Just like for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s, Dallas food blogs have eagerly compiled lists of things to do and places to go if you’re not into the main event. On Super Bowl Sunday, even if you’re into football and not so much into planning ahead, there are still plenty…

For me, Sunday is just going to be, well, Sunday. I don’t expect to ingest any more French onion dip than I usually do. I don’t have an extraordinary amount of money riding on the Super Bowl. I’m not even completely sure who’s playing. The Cowboys? Is that not right?…

Dallas is going to see more than an infestation of football fans this week. In honor of the big game, groups are putting their best philanthropy out there. The Event: Leading Ladies Spectacular The Cause: Genesis Women’s Shelter This year, the Leading Ladies’ philanthropy spilled over into two nights. February…

It was touch-and-go for a while, but it seems like In-N-Out Burger may finally be sprouting in North Texas. While we continue to wait patiently, Dallas is whipping itself into a Super Bowl frenzy. Read on. City of Ate Even in the middle of winter, Brownstone still turns out stunningly…

Certainly you’ve heard about that brilliant slice of highway robbery that allows football fans to pay $200 dollars to loiter outside Cowboys Stadium and squint at a big screen. For those more interested in a Super Bowl experience than clinging onto a couple hundred dollars and the final shreds of…

Despite City of Ate’s obvious culinary prowess, there are some events that are better off catered by the freezer section — the Super Bowl, for example. On February 6, you’ll have a lot of football to watch and commercials to critique. Go ahead and buy these Super Bowl staples and…

Good things come in threes. This week, two benefits are going strong in their third year, benefiting humans on down to their companions. For some great food and feel-good, check out what’s going on this week. The Cause: The Stewpot Alliance The Place: Union Station Tuesday’s Third Annual Soups’ On!…

“Disheveled wait staff” is a cliché on Yelp! – people love to pluck away stars and blame the stained shirts, dirty fingernails, bad haircuts or collection of piercings glittering from a server’s face. But the worst, least appealing bits of the wait staff may be lurking in the dark crevices…

If you were thinking 2011 was shaping up to be a selfish year, think again. Get your philanthropy in shape with these upcoming events: The Place: Smoke The Cause: Foodways Texas On January 24, Smoke is holding a “Gulf Coast Gathering” — a Gulf-inspired seafood feast (and that means shrimp,…

If hairy chicken, beer-flavored popcorn and frozen yogurt on hiatus should have anything in common, it’s only this week in Dallas blogs. City of Ate Hanna Raskin found a hairy situation at Saint Ann, where it seems as the restaurant splurged on interior decorating and had nothing left for the…

During a dinner shift a few weeks ago, I returned with a guest’s drink and asked if he’d like to start with a cup of soup or an appetizer. He stared at me. Then he said, “Do those cost? Do you have to pay for those?” I stuttered something like,…

At least when Whole Foods Market asks you to trade in cheese-covered gristle for a sporkful of hummus, they know they’re asking a lot. So that’s why they plan to hold your hand through most of it. This month the store launched the Eat Right America 28-day Challenge, a program…

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 deliver…

All innuendos and dirty jokes duly noted, I prefer my food in compact ball-shape. I like cheese balls, sausage balls, popcorn balls and meatballs. Thanksgiving always has and always will find a Butterball in my oven (sorry, Stephan Pyles.) So for dessert my natural choice is cake balls. If cupcakes…

Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s is the triathlon of Where To Eat for food blogs. Bloggers have every cuisine covered, from salty duck to eggnog ice cream. On the upside, this should be the last round of Where to Eats until February. Between lists, post-Christmas foodies are reviewing 2010 and…

We’re optimistic that 2011 is going to be the year: The year we discipline ourselves to stop eating just before we feel full; the year we take walks instead of naps after lunch; and the year we admit that not every day is a reason to celebrate (Hey, it’s Thesaurus…

I don’t own any kind of Viking appliance. But if I did, now I know what I would do with it. I didn’t realize that the “Experience the Viking Difference” cooking class at the Viking Cooking school referred to the difference a Viking appliance can make in a cook’s life…

When I decided to pit boxed fudge against homemade fudge, I saw it as a way to repent for all those meals made from Bisquick and Stove Top. I pictured myself in front of my stove, delicately stirring a pot of sugar syrup to avoid scorching and sugar crystals. I…

Want to eat good and do good? Here are some opportunities this week. The Place: The Libertine Bar The Cause: Kids at the Dallas Life Foundation Chad D’s Annual Toy Drive is back for its 11th year. The event is free, so come to the Libertine Bar at 7 p.m…

Years ago, my family used to crown our Christmas tree with a wonderfully tacky star made from silver pipe cleaners knotted together with Christmas lights. It finally stopped working and now lays crumpled somewhere in our spider-clogged attic. This year, we have a bush – a bush! – on top…