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Hash Over: Movember, Mojito Monday,
Melting Pot and More

October is long gone folks, and we here at City of Ate couldn't be happier. Thanksgiving is around the corner, and we've almost recovered from yesterday's sugar high. So let's all put away the Halloween costumes and get ready for a week of food events, many of which are benefiting charitable causes. ... More >>

Is Chartiable Eating Overstretching Local Chefs and Diners?

Photo by Robert BostickJohn Tesar​Don'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 >>

Brian Luscher on Prague Powder and Frozen Potatoes

Robert Bostick​Yesterday 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 >>

Fair's Cooking Contests Attract Young Top Chef Wannabes

Matronly home cooks clutching recipe cards inherited from their kitchen-wise grannies are no longer shoo-ins to win culinary contests at the State Fair of Texas. ​The number of young men competing in the various contests featuring Dr Pepper, Spam and Malt-o-Meal has been steadily increasing over ... More >>

Does Size Matter to the Food Network?

​Rahm Fama, host of the Food Network's new meat-centric show Meat and Potatoes, wants you to know he's not fixated on oversized meat - but that's what brought him to Texas. In an upcoming episode entitled "Oversized Meat," Fama pays a visit to Fort Worth's Cowtown Diner to tackle the four-pound c ... More >>

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 >>

A Mammoth Proposal for a New Theme Concept

If cavemen ate so healthy, how do you explain the obvious Big Mac-ass on these figurines?​Now that the Korean taco thing's been done to death -- except maybe in Dallas -- my friend and I were batting around new can't-miss concepts for food trailers. He's currently refurbishing a few of them, a ... More >>

Part 2: Dan Landsberg on Odd Requests, Local Foods and the Day He Nearly Burned Down
A Kitchen

Photo by Robert BostickDan Landsberg​As 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 >>

Drink or Appetizer: Sorting Out the Definition of Lobster Shooter

It lives in water, so it must be a drink, right?​Although the staff at Abacus doesn't consider the restaurant's lobster scallion shooters a beverage, the Food Network this week featured the liquid dish on its drink edition of The Best Thing I Ever Ate. "It's not actually a drink," Kent Rathbu ... More >>

With New Citizenship and Plans for a New Restaurant, Abraham Salum
Has Cause to Celebrate

Photo by Robert BostickAbraham Salum​Abraham 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 >>

Stephan Pyles Executive Chef Matt McCallister
Is Living Every Food Fan's Dream

Photo by Robert Bostick​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, City of Ate brings you Three-Course Meal, a three-part chat with some of the best, most inventive chefs ... More >>

Part 2: Second Floor Chef J. Chastain is So Over Steakhouses

Photo by Robert Bostick​In 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 >>

Come On, Eat Fancy

Avila's and Mextopia: Good Tex-Mex Must be in the DNA

East Texas Town Seeks World Record For the Biggest Bowl of Salsa; Chips May Be In Short Supply

Jacksonvilletexas.comYou eat tomato, I ate tomahto​Jacksonsville, the tiny Cherokee County town that 1930s Wall Street traders used to ring up when they needed to know the price of tomatoes, is taking aim at the world record for the biggest bowl of salsa this weekend. "We're going to make 2000 p ... More >>

All Hail the Mighty Avocado, which, by the way, is a fruit

Courtesy of Abacus​Don't get me wrong, I love winter and the seasonal dishes that come with it. I love me some creamy soups and hot chocolate, but by this time of the year, I'm ready for some summertime fare. Thankfully, summer's just around the corner, and my favorite fruits are coming back in ... More >>

In Case You Missed It, Dallas Was the "City" in Last Night's Chefs vs. City on Food Network

​Dunno why Food Network never sent out a heads-up that last night's episode of Chefs vs. City -- a sorta-kinda culinary Amazing Race pitting Aaron Sanchez and Chris Cosentino against two comers -- took place in Dallas. Good thing the 6-year-old who lives in my house likes to wrap up his Sundays wi ... More >>

Remedy for a Jalapeno Overdose: Aguas Frescas

From Wikipedia​Walk into your favorite taqueria or torteria, and chances are good you'll notice a couple of large, beehive-shaped glass jars standing sentinel atop a shelf or counter. Stepping to the counter, you place your food order, then scanning the menu under bebidas (beverages), you notice ... More >>

Good 2 Go Taco Is Revving It Up for the Road

Good 2 Go's FacebookTheir ever-changing Chalkboard is now headed for the road.​Good 2 Go Taco at The Green Spot market and gas station in White Rock has been providing inventive takes on the south-of-the-border sandwich for more than seven months. But that hasn't stopped owners Jeana Johnson and C ... More >>

Bailey's Prime Plus Park Lane: A steakhouse good for the ole boys as well as the girls.

