A visit to the Dallas Arboretum can instill a deep and abiding appreciation for mother nature. It can also leave one feeling very full of good food and drink, and like one needs to have a lie-down. A selection of food, wine and spirits will be available for tasting as guests…
Unleash your inner Dowager Countess of Grantham at The Dallas Arboretum, which is hosting a special three-course spring tea on weekdays from now through April 8. Guests will enjoy three courses of ginger carrot consommé, assorted tea sandwiches and a dessert course. To attend the tea, you must be 13…
The Denton location of Taps & Caps, a growler shop featuring a rotating selection of 50 taps, will host BrainDead’s latest food and beer dinner and bottle release. The four course dinner features tequila shrimp, roasted Brussels sprouts with cactus fruit syrup, rye battered chicken and stout beer chocolate cupcakes…
Let’s face it, Thursdays are a fickle mistress — close enough to the weekend to where sleeping in seems within a hair’s breadth, yet far enough away that your workweek still has you in its coffee-stained grip. But occasionally, a food event presents itself and you find yourself snacking on…
What better way to show that special someone just how much you love them this Valentine’s Day than with a romantic brunch or dinner out? We’ve compiled a few suggestions, any one of which would be a nice way to acknowledge the person that life has inexplicably adhered to your good-side…
Girl Scout cookies and craft beer: a pairing so indulgent, it’s sure to make even the most lenient dietitian cringe. This year, LUCK will pair Thin Mints with Shannon Brewing Company’s Chocolate Stout; Samoas with Rahr’s Angry Goat Weizen Dopplebock; Do-si-dos with Texas Ale Project’s Somethin Shady Porter; and Lemonades…
Barley & Board, a brewpub on Denton’s historic town square, is hip. It occupies the third incarnation of a building that burned and was rebuilt, only to burn again. The original space housed a hotel and a livery stable where Sam Bass once worked. And while the current space retains…
Now is the time to make a dent in your “Bottled Beers To Try” list. Sundown at Granada is celebrating their 4th anniversary by discounting all 40 of their bottled beers to $1. And if dollar beer isn’t enough of a loss-leader, Granada will offer half-priced salads to boot. So…
Venues throughout Deep Ellum will open their doors this evening for a special pin-up girls edition of the Deep Ellum Wine Walk. For $10, walkers will receive a glass which will be topped off they meander through participating venues. The very first Mr. and Ms. Deep Ellum Wine Walk will…
From the magical city that brought you humidity, Beyonce and the (now defunct) Aeros comes three beers: Cali Green IPA, Cortado and Pussy Wagon IPA. This trifecta of craft brewing goodness comes courtesy of Houston’s Brash Brewing Co. Try all three at the Addison location of Flying Saucer, where these…
Dutch Ovens: the bane of Girl Scouts and pioneer women alike. Those impossible heaps of cast iron that turn reasonable cooking times into sweaty marathons of fire-tending hell. But maybe you’re weird. Maybe four hour dump cake is your kind of bag. Maybe you like risking heat exhaustion in the…
Cut a Texan open and she’ll bleed queso. The yellow kind, made possible by the industrial revolution and modern science — the darling of Tex-Mex. Texans love everything about this bastard of a cuisine: the cheese, the rice, the sopapillas drenched in honey, the sizzling sound of fajitas against cast…
New Year’s Eve is a time of reflection. For normal people, this means examining the year that was – where we started, where we ended and how the events in between changed our perspectives and shaped our personal histories. But for people who read City of Ate, we know there is a lot…
Venues throughout Deep Ellum will open their doors this evening for a special, holiday edition of the Deep Ellum Wine Walk. This event is perfect for the art-lover whose resveratrol levels could use a little pick-me-up. For $10 (or free with a new, unwrapped toy) you get a holiday edition…
Does the the lack of rare mushroom-based events really ruffle your feathers? Or should we say, truffle your feathers. Not to worry, our fungi-loving friends, for Kevin Ascolese, chef at Princi Italia, has created three Alba truffle delivery systems in the form of wood fire chanterelle flatbread, tortellini fonduta and…
The Four Seasons’ Cafe on the Green has two events this weekend. The first, Mixology Mistletoe and Merriment, is a holiday-themed class that will teach participants how to egg a nog, put some cheer in their punch and make cocktails that smack of Santa’s tears. The second event is a…
It’s the most wonderful thyme of the year at The Grapevine Farmers Market, where Christmas markets run every weekend from now until December 23. What differentiates a Christmas market from a non-Christmas market, you ask? In addition to selling produce, vendors will also sell seasonal goods including nuts, candies, tamales…
There are all kinds of theories for explaining helping behavior. We do it out of a sense of reciprocity. We do it because it makes us feel like good people. We do it because of cognitive dissonance. But if we are really honest with ourselves then we can see that…
We all have a list of things we say we’re going to learn how to do, from making souffles to building an icy emotional wall between ourselves and our loved ones. For those of you who have learning how to home-brew on your list, here’s the perfect event for you:…
What better way to celebrate International Stout Day than with a flight of stouts? We could think of a few things, included but not limited to: replacing all of the water in Niagra Falls with stout beer, watching a synchronized swimming team execute their moves in a pool of stout…
You’re going to drink anyway — might as well do it for the kids. This Friday, Community Beer Company will host a Medical City Dallas fundraiser benefiting the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center. Every $20 ticket includes three beers, a brewery tour and access to a silent auction. What it be: Medical…
The words “discount” and “oysters” don’t always make a happy pair, but this Thursday they will. Proof + Pantry is running an oyster and Champagne special. For $11 you get a half-flute of Delamotte Champagne and three 25-cent oysters, or $22 for a full flute and six oysters. The special…
