Last night, little piggies went home with winning chefs. Pigs that were painted gold and had wings, that is. The annual Meat Fight competition was Sunday night (really requiring the majority of the weekend for chefs to get meat in tip-top shape). One of my favorite bites of food was…
Happy Veterans Day to those who have served our country. As always, you can find restaurants giving their thanks to you by offering various deals, from free meals to discounts. Most have a special offer for veterans (and active military) today, and we’ve rounded up a number of them to…
If you’ve been to one of the night markets occasionally hosted by Sandwich Hag in the Cedars, there’s a special looking wing on a stick you’ll find there. It comes butterflied and skewered on a wooden stick, cooked over a yakitori: Japanese techniques by the hands of Nick Tran and…
Village Burger Bar recently recruited students from four public schools to help produce healthier items for its kids menu. Last week local Texas ProStart culinary students competed in the menu invitational, working with Medical City Hospital to meet specific caloric requirements while using the restaurant’s ingredients. “We will select two…
It’s pumpkin season, that time of year when food fans take to the internet to debate the old existential questions. What exactly is a pumpkin? Is that stuff that comes in a can really pumpkin, or is it some other kind of squash? Frankly, if you stick it in a…
When going through what makes a good chicken wing, we can look at a few things: how much meat is on the piece, how juicy and tender the meat is, how crisp the exterior is, how well flavors complement the chicken and what the condiments are like. We visited Sabaidee…
We’ve covered the Popeyes chicken sandwich when it first arrived and when it returned after a hiatus. We did that because people care, obvious by the long lines and the chain running out of capacity to produce them. But as a line of cars continues to spill onto Ross Avenue…
Let’s get a couple of things out of the way: 1. I paid $45 to attend a cocktail class that turned out to be a marketing presentation for a single brand of whiskey, and 2. I don’t care. Commercialization is annoying and we all have too many ads shoved down…
The Henry’s Classic Old Fashioned features a whiskey they created in partnership with Savage & Cooke Distillery.
When Homewood started serving brunch, some of us weren’t sure about the move. You guys already do dinner well, should you stretch yourselves with brunch? Turns out, we’re pretty glad they stretched. Brunch cocktails include a bloody mary that sounds standard with added spiced mushroom ($10), and the Reanimator with…
77 Degrees opened on the eastern end of Henderson Avenue in August, providing an open space below for a future pub: Jack and Ginger’s. It’s the third Texas location for the Austin-based group Union Venture, which will take over 5,000 square feet. What we expect out of a pub will…
On the inside flap of the menu, Pappas Delta Blues Smokehouse lays out goals for its new Plano barbecue establishment. “We wanted to elevate the BBQ experience for Texans,” it reads. “No need to wait in line and eat off a plastic tray: Pappas Delta Blues Smokehouse offers the best…
The chain Burning Rice recently opened a new spot in Addison, serving sizzling stone bowls of bibimbap.
Southern Fried Vegan comes to Dallas from California to bring their brand of soul food for the first time. They’ll come with a menu of Southern staples and sandwich specials. Expect items such as fried “chickun,” barbecue, jambalaya, Cajun corn, beer “cheeze”-battered Beyond burgers and more. What: Vegan Brews and…
Dallas food lovers got to know Yong Murphy because of her soup dumplings. As the founder of Irving restaurant Fortune House, Murphy gave the region its finest, plumpest, most flavorful dumplings, filled with so much broth they seemed like magic tricks. But Murphy — who also goes by the names…
We had to bring in plants last week to avoid the cold temperatures but this past weekend had perfect weather for the annual Chefs for Farmers events. A farm tour — a new part of the weekend, put on by the Seed Project Foundation — took people to three farms Saturday: Profound Microfarms,…
The Industry Sessions series has been going on across the United States and is making its final stop of the year in Dallas. While those of us who eat more than cook in restaurants may see chefs mentioned here whom we love and get all fan girl about, this one’s…
This is urgent, taco lovers. Start getting hungry now for Oak Cliff’s new destination for great tacos and mulitas
Our Budget Bites feature normally has a limit of around $10, but I applied for and received an exemption to write about slightly more expensive sushi. My grandmother is fond of saying “never buy the cheapest weenies.” If you don’t want to pay $16 for a complete lunch, sushi isn’t…
When Deep Ellum’s Will Call relocated down Main Street to the former Independent Bar and Kitchen spot, they ended up with a new space and a new chef. Josh Farrell (you may know him from Nameless Chefs) has taken over the kitchen here, where he’s already impressing some with nearly…
Seek out these cool weather cocktails to enjoy this autumn throughout DFW.
You’d be forgiven for thinking of fall as that long-awaited party guest who shows up late then leaves early. The start of October still had temps in the high 90s, and Halloween week brought rain and some unseasonably cool weather with it. So when the clouds give way to sun…
