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The Next Food Network Star

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    December 27, 2011

    Jay Jerrier of Il Cane Rosso on Guy Fieri, Naples and Making Peace with Yelp

    In one quick year, Il Cane Rosso has become the most esteemed pizza joint in Dallas. Owner Jay Jerrier discovered this style of Neapolitan pizza while on a trip in Naples with his wife in 1995 and has worked diligently to bring the same pizza experience to Dallas. Recently Guy Fieri and the Diners, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2011

    The Best Food and Faces From the Food for Thought Charity Dinner at the Tower Club

    Photos by @foodbitch"Mooooooose!"​Saturday night's third annual Food for Thought charity event at the Tower Club brought out a slew of celebrity chefs, a few local celebrities and me, in my fancy pants. Put on by the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, Food for Thought centered around small ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2011

    A Guy's Guy: Food Network's Fieri is Awesome, Dude

    Food NetworkYou go, Guy.​There may be no other Food Network personality worthy of not just one but, count 'em, two Screen Bites reviews than Guy Fieri. Already the raucous center of a previous appreciation of his kitchen-bound program, Guy's Big Bite, which single-handedly proved that Fieri p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2011

    Time To Get Cookin' For City of Ate's Blue Ribbon Recipe Contest

    ​ Do you think your lasagna could beat Bobby Flay's version in a throw-down? Do you firmly believe that your pot roast is better than everyone else's recipe, including your grandma's? Are you the self-proclaimed Top Chef of your household? If your cooking is so good that your kids even eat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    A Fitting Finale to Chopped All-Stars

    Nate Appleman gets busy.​Kudos and garlands of gratitude should be scattered around to all responsible for the surprisingly dramatic and heart-tugging bit of programming improbably known as the Chopped All-Stars series. Begun several weeks ago with individual competitions featuring representat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    It's Game Day at Big Daddy's House

    Aaron McCargo Jr.​Everything about Aaron McCargo Jr. -- a.k.a. Big Daddy of Big Daddy's House -- is larger-than-life, from those dueling, glimmering earrings to the ingratiating grin as wide as the Rio Grande to that infectious laugh that serves as constant exclamation point to every brashly f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    Couch Potato: What Is It With This Guy?

    Matthew McConaughey (left) and Guy Fieri​Everything about Guy Fieri is big and boisterous, and has been that way ever since he walked off a winner in the Food Network's second season of the Next Food Network Star. His voice's volume and rasp call to mind an overworked cattle-auctioneer. His sh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    From Your Hometown To The Reality Tube, Catching Up With Summer's Dallas-Bred TV Stars

    Megan Wants A Millionaire's David Cohen​In gearing up for Project Runway, we've been checking out Louise Black's fashions. We've also been gut-checking to see if we can handle watching Dallas' David Cohen on, um, Megan Wants a Millionaire (because Beauty & the Geek, Rock of Love and I Love Mon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2009

    Keeping Score

    Zorilla, via FlickrSix months (plus a couple) into City of Ate and I'm still trying to figure out blogging. In the past couple of months, we've also added twitter--fortunately handed to someone else, since my response to the first mention of it was along the lines of 'I've read about it in the paper ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2008

    Lisa Garza's Top 10 Kitchen Gadget Purchases of 2008

    People may poke fun at her striking bob, but none disparage Lisa Garza's skill in the kitchen. This year the sometime singer and sort of restaurateur gained fame nationally as a contestant on The Next Food Network Star and locally through tons of media buzz.Whether she makes it big time or--dare we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2008

    Gilding the Lily at Oscar de la Renta

    People may poke fun at her striking bob, but none disparage Lisa Garza's skill in the kitchen. This year the sometime singer and sort of restaurateur gained fame nationally as a contestant on The Next Food Network Star and locally through tons of media buzz.Whether she makes it big time or--dare we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2008

    Things More Interesting Than The Next Food Network Star: Kidney Stones, Greggo and Jessica Simpson!

