In part one of this week’s Three Course Meal, we gave you a look at Chad Kelley, executive chef at the Meddlesome Moth, who shared his thoughts on the national food scene. In today’s second installment, the chef tells us what the Dallas dining scene looks like from a moth’s…
So, Bijoux in Inwood Village is doing this “Classics Dinner” series this week through Friday and again on June 17 and 18. The idea, they say, is “to showcase timeless favorites in a five-course meal that pays homage to fond memories of sumptuous adolescent celebrations.” Can’t help but wonder if…
There’s a new nut in town. A brand-new, Irving based company, called Lord Nut Levington, is offering a line of seasoned peanuts that come in five less than predictable flavors: Rebel Mary (tomato, garlic, Worcestershire Sauce, etc.); El Cheddarales (cheddar cheese and jalapeño); Mamma Mia (tomato, garlic, and cheese), Thai…
Kylie Minogue Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie May 18, 2011 Better than: Tuesday Karaoke night at the Cedar Rapids Holiday Inn where the cocktail special is that they have cocktails. The drinks were fruity. The guys were hot. And the atmosphere was Saturday night at a fabulous gay dance club,…
Late Nights at the DMA satisfies art and night owls on the third Friday of each month year-round, but neighbors at the Nasher Sculpture Center have officially returned with Late Nights’ warm-weather, outdoor counterpart, ’til Midnight at the Nasher. The music and movie series kicks off this Friday, with a…
Indian food can be a challenge to the unadventurous diner. Too spicy. Too gloppy. Too exotic with its bevy of sauces and fantastical sounding names. But Vijay Sadhu’s new restaurant Sutra seems to have remedied that problem by mixing the old with the new and creating a modern, user-friendly version…
The problem with bars with food is bar food. But Chad Kelley, 34, executive chef at the Meddlesome Moth, has fixed that problem with choices like meat pies, mothballs, venison tartare, arctic char and pork belly. Nary a wing or mozzarella stick in site. Good thing. Any of the brews…
Central 214 has rolled out its new summer menu. And, as chef Blythe Beck explains, “It tastes like Texas. I’m all about it. I love it.” The menu keeps some 214 faves, like Beck’s signature chicken and waffles (spicy fried chicken and buttered waffle with jalapeño gravy, $28). But it…
Birmingham, Alabama native Diana Nicole DeGarmo (23), went from Idol to playing one of her idols. At the age of 16, DeGarmo not only won a spot on American Idol, but also made it into the final two. She didn’t win the competition — Fantasia Barrino was the winner that…
The adult cupcake. No dirty pictures on these. It’s the ingredients, not the decorations, that make these for the 21 and over set only. They’re tequila cupcakes from Elizabeth’s Cakes in Plano. And I don’t know if it’s just the power of suggestion or not, but I would swear that…
A neon sign hangs in the window of a new Dallas burger shop. “Taste worth dying for,” it reads. The neon in the window confirms your suspicion that some less-than-subtle gimmickry is at play: “Over 350 pounds eat free.”It’s the Heart Attack Grill. The first one, in Phoenix, opened its…
George Krause, the Philly-born photographer who started the photography program at the University of Houston, has taken up residence in Wimberley, but the picturesque Central Texas town hasn’t kept the 74-year-old away from the lens. His work is currently exhibited in The Museum of Modern Art in New York, The…
I’ve got to lay off the crack. I left my house in far North Dallas at 1:15 p.m. yesterday, thinking I would have missed the lunch rush by the time I got to In-N-Out. When I got there — well, you know the scene. An employee at the end of…
I had the chance to see Uptown Players’ Broadway Our Way: Divas Rising last weekend and the show is a hoot. But I had some questions, so afterward I caught up with one of the cast members, Amy Stevenson, by way of email, to find out more about the show…
Parigi co-owners Janice Provost and Chad Houser are opening a nonprofit restaurant concept called Café Momentum that will double as a culinary training facility for disadvantaged youth, allowing teens to work with real chefs. To get the word out and the funds raised, Provost and Houser are launching a monthly…
The only thing more fun than watching the Dallas Theater Center’s production of Cabaret last night — a knock-down, drag-out, must-see for which you can read Elaine Liner’s review here — was watching the audience. The Wyly Theatre is set up for the show with a front section of cabaret…
In part one and two of this week’s Three Course Meal, we gave you a look at Patton Robertson, executive chef at Five-Sixty, and his thoughts on the national food scene and the Dallas dining scene, respectively. Today we give you the five rules you have to follow if you…
Just when you think cupcakes are over and done, Samantha Rush, of Rush Patisserie, undoes them. Or, perhaps redoes them. Either way, she’s retooled the cupcake by creating the Un-Cupcake ($7). It’s basically a miniature cake in a jar. The benefit? It’s adorable for starters, and, as Rush herself explains,…
In part one of this week’s Three Course Meal, we gave you a look at Patton Robertson, executive chef at Five-Sixty and his thoughts on the national food scene. In today’s second installment, the chef shares his views on what the Dallas dining scene looks like from 560 feet in…
This week, Three-Course Meal catches up with Patton Robertson, chef at Five-Sixty by Wolfgang Puck . Who are you? I’m a Texas boy. Just turned 40. Cooking is something that I’ve done since childhood, and I have been cooking Texas-based food and California cuisine for 14 years. After focusing on regional…
In this week’s three-course meal, we’re liquefying your reading diet with an interview with Sly Cosmopoulos, a cocktail consultant for a large liquor distributor. Read part one, read part two, then go through her trash and steal her identity so you too can get paid to drink. Since summer is…
This is part two of our interview with cocktail guru Sly Cosmopoulos. Read part one, and check back tomorrow for more. What Dallas restaurants do you go to most often? Eddie V’s, Ocean Prime, and Sambuca are my favorites for steak and seafood. Now — if I want the flair…
