On Monday, The University of North Texas will host its 10th annual Edible Books Festival, a local celebration of the international festival of the same name held. This mass gathering of nerds my fellow academics is perhaps the best excuse in existence to celebrate puns and shove cake down your…
Yesterday, City Council voted unanimously to move forward with the Dallas Farmers Market privatization, news that was undoubtedly cheered by many stakeholders with interest in the development and marketing project. Blair Black is one of those stakeholders. He represents the Dallas Farmers Market Trust, the group charged with managing vendors…
Each week (or thereabout) we ask a local chef three burning questions about their favorite culinary reads, food shames and best (or worst) meals. Front Burner’s corporate chef, John Franke, is in charge of menu development for Whiskey Cake, Velvet Taco, The Ranch at Las Colinas, Red Dog Right and…
Welcome to the return of City of Ate’s The Box. Somehow, we got Spoon Bar & Kitchen’s The Mr. Chef John Tesar to agree to take our The Box challenge. We even got Cafe Momentum’s The Mr. Chef Chad Houser to help us pack The Box with the perfect, high-quality…
I’ve been dreaming about this day. The day when fried food and reality TV finally make a TV show baby. And it’s finally freaking here, people. Yesterday, I received an email from one of my most reliable deep-fried connections (yes, I have connections in the deep-fried world, and I’m absolutely…
I love baseball but building a stadium miles outside of a city center is just stupid. Except for a special occasion, I can’t be bothered to drive all that way to buy an expensive ticket, eat a bad hot dog, drink overpriced beer, and then figure out how to get…
The Texas Rangers have been busy this off-season. No, not building a better bullpen. Who cares about that? Instead, they’ve been building amazing plates of glorious food. While trying to orchestrate the feeding of an estimated 25,000 hot dogs to baseball fans next Friday at Opening Day, Casey Rapp with…
I was about halfway through a basket of fish and chips at 20 Feet, the new casual seafood joint in East Dallas, when I started looking for my fork. I haven’t eaten fish and chips with my fingers since I learned how to properly command utensils. Yet the second the…
Chef Brian Zenner of Belly & Trumpet in Uptown has been around a bit. Born in Bangkok, his family moved to Dubai and London before finally settling in Texas. And while on paper his culinary career started at the Texas Culinary Academy, one might say the cooking wheels started churning…
Surely you’ve heard of 20 Feet. The East Dallas seafood joint has been making waves since Marc Cassel and his wife, Susan Fries, announced they’d be opening a casual spot next to Goodfriend last year. See Also: – 20 Feet’s Midas Touch – Ramen Slowly Taking Over Dallas and the…
Victoria’s Mexican Grill at 607 Willomet Ave. just off of Davis Street in Oak Cliff has finally opened. Last summer owner Jorge Flores started refurbishing this two-story house and has since transformed it into a quaint spot with two huge patios. I spoke with the manager today, Maria Perez, who…
If you’re a real food-nerd — and I’m talking a Michael Pollan-readin’, Farm Inc.-watchin’, vegetable lovin’, pro-farmer food nerd — then you’ve likely heard about Joel Salatin. The sustainable agriculture guru, known for his advocacy for back-to-roots farming, got a lot of attention when he popularized progressive methods to sustainably…
Wednesday, March 27 Sigel’s at 3209 N. Fitzugh Ave. is hosting TexasFest, a celebration of Texas craft beer, spirits and wine, which includes 14 Texas beers, 26 Texas spirits and eight wines. Brian Luscher of The Grape will provide sustenance with his new Post Oak Red Hots. You’ll need to…
Earlier this week, the Texas Senate approved a family of bills dear to the heart of Texas craft brewers. The legislation lets brewpubs sell a limited amount of beer through distributors, while craft breweries will get to sell their products to consumers on-site. See also: – Public Hearing Set for…
City Hall will meet tomorrow to decide on a number of factors governing the privatization of the Dallas Farmers Market. Items for consideration include rezoning and expansion of the area surrounding the market, and the sale of public land for private development. The decisions up for vote during tomorrow’s meeting…
It’s already started. Joel Malone is well on his way to open up a cidery right in the heart of the Bishop Arts District. His brewing operations and storefront, which he expects to open in May, will be right next to Cretia’s on Bishop Street behind Lockhart Smokehouse. Malone tells…
Balcones Distillery, the folks responsible for the Texas single malt whiskey we tasted back in January, just made news with the Ultimate Beverage Challenge. The Waco-based distillery’s product just won the American whiskey category in a recent spirit evaluation held by the organization, which tastes and scores spirits. See also:…
The Social House (2708 Routh S.) has opened a second restaurant in the old Arcodoro-Pomodoro space in Uptown. The Social House got its start in the West Village about four years ago, then in 2011 moved north to Addison into much bigger digs and tweaked their concept and focused more…
I recently heard (somewhere) that keeping secrets is freedom. And I sort of feel like this is a good secret, but I thought I’d go ahead and share it anyway, despite possible imprisonment. The Black Swan Saloon, which has been included in a plethora of Best of lists here at…
Doritos, following the success of Taco Bell’s Doritos Locos and continuing the trend of making food taste like more, other foods, is actually making Doritos Locos Tacos Chips which will be flavored like Doritos Chips and Taco Bell’s Doritos Locos. Now, let’s be clear: Doritos is extracting the flavor out…
This Saturday might have been the worst day yet in this early spring season for farmers markets as far as the weather is concerned. Early morning thunderstorms were followed by some seriously nippy temperatures — it was a damp, cold, windy Saturday morning. Despite the weather, the more devoted farmers…
Back at the start of March we told you about the ongoing promotion at Sakhuu, which is raising money for Kidd’s Kids, a charity that gives chronically ill and physically challenged children a chance to unwind. Today is the last Monday in the monthlong campaign, so I checked in with…
