Last week DFW.com published their final rankings for their 2011 Battle of the Burgers, which involved their editors tirelessly gorging themselves on fat patties for the past six months. In the end, they “recognize that the bracket format is not without flaws.” Nonetheless, according to them, the top three burgers…
Lakita Evans rendered a stroke of marketing genius when she named her home-style burger joint in Waco Fat Ho Burgers. Because, truth be known, she’s no fat ho. Evans just anticipated some fun to be had with the brash name. And, fun it is. The play on words are endless…
My kids’ school a/c was broken by 8:15 this morning. It’s going be a long day for those teachers. But, hey, they’ve had three months off, so they should be good for it, right? Saturday I texted a lady on the PTA, “Did I order a package of school supplies…
Jack’s ChowHound will be filling up bellies at the International Design Center on Turtle Creek, in the Design District. The Crazy Sisters are at Grubbs Nissan in Bedford for lunch. Gandolfo’s NY Deli is at the Sigel’s on Greenville Avenue. Nammi will be in the Dallas Arts District and reportedly…
It’s hot out there — especially in a cookin’ truck. Let’s show these kids some love today: Gandoflo’s is in the Dallas Arts District at 2121 Pearl St. between Flora and Olive from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Jack’s ChowHound is at the Knox Place Building from 11 a.m. to…
Well, the peppers are picked and packed — maybe a little later and less abundant than usual. Harvested in late summer in Hatch, New Mexico, these green delicacies, named for their birth city, have garnered a cult-like following who flock to stores in a mild frenzy upon their arrival. It’s…
Last night we tracked down the crusin’ Vietnamese-fusion food truck Nammi and tried both the beef bahn mi sandwich and chicken bowl. Everything was fresh, flavorful and spicy, and the portions are generous. Today Nammi will be at Sigel’s at 3209 Fitzugh for lunch and the Walgreen’s at 5201 Beltline…
If you’re looking for something fabulous for lunch today, the SSahm BBQ foodtruck will be in the Dallas Arts District peddling gourmet Korean tacos. Then, if you’re hungry for more tonight they’re at the Walgreen’s off Belt Line Road in Addison. • Gandolfo’s is parking it at Crouch Sales from…
A few summers back when I was a punk-ass kid, a few friends and I were driving from Germany to Switzerland. The trip itself was an utter fiasco, but one highlight was stopping at a store and finding some peaches for sale. True to our arrogant form, we were all…
Schlotzsky’s is 40 already. Who knew? Boy how time flies when you’re waiting for your round sourdough sandwich to toast. But, like any cat with a funny name, they’re going through their midlife crises with a revamped look. I never noticed the old look, honestly. I mean, they have those…
Driving through rural Mansfield, we pass by miles of green pastureland speckled with an array of trailers, big houses, small houses, pools, tanks, goats, horses and dogs. We’re headed to the home of Elizabeth Preibe, who hosts a local food co-op called Life Through the Garden. Every two weeks her…
It’s in honor of the date, of course. But yes, there’s a catch. With free frozen drinks, there’s always a catch. 7-Eleven actually sold more Slurpees last July 11 then on any other day last year. Sales jumped an 38 percent, in fact. Apparently the free tiny ones are just…
After the hurricane of 1900 annihilated what was then the bustling market center of Galveston, residents vowed to rebuild and never allow another such catastrophe. To prevent another flood like the hurricane surge that covered the entire island during the storm, engineers were hired and plans were drawn up to…
The city of Nazareth sits 1,000 feet above sea level in northern Israel between the Mediterranean and the Sea of Galilee. In the late evening, lamps light up this ancient city’s white façade and buildings with a glow the color of desert sand. Perched in the hills with the dark…
Don’t ever underestimate the power of pissed-off bakers. Gov. Rick Perry knows. That’s why he signed Senate Bill 81 last week. (Because no candidate wants chocolate cake with thick butter cream icing thrown at his campaign bus in Iowa.) The new law allows home bakers around the state to peddle…
It’s a bad year to be a peach in the Lone Star State. A lot of North Texas orchards lost their crops this season to freezing weather and hail storms. Perusing the PickYourOwn.org website for the area, many farmers have thrown in the peach towel for this summer, but promise…
Being bored for extended amounts of time builds character. Everyone (kids, in particular) needs to stare at the wall so long that it makes them crazy. Then go outside and stare at the hot grass. Then lie on the floor and throw a ball in the air 100 times. Rinse…
In 1940’s Belfast, Ireland, there lived the Magee family. Six daughters were born one after the other, followed by five sons all squeezed into a two-bedroom row house. The neighbors on one side were the McCormicks, who had 10 kids. On the other side were the Dunnigans, also with 10…
It’s a beautiful thing when elected legislative officials take cues from their constituents and act on them. That’s how state government functions, right? People need or want a change in regard to a particular issue, so they start calling their senators or representatives, who then draw up the plans, debate…
Fort Worth’s Kimbell Art Museum has trumped Tom Hanks and his high-tech Da Vinci Code shenanigans by using Apple’s iPad as a virtual museum guide for their Picasso and Braque: The Cubist Experiment, 1910-1912 exhibition. The Kimbell supplies the iPads preloaded with an application called iCubist, created specifically for this…
Since Silkwood was the first major motion production filmed at The Studios at Las Colinas, the Muller Film and Television Education Foundation is hosting a mixer and special screening tonight. And by mixer they mean the 1983 drama will be playing in the background while you sip a drink, nibble…
Boy, that was a doozy. Nothing like stuffing yourself in a closet with five other people plus a dog to put apple pie and mopping floors in perspective. (Of the former: Life’s short and I should eat more; of the latter: extremely overrated when your house is about to get…
