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A Federal Prisoner is Suing Taco Bell for Stealing His Idea for the Doritos Locos Taco

You've no doubt spent the 14 months since Doritos Locos Tacos were introduced wondering how Taco Bell came up with the brilliant idea of turning the popular chips into popular taco shells. If you just assumed this was the work of a dedicated, and probably high, Yum Brands food scientist, Gary Cole i ... More >>

Oh Sweet Fancy Moses, Taco Bell is Testing a Waffle Taco

OK, so there are no more jokes to make about Taco Bell pushing the boundaries of hyperbole with their new fast food items. It's done. It's all done. Can we be done? Somewhere in between Idiocracy references, Inception, the Zombie Apolocalypse, and our heads exploding like the guy in Scanners, we're ... More >>

DISH Chef Garreth Dickey on 7-Eleven Salads and Making Things Pop

Each week or so we ask a local chef three burning questions about his or her favorite culinary reads, food shames and best (or worst) meals. This week, we hear from Garreth Dickey of DISH Restaurant and Lounge. Doesn't he totally look like Steve Buscemi? What are a few of your favorite cookbooks? K ... More >>

50 Important SXSW Music Questions

Editor: We have so many questions in Austin. Here are 50 of them. 1. Will I like the pedicab costumed as The Hulk if he gets angry? 2. Are we all really just in New York? 3. Is this t-shirt rad? 4. Do you want to get some 'za, which is now absolutely the slang for pizza? 5. How far can you sprint w ... More >>

Taco Bell Does Chipotle: Cantina Steak Burrito Lacks "Dorito-ness"

It appears Taco Bell has a bit of an identity crisis these days. They are trying to turn our eyes into slot machine wheels by making tacos out of Doritos shells, then having the gall to dare Doritos to make an Inception-inspired chip that tastes like a taco that tastes like a chip. At the same tim ... More >>

The Top 10 Super Bowl Commercials Starring Food: 2013 Edition

Last year, I listed out the ten best food-based Super Bowl ads for you guys. And this year, while everybody else was eating at least a bajillion chicken wings, lamenting over all those poor chickens or tweeting about the "Blackout Bowl," I was diligently watching all the commercials once again. Let' ... More >>

Doritos Locos Tacos Flavored Doritos: Doritos And Tacos Come Full Circle

I'd give anything to sit in on one of these marketing meetings. First, Yum Brands Inc., owner of Taco Bell, announced the original Doritos Loco Taco. The finger-staining-orange powder-coated taco sold millions so plans for a Cool Ranch version were announced next. See also: - Fine, Taco Bell is Go ... More >>

Fine, Taco Bell is Going to Release the Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Tacos, OK?

Whatever you're doing right now isn't important. Put it down. Earlier this year, Taco Bell teased their nacho cheese-dusted fans on Facebook by announcing a likely 2013 release of the Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Tacos. Which is their trademarked way of saying, "later there'll be a taco inside a big o ... More >>

The New Facebook Diet with a Side of Shame

This morning the HuffPo reported on a marginally successful cell phone restriction at Eva Restaurant in Los Angeles. The upscale spot offers a 5 percent discount for diners to put their cell phones away during meals. We've tackled this subject here before. Last year we lobbed the idea of a "cell p ... More >>

John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats Talks Denton, Taco Bell and Breaking Bad

Over the course of 14 albums and countless cassette-only releases, John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats has become one of the best (and busiest) singer/songwriters around. While his songs can be depressing and dark, Darnielle's sense of exploration is simply remarkable. Whether it's writing about me ... More >>

The Philosophy of Playdough

Apparently 17 Teaspoons of Sugar is What's for Breakfast at Taco Bell

Last week Taco Bell introduced two additions to its First Meal breakfast menu: the "A.M. Crunchwrap Supreme" and "Mountain Dew A.M." The wrap is a hash brown patty topped with eggs, a tangy cheese-like sauce and sausage or bacon, all wrapped and toasted in a huge tortilla. The new beverage is an in- ... More >>

Taco Bell is Testing a Flamas! Taco Shell after Selling 200 Million Doritos Locos Tacos

Some kids want to fly jet planes when they grow up, others want be a firefighter with a Dalmatian named Smokey that sleeps at the foot of the bunk and can slide down the fire-station pole. When I grow up, I want to be this girl: "A few days ago, Taco Bell invited The Register and the folks at the ... More >>