Vinnie Paul Promises New Cookbook In 2010

​Our sister paper out in Los Angeles checked in with Arlington's own Vincent Paul Abbott over the weekend as the Pantera/Hellyeah drummer stopped off in the City of Angels as part of Revolver magazine's Golden Gods Awards nomination party.And, just as Jesse Hughey and I learned last time we stoppe ... More >>

In the Matter of Avila v. Avila

Spike Johnson​"Heartbreaking." "Painful." That is how Anita Avila describes the fight over the restaurant on Maple Avenue she and her husband opened in January 1986. In the end, she says, all she wants is for the restaurant to reopen with her once more running the operation, as she'd done before h ... More >>

The Fight Over Avila's Results in Lawsuits, a Gutted Restaurant and a Sad Family Feud

The inside of Avila's on Maple Avenue, four days after Ricardo Avila cleaned out the restaurant​I've been trying to keep up with the dramatic doings at Avila's on Maple Avenue via SideDish for the past week, which hasn't been easy -- especially following today's item concerning the beloved restaur ... More >>

Grimaldi's vs Coal Vines: Pizzeria Pugilism

Alex Flores​Pizza can be a scary subject, but one that I am not easily shaken from. For this week's challenge I felt the need to be slightly scientific in choosing the correct opponents. I randomly asked strangers for their ideas on a perfect Dallas pizza.. I polled about 40 people from the sup ... More >>

Cheap Bastard

On The Range: Flautas & Taquitos

From street vendor snack to the frozen food aisle.On The Range is a weekly exploration of the history and lore of Texas menu items.Sometime toward 3 a.m., when the drinking is (usually) winding down and serious munchies coming on, almost anything will make for a snack, providing it releases th ... More >>

Life During Dinnertime

David Byrne, last seen eating on Maple Avenue last nightThe missus's mother is in town and, last night, offered to take the 5-year-old who lives in our house back to her hotel, awful nice of her. Which left us ill-prepared and sans plans for a Saturday night. "David Byrne at the Majestic" was the fi ... More >>

Cook Like An Almost TV Star

Ever wondered what reality TV stars are like without the creative editing? You can get up close and personal with Suze's Lisa Garza, a The Next Food Network Star finalist, as she opens up the Suze kitchen for Spring Cooking Classes.You can opt for private one-on-one classes or private group classes. ... More >>

Wolfgang Puck soars high with Five-Sixty

"Cheese Lady" Brings the Cheddar, Carves It Up

Caity Colvard Cheese: a complex, often misunderstood medium. “I never liked cheese as a child,” Sarah Kaufmann said, “It wasn’t until college that I discovered cheese. Now, it’s my whole life.” Obviously: Dressed in a cow print apron and pants (complete with tail), topped off with a � ... More >>

Cook or Kook?

Yan shows Central Market how it's done

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

Chafing Dishes

Punk's Greatest Hits and Biggest Dicks

Who Needs the Ritz When the Stoneleigh's Weeks Away From Its Reopening?

In the Zone

Bold, balanced flavors at SaWaDiKa

E-V-Oh, no

Rachael Ray signs her book

Home Runs

Can great chefs cook ordinary food?

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Think Big

Exposed

For restaurant critics, it's celebrity or credibility

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Debate Team

Lisa Loeb

The Way It Really Is (Zoe/Rounder)

Miss Independent

Annie Leibovitz makes a permanent mark

Salad Days

Star chefs host a toss-up

Q & Eh

Plus: Man Crush; I Already Miss the Sumbitch

End of the World

Americans may have tasted all there is to taste