My graduate degree, like most, hasn’t been good for much. But today — and, I strongly suspect, today only — it qualifies me to expertly parse the most attention-getting exchange of the Elana Kagan confirmation hearings. When Lindsay Graham yesterday pressed Elana Kagan to recall where she was last Christmas,…
Just in time for July Fourth, Bull’s-Eye is flexing its regional barbecue know-how with a new quartet of sauces designed to honor the nation’s most celebrated smoked pork traditions. The sauces are basically arguments in a bottle: No mass-produced sauce is likely to please purists in Memphis, Kansas City, Texas…
The Place at Perry’s is inviting guests to join its servers for its weekly distributor-led wine tasting sessions, designed to orient the staff to the uptown restaurant’s revamped wine list. Of the 150 wines on The Place’s new list, operations director Devin Cox estimates more than two-thirds have never before…
“No state is completely guilt-free when it comes to dishes with sky-high fat content,” scolds the intro to Health.com’s new state-by-state compilation of the nation’s fattiest foods. Problem is, the fat content for the corn dog selected to represent Texas stands at a modest 19 grams, which is pretty measly…
Blaine Iler and Ben Hurt, the local entrepreneurs behind Impact Granola, planned to stage two tastings of their charitable cereal at Eatzi’s last weekend. But samplers were so enthusiastic on Saturday that the pair didn’t have any bags to bring back the next day. “Half of the people who tried…
Food lovers, many of whom aren’t inclined to get worked up about disallowed goals, have saved their World Cup-related outrage for an act of culinary one-upmanship that unfolded last week in Arizona. Cameron Selogie, owner of a Mediterranean bistro in Mesa, thought it would be a good idea to put…
The one-named Wyland, whose renderings of marine life have graced postage stamps and 737 jets, is diving into the culinary world with a sustainable seafood restaurant in Fairview. Wyland’s Ocean Blue, an eatery-slash-gallery, is opening tonight with a menu that hews to a scientifically vetted sustainable seafood advisory list. That…
Something new’s in store for the highly decorated Aurora, but chef Avner Samuel is refusing to reveal what the changes entail. “We will announce something next week,” Samuel says when asked for specifics. Samuel confirmed he’s in the midst of lease negotiations, but wouldn’t say whether he’s planning to relocate…
Proof of blog posts’ surprisingly long shelf life arrived via e-mail this morning, in the form of a message from Dallas Morning News restaurant critic Leslie Brenner. Brenner had e-mailed last Friday, while I was out of the office for a Southern Foodways Alliance event, still smarting over a perceived…
EatZi’s sells a lot of tea. Sorry to be vague about it, but the prepared food shop’s not telling just how much. Instead, they’re holding a little contest: Whoever comes closest to guessing the precise amount of tea EatZi’s pours at both locations each month will win one free iced…
Dairy Queen is putting on a very big show to celebrate a very little Blizzard. The Blizzardmobile, which looks like a bright blue mail truck with a giant Oreo Blizzard cup mashed in its middle, is coming to Dallas this weekend to promote seven-ounce servings of Dairy Queen’s signature whipped…
When our server at Ristorante Nicola finally ambled over to our table, scraping and shuffling just a bit to illustrate the depth of his deference to our dining experience, he apologized not for his belated arrival but for the private party presumably tearing into fat beef tenderloins and decanted Barolo…
When Parisians stormed the Bastille in 1789, they scored a victory for liberte, egalite, fraternite and mussel eaters. Francophiles around the world commemorate the July 14 holiday by indulging in classic French foods, and Go Oak Cliff is making sure Dallas diners have a chance to participate in the tradition…
Chef Tim Byres is still smoking at Smoke, the much-lauded paean to low and slow Southern cooking that opened last fall at the Belmont Hotel, but he’s now salting, curing and pickling too. “I’m trying to take the charcuterie angle,” Byres says of the restaurant’s new summer menu, which includes…
When Dallas Morning News’ restaurant critic Leslie Brenner guested on KERA’s Think this afternoon, her first call came from an unidentified maitre d’ who took her to task for criticizing restaurants that refuse her a 7:30 p.m. reservation. Brenner confided she sometimes accepts the 8 p.m. time slot she’s offered,…
Afghan Grill owner Matt Pikar hasn’t decided yet what he’ll serve Afghanistan’s ambassador when he dines at Pikar’s North Dallas restaurant tonight. “We’re going to give him whatever he desires,” Pikar says. “Maybe kebab with lamb, maybe lamb chops.” Said Tayeb Jawad, who first met Pikar in D.C., is scheduled…
In a bid to reshape Dallas residents’ image of The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, the museum’s promoting itself as a hip new spot to shop and nosh. The Museum Store + Café, opening July 1, will stock gift items made by local artists and serve coffee and sweets…
Early predictions for a record-setting peach crop seem to have been borne out by the harvest, the Texas Department of Agriculture reports. Spokesman Bryan Black says the state won’t know for sure whether the statewide harvest will surpass previous tallies until statistics are officially compiled in July, but it’s certain…
To further my Texan food education, I ventured out this weekend past where my bike could carry me, making a red-meat pilgrimage to the state’s ‘cue capitals — and meandering just enough to make the acquaintance of a few other worthy foods. I’m still reeling from the chicken-fried pork chop…
Moisten your mouth and pucker up: It’s seed-spitting season. That’s not me in the picture, but I did pay $1 for a corn kernel and a chance at spit-washed glory at the Holland Corn Festival in Central Texas this past weekend. My kernel landed a paltry 12 feet from the…
Kombucha’s most fervent fans have long credited the fermented tea with making their joints more limber, their energy stronger and their eyesight sharper. Now Whole Foods is wondering if the beverage is also making them drunk. The Austin-based chain last week pulled all kombuchas from its shelves, citing concerns about…
Horne & Dekker, the soon-to-open North Henderson Avenue collaboration from Shawn Horne and Flynn Dekker, has released its menu of “gourmet comfort food.” In practice, that seems to call for a good bit of meat and cream: The appetizer section features sauced shellfish and sausage; homemade chips with blue cheese…
