J. Kenji López-Alt’s blog, The Food Lab, has been a cult favorite for years among the small community of food lovers who are also science geeks. His long-awaited first cookbook, also The Food Lab, is a 958-page, 6.2-pound monument to culinary nerdery. And it could change the way you cook…
A couple of weeks ago, we listed the top 10 international dishes in Dallas that you probably haven’t tried yet. Last week, Scott pointed out our city doesn’t have everything. Here are a few international cuisines, dishes and trends we’d like to see arrive in DFW soon. 1. Sub-Saharan African…
Eating at a Vietnamese restaurant is easy, right? Grab a couple spring rolls and a giant bowl of beef pho and you’re good. But some of Dallas’ best Vietnamese places, like Mot Hai Ba and Bistro B, challenge visitors to think outside the bowl and try something new. It’s time…
Michelle learned to love ramen as a teenager, growing up in Singapore and traveling around Asia with her family. Brian is newer to the scene: He didn’t even try instant ramen in college. Together, they’re hunting for DFW’s best ramen. The Shop: Sushi Bayashi in Trinity Groves The Atmosphere: While…
Poutine. Ramen. Samosas. Dallas is crazy about foreign foods, from the trendy bowl of pho to the old standby of tacos al pastor. But our city has such a diverse collection of nationalities that there are dishes, and even whole cuisines, you’ve probably never heard of. Here are some of…
Now this is what we’re talkin’ aboat. After a night of watching hockey, you need a hearty brunch, eh? So hop on your snowmobile and ride to the Maple Leaf Diner, Dallas’ new Canadian restaurant. Maple Leaf Diner opened in late September at 12817 Preston Road, and its menu is…
Garlic isn’t the first thing that jumps to mind when you think “dessert,” but it will sneak its way into just about everything at Central Market for the next week or so, including sweets. Contrary to what you might expect, black garlic (which is fermented, making it darker, softer, and…
The Old Warsaw is the black sheep of Dallas fine dining. It advertises with highway billboards of beautiful, pouting Slavic women. Its menu is a 1950s time warp of lobster thermidor, caviar service, beef stroganoff and cherries jubilee. Its food menu also features such heart-warming typos as “Duck Brest,” “Brussles…
“If you can’t bake a delicious lasagna, get the fuck outta my face.” These are the immortal words of Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, former star of MTV’s Jersey Shore. But don’t say The Situation isn’t kind: He has an official Jersey Shore lasagna recipe, passed down through his Italian family…
Bishop Arts has a new wine bar with a personality that fits the neighborhood. Wine Poste is artsy, smart, enthusiastic, but above all easygoing. Don’t come to Wine Poste to be pretentious about your favorite exclusive single-lot vintage. Don’t come to see and be seen. Snobbery is not allowed. This…
Dallas has two cat cafes in the works. Lewisville’s Charming Cat Café forged a relationship with local shelter Kitty Save, and has their eyes on a location with a safely walled-in patio. They even launched a Kickstarter to raise cash. Meanwhile, Muffinmeow Café and Cat Lounge is drafting a business…
It’s high summer, and the weather is perfect for light beers and our favorite fruity cocktails. But it’s also the right time to pop a crisp, refreshing bottle of wine. We got tired of reading online “Top Summer Wine” lists of bottles you can only get in New York or…
Casa Vieja makes no compromises and has no pretensions. It is a Colombian restaurant, and it is purely, deeply Colombian. Casa Vieja doesn’t pose as a hipster hangout for those who think Mexican food is boring. Nor does it offer a page of Tex-Mex standards to cater to the masses…
Irving is crazy about Mediterranean lunch buffets. Four are within 2 miles of my office: Terra Mediterranean Grill, Zeytin Mediterranean Grill, Andalous Mediterranean Grill and Veranda Greek Cafe. Which one is the best? Let’s find out. Three of the lunch buffets are broadly similar. (We won’t discuss Veranda, because their…
The last time I visited my family in Turkey, my grandmother made me hünkar begendi. The name means “Sultan’s delight.” You can tell it will be good because an all-powerful dictator gets exactly what he wants. What is hünkar begendi (pronounced, roughly, HOON-care BAY-and-ih, with a silent g)? First my…
The Texas Rangers rolled out some mouth-watering, stomach-upsetting new concession items this season: a state fair stand with nothing but fried foods, nachos with tater tots instead of tortilla chips, bacon beer. There is also a thing called the “sausage sundae.” But that’s all on the ground level, where the…
Michelle learned to love ramen as a teenager, growing up in Singapore and traveling around Asia with her family. Brian is newer to the scene: He didn’t even try instant ramen in college. Together, they’re hunting for DFW’s best ramen. The Shop: Hanaki Disclaimer: This review is slightly biased because…