The Secret Chain Restaurant and Fast-Food Shame of an Englishman

You see all those chain restaurants, Dallas? All those bright shiny lights, beckoning you in to eat products of a questionable providence at a price so reasonable there's no need to go home and time-consumingly construct a meal for your baying, hungry, ungrateful family? You grew up around them (the ... More >>

Frito Lay Chef Jody Denton on Brainstorming Sessions for New Flavors and When A Big Idea Hits

Chef Jody Denton had a 35-year restaurant career that spanned the globe and included work with some of the best chefs in the country, among them like master chef Ernst Gruch, Dean Fearing and Wolfgang Puck. Then about a year ago, he left all that for an office job. But he still gets to wear a chef's ... More >>

Bethel, Alaska, Got 10,000 Free Tacos, and Taco Bell Got a Great PR Video

Recently the entire town of Bethel, Alaska, which has only a Subway as the lone-fast food restaurant, was tricked into thinking they were going to get a Taco Bell. Signs were posted around town and word spread quickly in the small town of about 6,000. Then, after the hoax was exposed and made nati ... More >>

Dallas Police Involved in Yet Another Shooting, This One at Taco Bell

View Larger Map Update at 10:48 a.m.: Police have identified the suspect as Kendrick McDaniel and announced that he died about 11 hours after the shooting.Original post: Over the weekend, a Dallas police officer shot an armed suspect at the Taco Bell at 4325 Camp Wisdom Road, adding to the tally of ... More >>

Taco Bell Sold 100 Million Doritos Locos Tacos in 10 Weeks. Plus: Doing the Dew for Breakfast

Earlier this week, Nancy Luna, "Fast Food Maven" of the Orange County Register, reported that Irvine, California-based Taco Bell sold 100 million Doritos Locos Tacos in ten weeks, which is the largest product launch in Taco Bell's history. Introduced on March 8 of this year, the 100 million orange t ... More >>

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 >>

Cool Ranch Doritos-Flavored Tacos Coming to Taco Bell This Summer. Whew.

Do you remember where you were the first time you tried Cool Ranch Doritos? It was 1986, Goose and Mav were killin' karoke in Top Gun, "Rock Me Amadeus" and "Papa Don't Preach" were hits, and parachute pants and leg warmers were both in style. And Cool Ranch Doritos?! Damn, those were good times. W ... More >>

Dear Taco Bell, This is How It's Done: The Bacon Taco Shell

Down at SXSW this past week, which was pretty well Cool Ranchified with junk-food advertisements, one of the day parties was sponsored by The Bell. They were giving away free Doritos Locos tacos by the crate. Sounds fantastic, right? The problem, of course, is the Doritos Locos taco shells carry t ... More >>

Doritos Locos Tacos Spur a New Level Of Food Shame

I was hoping that eating a Doritos flavored taco would inspire a few grafs of humorous prose, but instead it just spurred sorrow. Now, sitting at my desk after enduring my arterial assault, I feel depressed. I won't call Taco Bell's creation good or bad. It tastes exactly like what you'd expect: An ... More >>

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Meso Maya is Better Than Authentic. It's Good.

Sara KerensAuthentic chile relleno? Nope. And you should be happy about that.​Does authenticity matter? What the hell is authenticity, anyway? Look it up in a dictionary and words like "real" and "genuine" stab at a definition. Framed this way, authentic seems a prefect descriptor for a Topps ... More >>

The 10 Worst Fast Food Trends of 2011

Denny's Mac and Cheese Big Daddy Melt, which was part of their "Lets Get Cheesy" Menu​Last year, Planet Earth sorrowfully asked mankind "Why, dear peoples, why?" after the invention of something sinister and bizarre: KFC's Double Down. Well, congratulations, 2011: You are the mind-fuck of a fast ... More >>

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What Dallas' Occupiers Should Be Protesting From Their New Camp Downtown

​Hey hippies. I know you're pissed off about banks and the man and whatnot. But as this article in Mother Jones points out, you're really missing out on a great opportunity. Everyone's asking you for specifics, so get specific, and make food reform the backbone of your movement. Everyone's got ... More >>

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 >>

Lettuce Wrap Up: Of Whiskey Cake and Pickled Eggs. Bleh.