    People may poke fun at her striking bob, but none disparage Lisa Garza's skill in the kitchen. This year the sometime singer and sort of restaurateur gained fame nationally as a contestant on The Next Food Network Star and locally through tons of media buzz.Whether she makes it big time or--dare we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2008

    Food For Thought? Nah.

    People may poke fun at her striking bob, but none disparage Lisa Garza's skill in the kitchen. This year the sometime singer and sort of restaurateur gained fame nationally as a contestant on The Next Food Network Star and locally through tons of media buzz.Whether she makes it big time or--dare we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2008

    Jesus, Lisa Garza, Just Win This Goddamned Thing Already

    People may poke fun at her striking bob, but none disparage Lisa Garza's skill in the kitchen. This year the sometime singer and sort of restaurateur gained fame nationally as a contestant on The Next Food Network Star and locally through tons of media buzz.Whether she makes it big time or--dare we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2008

    We Really, Really Want to Root for Lisa Garza. Just Remember: "Approachable."

    People may poke fun at her striking bob, but none disparage Lisa Garza's skill in the kitchen. This year the sometime singer and sort of restaurateur gained fame nationally as a contestant on The Next Food Network Star and locally through tons of media buzz.Whether she makes it big time or--dare we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2008

    We Can't Curb Our Enthusiasm for Lisa Garza's Performances on Food Network

    People may poke fun at her striking bob, but none disparage Lisa Garza's skill in the kitchen. This year the sometime singer and sort of restaurateur gained fame nationally as a contestant on The Next Food Network Star and locally through tons of media buzz.Whether she makes it big time or--dare we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2008

    Lisa Garza Offers Her Take on the Surreality of Reality TV

    People may poke fun at her striking bob, but none disparage Lisa Garza's skill in the kitchen. This year the sometime singer and sort of restaurateur gained fame nationally as a contestant on The Next Food Network Star and locally through tons of media buzz.Whether she makes it big time or--dare we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2008

    I Make An Amazing French Toast. So Where's My Cooking Show?

    People may poke fun at her striking bob, but none disparage Lisa Garza's skill in the kitchen. This year the sometime singer and sort of restaurateur gained fame nationally as a contestant on The Next Food Network Star and locally through tons of media buzz.Whether she makes it big time or--dare we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2008

    Lisa Garza Requests the Pleasure of Your Company Sunday Night

    People may poke fun at her striking bob, but none disparage Lisa Garza's skill in the kitchen. This year the sometime singer and sort of restaurateur gained fame nationally as a contestant on The Next Food Network Star and locally through tons of media buzz.Whether she makes it big time or--dare we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2008

    Lisa Garza, Who Might Be The Next Food Network Star, is on Fire

    People may poke fun at her striking bob, but none disparage Lisa Garza's skill in the kitchen. This year the sometime singer and sort of restaurateur gained fame nationally as a contestant on The Next Food Network Star and locally through tons of media buzz.Whether she makes it big time or--dare we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2008

    "Food Network Doesn't Have a News Show." But a Dallas Woman Could Be Its Next "Star."

    People may poke fun at her striking bob, but none disparage Lisa Garza's skill in the kitchen. This year the sometime singer and sort of restaurateur gained fame nationally as a contestant on The Next Food Network Star and locally through tons of media buzz.Whether she makes it big time or--dare we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2008

    I Keep Saying We Need to Eat at Suze More Often ...

    People may poke fun at her striking bob, but none disparage Lisa Garza's skill in the kitchen. This year the sometime singer and sort of restaurateur gained fame nationally as a contestant on The Next Food Network Star and locally through tons of media buzz.Whether she makes it big time or--dare we ... More >>

  • Dining

    April 10, 2008

    Former Screen Door Chef Takes Reins at Dali Wine Bar & Cellar

    People may poke fun at her striking bob, but none disparage Lisa Garza's skill in the kitchen. This year the sometime singer and sort of restaurateur gained fame nationally as a contestant on The Next Food Network Star and locally through tons of media buzz.Whether she makes it big time or--dare we ... More >>

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