjoys combining fresh ingredients with simple techniques to create complex flavors. We wanted som ... More >>
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July 29, 2010
Part 2: Second Floor Chef J. Chastain is So Over Steakhouses
Photo by Robert BostickIn part two of our three-part series, we lob a few questions at Second Floor chef J. Chastain. CoA: What is your favorite Dallas restaurant? Chastain: I can't pick just one but I mainly enjoy restaurants that are chef-driven, highly creative but maintain a casual atmos ... More >>
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July 28, 2010
Second Floor's J. Chastain Whips Up a Blend of Simple, Local, Classic and Modern Techniques
Photo by Robert BostickTime 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 >>
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July 27, 2010
100 Favorite Dishes: Bone-In Short Rib at Stephan Pyles
Photo by Robert BostickAs a countdown to the Dallas Observer's "Best of Dallas" 2010, 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 pricey, oth ... More >>
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April 9, 2010
Getting Festive at Dallas' First Sake Festival
Robert BostickMany of the guests of Dallas' first Sake Festival can consider themselves fortunate as they now have begun their journey into the Age of Enlightenment. As least, as far as sake is concerned.Thursday night's event took place in the banquet room at Kenichi, located in Victory Park, a ... More >>

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