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Dining
April 26, 2012
At Jeff Harris' Bolsa, One Dish Reveals the Chef's Chops
Want to measure a chef? Look to his chicken.
Blogs
February 10, 2012
Rowdy and Michelle Obama Visit a Dallas School To Promote Nutrition, Reality TV
Michelle Obama joined the folks from Top Chef this morning, as part of her tour celebrating the second anniversary of her "Let's Move!" initiative. The folks from Bravo staged a mock cooking competition in front of scores of crumbsnatchers (who didn't look that fat to me, by the way) from the Nancy ... More >>
Blogs
December 1, 2011
Compared To Reality Crap Filming Around Town, TNT's New Dallas May Not Be So Bad
Michelle Obama joined the folks from Top Chef this morning, as part of her tour celebrating the second anniversary of her "Let's Move!" initiative. The folks from Bravo staged a mock cooking competition in front of scores of crumbsnatchers (who didn't look that fat to me, by the way) from the Nancy ... More >>
Blogs
December 1, 2011
Top Chef: Texas Does Dallas at a Fancy Schmancy Highland Park Dinner Party
Socioeconomically speaking, Dallas has a pretty damn diverse food scene. The Big D is chock-full of $1 taco stands (if you're of the financial status to seek them rather than pass with blinders), $2 slightly fancier tacos found at many bars (LaGrange's are tasty), barbecue shacks out the wazoo (hey, ... More >>
Blogs
November 17, 2011
Top Chef: Texas Cost Taxpayers $200K More Than First Reported, Thanks to San Antonio
We've been telling you since the summer about the estimated $400,000 the Texas governor's office agreed to pay the producers in exchange for them promoting the state's brand in the ongoing, Texas-centric season of Top Chef. Last we checked in, the producers, a California company called Magica ... More >>
Blogs
November 3, 2011
Top Chef Texas Recap: Highlights, Superlatives, and the Three Best Dishes
Top Chef Texas "Booyeah bitches!"Last night at La Grange, City of Aters had good beer, better tacos, and an hour of fantastic television on an enormous projector screen. It was the first City of Ate Top Chef Texas viewing party, and watching the show with a beer in hand, a selection of $2 tac ... More >>
Dining
August 18, 2011
Searching For Consistency at Craft Dallas
At the W, Tom Colicchio's kitchen has undergone four chef changes since it opened in 2006.
Blogs
August 9, 2011
Top Chef: Texas is Official; Emeril Lagasse and Hugh Acheson Will Judge
Emeril: Top Chef's new jurist.Official word just came from Bravo: The next season of Top Chef will be set in Texas. You already knew that if you've been following any number of blogs, including City of Ate, where we broke the story that the state will shell out an estimated $400,000 to see ... More >>
Blogs
May 9, 2011
Six Letdowns at the James Beard Book, Broadcast & Journalism Awards
Bite us, Jimmy.Not sure if you guys heard, but this year City of Ate picked up a nomination from the James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards for Group Food Blog, and I was nominated in the Humor category for a feature story we did on fried hamsters. Awesome! We City of Aters were so excited, ... More >>
Blogs
February 1, 2011
Tired of Cowboy Chow? Try the Short Rib & Shishito Pepper Hash At Craft.
If you're in town for the Big Game and want to know if Big D features anything other than barbecue and chicken-fried steak, head down the Dart Green Line to superstar national chef Tom Colicchio's Craft and enjoy an elegant brunch, featuring Short Rib and Shishito Pepper Hash. Served with two ... More >>
Blogs
January 11, 2011
Hungry on DART's Green Line? Here's a Big Honkin' List That Might Help
It took four years and $1.8 million to complete the longest light-rail construction project in U.S. history -- says DART -- but a little more than one month since DART's Green Line opened, it's been for all intents and purposes a success. While the full line was officially opened on December ... More >>
Blogs
January 7, 2011
The Week in Food: Lots of Lists,
Plus Some Cabbage for Roughage
Dallas blogs spent the week wrapping up 2010 in a series of lists and predicting food trends for 2011. City of Ate Hanna Raskin feels diminutive in the face of a face-sized bland chicken breast at Kenny's Italian Kitchen. Alice Laussade edits four-letter words out of her vocabulary to de ... More >>
Blogs
January 6, 2011
Chef Tell: There's Sum-thing Wrong With Dim Judges
A little housekeeping first, yes? We were relieved from Top Chef All Stars blogging duties during the holidays, but not relieved by the elimination that occurred: Spike, cute and surly Spike, was sent packing after Jamie bailed on competing once again and left him to flounder in the last episode, ... More >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
January 4, 2011
Before His Super Bowl Return, Tom Colicchio Talks About Changes in Kitchen at Craft Dallas
