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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 9, 2012
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 >>
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March 23, 2012
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 >>
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March 13, 2012
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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February 17, 2012
Taco Bell is Making Taco Shells from Doritos
Last year, in an open letter to Taco Bell, we politely pointed out that it would conquer Earth and neighboring planets if it went national with the taco shell made entirely of Nacho Cheese Doritos (mostly because we wanted one). Well: hot, hot news everyone. Yesterday, Foodbeast reported that they ... More >>
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January 25, 2012
A 966-Calorie Burger King Burger is Creating a Stir in the UK. Um, 966? That's It?
Over in the United Kingdom, healthy people who eat health food have been twisting up their knickers over Burger King's new 966-calorie Smoked Bacon and Cheddar Double Angus burger. In addition to having a thousand calories, it has 58 grams of artery-waterboarding fat. Consumerist quotes a s ... More >>
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January 12, 2012
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December 14, 2011
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 >>
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December 12, 2011
The 10 Worst Fast Food Trends of 2011
Denny's Mac and Cheese Big Daddy Melt, which was part of their "Lets Get Cheesy" MenuLast 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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October 27, 2011
Das Racist's Crazy-Ass Combo
Denny's Mac and Cheese Big Daddy Melt, which was part of their "Lets Get Cheesy" MenuLast 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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October 19, 2011
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 >>
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September 29, 2011
"Eater X" Dominates Again at the Lewisville's Tamale Eating Championship
Behind the counter of every Taco Bell, there's a slew of people who fancy themselves champions of food, but once a year in Lewisville, the real champions arrive, ready to relieve suburban Dallas of its tamale population. Last Saturday was yet another such occasion, with a healthy roster of new 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 >>
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June 5, 2011
What Do The Kessler, the Trinity River Toll Road, Forest Lane Have In Common? This Item.
Photo by Dylan HollingsworthA certain "sleepy-eyed Dr Pepper addict with grizzled blond dreadlocks"That's a mighty nice piece about The Kessler in The New York Times this morning; nice illustration too, courtesy the great Paul Rogers. The story's by local boy Ben Fountain, the att'y-turned-author ... More >>
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April 15, 2011
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 >>
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April 13, 2011
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 >>
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February 10, 2011
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 >>
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January 27, 2011
Listomania: What Scents Would Be Most Appropriate For The Future Perfumes and Colognes of Today's Biggest Music Icons?
OK, here she probably smelled like blood and semen...According to fragrance industry insiders, Lady Gaga has requested that Monster, the perfume she is developing, smell of "blood and semen." Frankly, that's a head-scratcher for us -- it sounds more like a Bloodhound Gang scent, or perhaps a Load ... More >>
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January 25, 2011
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 >>
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December 20, 2010
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 >>
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November 19, 2010
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 >>
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November 4, 2010
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 >>
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September 28, 2010
Remember When Tacos Were Just a Simple
Fast Food?
Street food purists reviled Taco Bell's "cantina tacos," but the tenor of their response hasn't dissuaded a Texas-based chain from trying out the same shtick. Taco Cabana today announced it will launch street-style tacos on Monday. According to an e-mail from a publicist for the 150-outlet T ... More >>
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September 16, 2010
Have Chips and Melted Cheese Become College Football's Defining Snack?
My brother sent me this photo of a billboard near Milan, Mich., figuring I had the food expertise to explain it. My brother, an alum of the school responsible for the ad, wondered if Eastern Michigan had resorted to making nacho love its only prerequisite for admission. I assured him the a ... More >>
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August 27, 2010
Top 5 and Bottom 5 School Cafeteria Lunches From The Good Ol' Days
Kids are back in school, which means their summer diet of Flamin' Hot Cheetos and Mountain Dew is giving way to ... black bean burgers and hummus? What the what? In our day, school lunches were composed of compressed mystery meat, gubment cheese and sugar. We'd have laughed the lunch lady right ... More >>
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August 27, 2010
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 >>
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August 9, 2010
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 >>
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August 4, 2010
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 >>
Blogs
July 28, 2010
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 >>
Music
June 17, 2010
Passion Pit Might Not Be As Happy As We Thought...
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 >>
Dining
June 10, 2010
Hacienda on Henderson: An Empty Dining Room Means You Don't Have to Wait for a Table
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 >>
Blogs
April 16, 2010
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 >>
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March 4, 2010
Running Through The Wet Grass
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 >>
News
January 28, 2010
Is Gabacho Love for Taco Bell Good or Bad for Mexicans?
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 >>
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November 24, 2009
Dude Food: J J Fish & Chicken
Jesse HugheyJ 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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August 27, 2009
Allez Cuisine!
Jesse HugheyJ 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 >>
Dining
June 4, 2009
How Can They Call It Mexican Food If It Doesn’t Bring the Heat?
Jesse HugheyJ 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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April 16, 2009
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November 4, 2008
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February 3, 2005
Fiesta Feast
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August 12, 2004
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January 15, 2004
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August 7, 2003
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February 21, 2002
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