OK, OK–a gimmick for Inauguration day. Give us a break. The President gets a personal chef, state dinners and could probably walk out of any restaurant in the country without paying. Of course, there have been some notorious culinary moments: The competent Bush puking all over his Japanese counterpart, Andrew Jackson offering…
We here at City of Ate don’t consider celebrity chefs swoon-worthy. MotoGP riders yes, chefs–hell, line cooks do the work. And when they appoint one of their protoges to their name…..
Blue Canyon at Lake Ray Hubbard hosts a wine sampling…..
Five course beer dinner at Oceanaire…..
New dish at Pei Wei…..
Or maybe he’s just having a good time. A text message from the man himself at 2:07 a.m. this morning: “Las Vegas is the happiest place on earth.” Seems he’s enjoying vacation…
‘Gourmet’ Dating Services Ponder The Missing MaleEd Bamberger can’t figure it out.On a Thursday night, 33 members show up for a ritzy five course spread at Nana–28 women and five men. A few days later, he hosts another in a series of Single Gourmet events. This time a casual gathering…
Panda Delite1060 W. Frankford, Carrollton972-395-1118Promised delivery time: 35 minutesActual delivery time: 46 minutesThe ScoreNear-promptness: 43Phone patience required: -3Old fashioned boxes: 15Semi-cold food: -6Spending threshold: -9Self-effacing, totally open, honest and unabashed delivery guy: 30Degree of difficulty: 8Total Score: 78Overall StandingsNandina Asian Tapas 93Panda Delite 78Zini’s Pizzeria 51See the final 2008 Standings…
She is something of a force on the local dining scene, equal parts chef and personality adding up to 200 percent.Beck apprenticed with Dean Fearing at The Mansion then stepped into the sous chef role at Hector’s on Henderson, essentially running the kitchen until finally appointed to the executive role…
The other day we were sitting around contemplating happy hour options when our editor stomped in to remind us of the morning editorial meeting–for which we were apparently quite late.Now, one of this job’s few perks is that “reading” magazines counts as research. So we hastily reached for the discard…
A native of Liverpool, Green has been pulling pints…well, not quite pints…in local pubs for as long as any of us with shortened attentions spans can remember. Long a fixture at The Londoner in Addison, he moved to The Idle Rich in 2004.In his spare time he both plays soccer…
Yeah, another competition announcement.No one ever said “make ’em be sauciers and line cooks and such.” Still, the International Culinary School at the Art Institute of Dallas is encouraging mamas of high school seniors to push their kids into the service industry…Actually, the institute hosts a round in this year’s…
She opened the Mozzarella Company way back in 1982, after returning from Italy frustrated–not at the city’s lifestyle or our inability to gesture frantically while holding normal conversation, but at the shortage of good, fresh cheese. Back then Lambert’s fledgling company produced no more than 100 pounds of mozzarella a…
First impressions lead me to believe Steven Sohn is one of those larger-than-life, whoop-it-up Texas characters of legend. The Hibashi Teppan Grill and Sushi Bar owner shelled out close to $3 million—a very Dallas-like sum—on his place, filling some of the wall space with appropriately ostentatious sculptures. He reserved a…
For a brief moment I regretted this week’s pairing. Not only did my first attempt turn into a smoldering slab of charcoal–oozing orange stuff and damn near sending the smoke alarm into a shrieking fit–but the wine experts I consulted gave me a right grilling.”What cheese,” asked Lin Sellman of…
Operating a restaurant seemed like a breeze to Cervantes before he opened his first place a few decades ago. On the verge of failure, he took a trip to clear his head–ending up on a crowded patio in Mexico…The patios he opened subsequently–such as the always popular deck at Primo’s–changed…
Yes, it’s that time of year again. Within a few days, obedient parents begin toting order forms around the office for boxes of Thin Mints, Do-Si-Dos Trefoils and other life-affirming treats. As far as those who delve into the history of Girl Scouts can figure, cookie sales began with a…
It would be difficult to imagine dining and Dallas without the presence of longtime radio star and founder–with wife Vicki Briley White–of Savor Dallas.Over the years, White has hosted the KRLD Restaurant Show, served as a food columnist and even helped develop the city’s annual Restaurant Week, generating more than…
Over the weekend Janet St. James of WFAA reported on the city of Arlington’s intention to slash five of their seven restaurant inspectors. The article cites Deputy City Manager (roughly the equivalent of Rangers’ player development scout, status-wise) Trey Yelverton, who blames the lay offs on current economic troubles. By…
Born in Madrid and raised in South America, the man behind Bolsa wound up in Dallas on a whim. As a kid–and this period of his life lasted well into his 30s–Zielke studied philosophy, theology…and the art of slinging cocktails to thirsty barhoppers. The former Dragonfly bartender still pours drinks…
Long about, oh, a few hours after midnight on New Year’s, the Burning Question crew made a resolution.We felt strongly about it at the time–so much so that we carefully jotted the details in black ink. Apparently, in 2009, we plan to dedicate ourselves to the overthrow of Bhutan, which…
Fruia thinks big–and no wonder.His tenure includes Pappas Bros. Steakhouse (big steaks, big wines and, once, the world’s biggest cigar) and a stint with Consilient Restaurants (big buzz), while his newly opened Tre Amici fills the old Rick Stein’s spot…making it perhaps the largest restaurant opening in an otherwise dismal…