BravoTom Colicchio just called to talk about today's announcement that Jeff Harris is leaving Craft's kitchen to open a restaurant on Fitzhugh. Colicchio, who still controls Craft following that reworking of his deal with Hillwood in the spring of '09, made the decision himself to hire Tim Bevi ... More >>
Blogs
December 2, 2010
Chef Tell: All Stars Is All Drama
www.bravotv.comAfter the bigotry in the rear-view mirror that made Dallas' involvement with Top Chef Just Desserts not so sweet, last night's debut of Top Chef All Stars was so very freakin' awesome. There was drama, there was silliness, there was attitude, there was skill, there was fright...and ... More >>
Blogs
November 26, 2010
Undaunted by the Darkness of Black Friday, Food Bloggers Keep On Blogging About the Holidays
Listen, I love Thanksgiving. I love Christmas. I've never get more excited than I do during the holidays. It's just that I hate Black Friday. Last year I worked two jobs. 7 a.m. found me selling candles at Yankee Candle when there was no one there to buy them. Then at noon I switched over t ... More >>
Blogs
November 15, 2010
Craft Dresses Up Menu with a Charity Favorite; Tom Colicchio May Return
Chef Jeff Harris' cavatelli, version 1.0, before it was dressed up with duck and foie gras.Charitable contributions aren't the only good thing emerging from the bushel of culinary benefits being held this month. Chef Jeff Harris last weekend created a duck cavetelli with Swiss chard and foie ... More >>
Blogs
September 16, 2010
Tom Colicchio Coming to Cook at Craft
Tom ColicchioSorry about throwing up a publicist's raw e-mail, but those of you who've been following our interview with Craft's Jeff Harris might want to jump on getting a reservation before they're booked up. That's right, Mr. Top Chef himself, Tom Colicchio, is coming to town, and he's gon ... More >>
Blogs
August 11, 2010
Five Mass-Produced Foods Even Food Snobs Love
Chefs are notorious for yapping on about the pleasures of farm-fresh vegetables - and then opening a bag of something for dinner. The rigors of restaurant work and human nature lead even the most fearsome food snobs to occasionally indulge in mass-produced, highly-artificial, uber-preserved snack ... More >>
Blogs
July 7, 2010
Craft Dallas Cooks Up Sweet Deal
For Hungry Theatergoers
All the people who left these tables at Craft empty during lunch are missing out on a great meal.Slow biz and showbiz make for a good dining deal at Craft Dallas at the W Hotel in Victory Park right now. With dinner service falling off during summer doldrums, the restaurant is offering a spec ... More >>
Blogs
June 16, 2010
Top Five Things We're Expecting to Happen on Top Chef Tonight
OK, so we're all really stoked about the start of Top Chef, D.C. tonight. Even Bravo producer and Watch What Happens Live host Andy Cohen is venturing into fanboy-level excitement, as proven by his repeated tweets on the subject today. (So cute. Love that guy.)Glad to have some Dallas representat ... More >>
Blogs
June 14, 2010
Hash Over: Mamas Eat For Free at GattiTown; Norma's is Celebrating a Birthday; Chef Stephan Pyles Will Be on Martha Stewart Living Radio
GattiTownSure, we're suppose to dedicate this week to our dads and everything they've done for us, but what about Mom? Well, how about we celebrate Mom all summer long? The GattiTown location off Marsh Lane will honor mothers this summer by offering a free buffet to them every Monday. All you mom ... More >>
Blogs
May 26, 2010
Top Chef To Go Fish
Two years ago, then-Observer restaurant critic Dave Faries wasn't exactly singing the praises of Go Fish Ocean Club (he was fairly distracted by the waiters' chatter). You know who was impressed? Bravo TV. Beaumont native Tiffany Derry, named Exec Chef of Go Fish Ocean Club in 2008, will ... More >>
Dining
November 26, 2009
Craft, Despite the Economy, Just Keeps Plugging Along With its Simple Style of Minimalist Elegance.
Two years ago, then-Observer restaurant critic Dave Faries wasn't exactly singing the praises of Go Fish Ocean Club (he was fairly distracted by the waiters' chatter). You know who was impressed? Bravo TV. Beaumont native Tiffany Derry, named Exec Chef of Go Fish Ocean Club in 2008, will ... More >>
Blogs
October 8, 2009
Veggie Guy: Vegan 'Month Of Food'
In the vegan world, we're in what's known as "VeganMoFo." No, not what you think--it's a global event that stands for "Vegan Month of Food." We celebrate VeganMoFo to encourage our omnivorous friends to try animal-free eats for an entire month. Not an easy feat here in Dallas--you know, consider ... More >>
Blogs
June 17, 2009
First (Belated) Look: Legacy Books
Okay, so it opened in November. Our bad. As of last week, we still hadn't explored Legacy Books in Plano, an independent bookstore with a unique culinary program. But when the 300th person told us we had to go (and that person just happened to be a chef), we finally relented. Yesterday we made ... More >>
Blogs
May 26, 2009
10 Questions: Jeff Harris of Craft
Harris is so new, the restaurant website still lists Zappola as chef. So here's the interior, instead.When chef Anthony Zappola left for Craft in Los Angeles, the restaurant promoted Harris to the top spot.Formerly sous chef in Tom Colicchio's Dallas outpost, Harris arrived from Craft New York ... More >>
