Photos: A Look At Dallas’ Great Mac ‘N’ Cheese Destinations

In the grand tradition of the pie- and taco-photo-tours we’ve taken around Dallas, today we draw your attention to our latest visual gutbuster: The Greatest Mac ‘n’ Cheese in Dallas. Over the past few weeks, we gathered up your suggestions over Twitter and dispatched photographer Sara Kerens to take a…

Booze Guru Sly Cosmopoulos’ Top Five Summer Cocktails

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…

1974 Schlitz Malt Liquor Recipes For Drinking And Dining

Lady Hophead visited an estate sale on our street recently and picked up what has to be the greatest, most hilarious example of misguided beer marketing I have ever seen: a 1974 pamphlet from Schlitz full of food and “cocktail” recipes featuring the malt liquor. Oddly, all the food recipes…

The NFL Lockout Won’t Hold Back Wingstop

Federal judge Susan Nelson might have demanded the NFL get onto the field and on with game, but that’s not likely to change much except court dates — except for the NFL draft, whose first round will still be held tonight. But the judge and players aren’t the only ones…

Iron Fork 2011: Watch Scott Romano Make a Scotch Egg

One of the dishes that blew the judges minds at Iron Fork last night (still full, by the way) was Scott Romano’s Scotch egg. A Scotch egg is traditionally prepared by hard boiling an egg, wrapping it in sausage and breading, then deep frying the whole damn thing. If you’re…

The Eating Plaza: Positive Portents

The folksy tunes of The Dallas Family Band moved through the air as the large musical group wound its way through a crowded, vibrant City Hall Plaza, usually a barren, human-repelling concrete landscape interrupted by abstract sculpture and, occasionally, scrawny trees. The mass of people was sitting on folding chairs…

Lockhart Smokehouse the Best BBQ in Big D?

There’s a quote from Daniel Vaughn (aka The BBQ Snob, a.k.a. The Guy Who Writes That Full Custom Gospel BBQ Blog a.k.a. That Dude Who’s Eaten At More Than 400 Barbecue Joints In Texas And Some Other States That Apparently Exist And Claim To Smoke Meats, a.k.a. The Danster) in…

Cedars Social: Eat Light and Drink Heavy

After a few cocktails like the Tranny Love, any tongue that tries to say the name Cedars Social will twist. But that’s acceptable. Spraying like Daffy Duck is a small price to pay for such exquisite drinks. The team behind this restaurant and bar south of downtown must know a…

Being Beyoncé: Is it All in Diet and Exercise?

I love me some Beyoncé. Her video for “Single Ladies” is mesmerizing. Kanye was right — it should have won Female Video of the Year (even though it went on to win Video of the Year). Beyoncé has this ease in her style — she’s like Sporty Spice the Exotic…

Hey, Romeo, Have We Got Some Dining Date Tips for You

Dating advice. Everyone: books, shows, friends, animals, parents, tries to give it to you, but it never works. “Just be yourself,” “Play hard to get,” “Wait three days” are all about as useful as anger management tips from Meat Loaf. Since most first dates involve eating something, and City of…

Can We Get a Fish Sandwich Around Here?

Sadly, these are not available in Dallas yet, but they were too cool not to share. No Fish! Go Fish! is a groovy restaurant that my little sister introduced me to in Portland, Oregon. It serves homemade soup (a constantly rotating menu of flavors) and “fish.” The joint is owned…

A Really Long Walk for Doughnuts and Toast in Bangkok

Hello from Bangkok. I’m on a four-country work jaunt for the next three weeks, so no Dallas Walk the Wok, but you’ll be hearing all about what’s giving me gastrointestinal problems in Asia! After a 24-hour stop in Ho Chi Minh City to meet up with my mom, the first…

Want to Iron Fork With Us? Or, Here’s a Forkin’ Giveaway!

All right, all right, all right…So, we got this event tonight. An Iron Fork event, if you will. A kick ass night featuring bites from local restaurants like Kenichi, Lockhart Smokehouse, Torchy’s Tacos and much, much more. This kick ass Iron Fork event will pit local chefs Scott Romano of…

What Would Happen if the Proposed Beer Legislation Becomes Law?

Three bills bouncing around the Texas Legislature are being trumpeted as game-changers for the state’s beer industry. In quick review: HB 660 would permit brewpubs to sell directly to wholesalers and distributors; HB 2436 would allow small breweries to sell their product for on- or off-site consumption; and HB 602…