Via FoodbeastAnd then Taco Bell tested a shell made of Doritos. ​This week, Dallas is buzzing about Whiskey Cake (we beat the rest of them to it, FYI). And even though Easter is right around the corner, only a few displays of enthusiasm (like eating 41 pickled eggs, or finding a certain flavor ... More >>

Dear Taco Bell: If You Build The Taco Shell Made of Doritos, People Will Come

Via FoodbeastA taco shell made entirely of Nacho Cheese Doritos? The memories will be so thick, we'll have to brush the crumbs from our faces.​Dear Taco Bell, Don't keep this a secret. It needs to be out there. Surely, there's a lot on the line after the great meat fiasco of 2011, and this co ... More >>

Who Cares If It's Real Beef When Taco Bell's Tacos Are Free?

​Thirty-six percent. Eighty-eight percent. One hundred percent. Seriously, does the composition really matter when the food is free? Taco Bell and its millions of Facebook fans don't think so. To follow-up the full-page ads and videos in response to a class-action lawsuit that claims the beef in ... More >>

Six Ways to Super Bowl Rickroll Party Guests With Appetizers

Patrick MichelsThe Taco Bell Six Ply Appetizer.​Super Bowl parties are awesome -- unless you're a fan of the team the host hates. You're a Packers fan but you're headed to a party that'll mostly be Steelers fans. Or you're a Steelers fan headed to a party that's going to be Packers-heavy. And ... More >>

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 >>

5 Awesome Turkey Stuffing Ideas

Stuffing these bad boys in a bird certainly can't make them any worse.​Looking for some fresh takes on Thanksgiving stuffing, we recently came across the concept of tamale stuffing. Basically, you crumble up a bunch of tamales, add some tomatoes, onion, garlic, cheese and seasoning, shove insi ... More >>

Taco Bell Cuts Salt. No One Notices
Change in Taste. Surprise!

​Wondering why you haven't been chugging down your extra-large Taco Bell soda as quickly as you once did? It could be because the fast food chain's secretly been leaving the salt out of its recipes. As reported by Nation's Restaurant News yesterday, Taco Bell tested out its new lower-sodium m ... More >>

Four American Dishes Intended to Honor Other Countries -- and How the Honored Countries Received Them.

Me So Hungry Burger King's new Pizza Burger probably doesn't appease Italians.​Americans have a habit of co-opting and recreating global cuisines, arbitrarily assigning ethnic labels to dishes unknown in their purported homelands. In the process, of course, they've created some very good - if ... More >>

Running for the Cantina With Taco Bell's New Cantina Tacos

Photo by Jose Ralat MaldanadoHowever you wrap it, it's still Taco Bell.​When friends and loved ones offer unsolicited praise for something, usually a movie, a dismissing hand is usually a sufficient reaction to get them off my back. This week, however, they sucker-punched my weak spot: tacos. ... More >>

Picture Show: The Street Tacos of Dallas

Sara KerensThe Tacos of Taqueria La Paisanita, Inwood and Maple.​Yesterday Taco Bell launched a new campaign: "Tacos." Cantina Tacos, that is, with corn tortillas. Heard of those? Apparently the Bell's years of "Meximelts" and Nachos Bell Grande weren't serving the trends anymore. While Taco Bell ... More >>

Taco Bell Brings Even More Free Food;
And You Asked for It

Be on the lookout.​Say city regulations never change, and Dallas remains a food-cart desert. Would you settle for a cheery corporate take on the mobile unit fad? Taco Bell's hoping the answer's yes, because it's looking to bring its truck back to town. The bright purple Taco Bell Truck, which ... More >>

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Ten Food Names that Are Designed to Kill You

The KFC Double Down, which is what you bet to eat it.​Last week, like the Doomsday Clock in Dr. Strangelove, the KFC Web site started a countdown to the release of their new and terrifying sandwich.The big reveal came on Monday. The sandwich is two fried chicken breasts sandwiching bacon, cheese ... More >>

Running Through The Wet Grass

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Dude Food: J J Fish & Chicken

Jesse Hughey​J J Fish & Chicken2332 W. Ledbetter Dr.214-337-1111Dude Factor: 10, or Muddy the Mudskipper, on a scale of 1 (the vegetarian shark in Shark Tale) to 10Until I got my receipt, I didn't know what this place was called. But the name--typeset as one J-shaped fish, a smaller straight f ... More >>

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