Dining
April 2, 2009
Wolfgang Puck soars high with Five-Sixty
Harris is so new, the restaurant website still lists Zappola as chef. So here's the interior, instead.When chef Anthony Zappola left for Craft in Los Angeles, the restaurant promoted Harris to the top spot.Formerly sous chef in Tom Colicchio's Dallas outpost, Harris arrived from Craft New York ... More >>
Blogs
March 4, 2009
No Defeat in Victory Park for Tom Colicchio, Who's Keeping Craft Open at the W
BravoTom Colicchio and Top Chef host Padma LakshmiAs Victory Park proves less and less victorious in recent months, stories have circulated that Tom Colicchio was considering moving out of the W and plying his Craft elsewhere. To which the Top Chef head judge says: Not a chance. Indeed, Colicchio te ... More >>
Blogs
March 4, 2009
Over At Unfair Park: Colicchio Stays Put
As Victory Park proves less and less victorious in recent months, stories have circulated that Tom Colicchio was considering moving out of the W and plying his Craft elsewhere. To which the Top Chef head judge says: Not a chance. Continue reading on Unfair Park
Blogs
February 9, 2009
Food For Thought 2.9.09
Luisita Lopez Torregrosa"Not so long ago, Dallas was a culinary wasteland, save for its famous barbecue. But in recent years, celebrity chefs like Nobu Matsuhisa, Tom Colicchio and Charlie Palmer have planted their flags in Dallas, joining a fresh crop of hometown talent." (Luisita Lopez Torr ... More >>
Blogs
January 29, 2009
Tom Landry Would Not Be Amused
A few Dallas Cowboys quick hits, apropos on a morning blanketed with a freezing fog. We begin, where else, with MartyB -- which is to say, tight (not bright) end Martellus Bennett, who follows his now-vanished rap video ("Romo, homo, etc.") with the apology below. FOXSports.com is reporting that the ... More >>
Blogs
June 9, 2008
I Make An Amazing French Toast. So Where's My Cooking Show?
A few Dallas Cowboys quick hits, apropos on a morning blanketed with a freezing fog. We begin, where else, with MartyB -- which is to say, tight (not bright) end Martellus Bennett, who follows his now-vanished rap video ("Romo, homo, etc.") with the apology below. FOXSports.com is reporting that the ... More >>
Blogs
March 20, 2008
Dallas Likes It Expensive and Often
A few Dallas Cowboys quick hits, apropos on a morning blanketed with a freezing fog. We begin, where else, with MartyB -- which is to say, tight (not bright) end Martellus Bennett, who follows his now-vanished rap video ("Romo, homo, etc.") with the apology below. FOXSports.com is reporting that the ... More >>
Blogs
November 2, 2007
Two Big Holidays Tomorrow. Well ...
A few Dallas Cowboys quick hits, apropos on a morning blanketed with a freezing fog. We begin, where else, with MartyB -- which is to say, tight (not bright) end Martellus Bennett, who follows his now-vanished rap video ("Romo, homo, etc.") with the apology below. FOXSports.com is reporting that the ... More >>
Blogs
October 4, 2007
Casey Thompson's Pork Belly Just Wasn't Crispy Enough
A few Dallas Cowboys quick hits, apropos on a morning blanketed with a freezing fog. We begin, where else, with MartyB -- which is to say, tight (not bright) end Martellus Bennett, who follows his now-vanished rap video ("Romo, homo, etc.") with the apology below. FOXSports.com is reporting that the ... More >>
Blogs
September 27, 2007
Soul Kitchen
A few Dallas Cowboys quick hits, apropos on a morning blanketed with a freezing fog. We begin, where else, with MartyB -- which is to say, tight (not bright) end Martellus Bennett, who follows his now-vanished rap video ("Romo, homo, etc.") with the apology below. FOXSports.com is reporting that the ... More >>
Film
July 26, 2007
Light Dining
No Reservations is sweet and savory fare. Without the foam.
Blogs
June 21, 2007
Tre Wilcox: From Top to Bottom
No Reservations is sweet and savory fare. Without the foam.
Blogs
June 14, 2007
Dallas' Own Tre Wilcox is the First to Top Top Chef
No Reservations is sweet and savory fare. Without the foam.
Blogs
January 8, 2007
Is You a Top Chef? Then Pack Your Knives and Go.
No Reservations is sweet and savory fare. Without the foam.
Blogs
October 18, 2006
He's Crafty
No Reservations is sweet and savory fare. Without the foam.
Dining
September 7, 2006
Scantily Clad
Simplicity is surprisingly lush at Craft
Blogs
July 12, 2006
Ever Heard of Lenny's Subs? You Will. Trust Me.
Simplicity is surprisingly lush at Craft
Blogs
June 29, 2006
The Arts Behind Craft
Simplicity is surprisingly lush at Craft
News
June 29, 2006
TV Dinner
Simplicity is surprisingly lush at Craft
Blogs
June 21, 2006
Can't Spell Wednesday Without the "W" (Hotel)
Simplicity is surprisingly lush at Craft
Blogs
May 31, 2006
Dubya, The Hotel
Simplicity is surprisingly lush at Craft
Dining
December 29, 2005
Is Screwing Hip?
We twist open 2005 for a nip. Is this a sign of things to come?
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