The best time of year is when the Halloween decorations come down, the pumpkins get mushy and the candy aisle goes on sale for half-price. We’re inching closer to Thanksgiving and the blogosphere is buzzing and roasting and stirring. It’s a food-filled, recipe rich, seasons-eatings time of year. So this…
Garland Fielder: Modulations, a new exhibit at the Holly Johnson Gallery, 1411 Dragon St., showcases a minimalist artist with seemingly a lot to say. Using few colors and elements, Fielder toes the line between 2D and 3D, examining lines and optical illusions. He says it’s the act of interpretation that…
People seem to go nuts over silent auctions. Or maybe not. They go anti-auction. People are quiet. They’re serene. They stroll. After all, a silent auction is just eBay you have to put on pants for. If you’re into that (and you might be), or want to support the awareness…
Fresh off its 2010 Reader’s Pick award for Best Sunday Brunch in our Best of Dallas issue, Blue Mesa Grill is hosting a Hill Country & Produce Festival, intended to showcase the tasty fresh produce from local Texas farms on the food and drink menu. The festival will be a…
This week in Dallas food blogs are all about the under-appreciated, under-munched animals. We’ve swapped the quintessential beef patty for things like bunny rabbit, gigantic worms and a hot dog that takes a fork, knife and entire roll of Bounty to eat. And in the middle of Vegan Week, we…
When I sit down for class on Thursday night at Kalachandji’s Community Hall, my classmate Bob leans over to me and explains that a lot of people don’t like curry. So he pulls out that night’s recipe list and goes through them, ingredient by ingredient. “Look, yogurt, turmeric, eggplant, potato,…
Central Market Plano is in a curry to get things done. As a part of their cooking school series, Central Market is offering Curries of Asia on Monday–a $55, two-hour tour through Asia, meals included. Learn to make Thai beef curry, tart and hot beef, Kerala fish curry, aloo gobi…
Until now, New England held the title for creepiest-looking houses. The Richardson Theatre Centre is looking to tumble that juggernaut with its production of The Haunting of Hill House. The play follows a gaggle of guests led into the sinister mansion by a knowledgeable older gentleman. The last time this…
The Paul Taylor Dance Company is the same gaggle of jumpin’ jacks that brought Dream Girls to the Eisemann Center in 2002 and maintained a “gold standard of modern dance” after that. Their title upkeep will continue when the Paul Taylor Dance Company opens the 2010-11 Eisemann Center Presents’ Spotlight…
As the city descends into crisper temperatures and adopts an orangey hue, seasonal ingredients are rolling into grocery stores while local chefs and food fans are reacting accordingly. So what else is new? Dallas Morning News Leslie Brenner crowns Sharaku Sake Lounge as “excellent: One of the finest restaurants in…
Even though we all thought he was a happy, vivacious performer best enjoyed at a humid outdoor venue or inside minivans, Rick Springfield has had a dark life. And he wants to tell you about it, so read his new autobiography, Late, Late at Night. The book, which Springfield authored…
Doggone it. Every dog has its day. Slip on one of these cliches–along with your running shoes–for the Lakewood Service League’s seventh annual Walk, Wag and Run this Saturday. There will be a 5K and 10K at 8 a.m., followed by doggy events (a walk and wag, canine agility course…
Restaurant bent on doing good could just donate food to local non-profits. But what’s the fun in that? Various Dallas eateries have dreamed up more creative ways to help their community: Read on for details of this week’s charitable happenings…
Editor’s Note: Since we’re not especially scholastic at City of Ate, we recruited our intern Brooke Nottingham (who’s probably a whiz with a highlighter and page marker flags) to attend a few local cooking classes. Her occasional series of reports begins today with a cheese class at Central Market. Fortunately,…
As the State Fair roller coaster eases back into the station, the setting sun is casting a clichéd orange glow and Dallas bloggers are beginning to reminisce about what they wish they’d seen. Five Sixty initially wanted to see a gaggle of veterans in pressed khakis and pastel polos. The…
On the off-chance your own seventh-grade English teacher didn’t make you study the book for four months, and in case you’ve lived beneath a rock for the past century, the Artisan Center Theater has got your back. They’re putting on a production of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird at…
What could be cheddar? In an hour, Central Market Dallas will not only teach you what a fromagier is but how to be one. For only $20 the Central Market Cooking School staff will walk students through the basics of a cheese plate and offer techniques on how to create…
Unless your mom is my mom and she started sifting through costume patterns at Hancock back in August, you may be a little nervous. Halloween is twenty days away, and no one wants to see you reprise your role as the Can of Spam at their party. I’ve had my…
This week’s Dallas food blog round-up is testament to the belief that Dallasites only have two passions: tacos and In-N-Out Burger. Everything else is just a garnish. Dallas Morning News: Leslie Brenner gave Kuby’s Sausage House a tepid two out of five star rating, even though the food was tasty…
You probably already have a tyrannical woman, an emasculated man and an opinionated old lady in your life, but the Bath House Cultural Center wants you to spend $20 to see Edward Albee’s The American Dream and The Sandbox, anyway. Both satirical pieces about American home life, Albee’s two plays…
My mother was one of those modern women who went to college, had a full-time job and taught her daughter the importance of education and independence instead of how to make prize-winning biscuits. But all the love and support in the world doesn’t erase the fact that our “family recipes”…
That the Dallas Opera is offering something for free should be incentive enough, when the free event comes packed with performances, discussions, and “lively” panels (instead of, I guess, wall panels or dead panels, which can’t be much fun), it’s a no brainer. The Dallas Opera welcomes its patrons back…
