In part one of this week’s Three Course Meal, we shared a profile of Executive Chef and Chief Culinary Officer of The Fresh Diet, Yosef Schwartz, as well as a short bit about Dallas head chef of The Fresh Diet George Shepherd. In part two, we asked Schwartz and Shepherd…
Shama lama ding dong! It’s Passover time again. North Texas Jewish families who are preparing for the holiday, which begins Monday at sundown, will sit down for a ceremonial Seder dinner that is full of symbolism. Unfortunately for many, that means jarred gefilte. These spam-like fish balls are the Thanksgiving…
If oysters are an aphrodisiac, then there will be plenty of horny folks at Fish City Grill (2323 N. Henderson Ave.) and Half Shells in Plano (5800 Legacy Drive) this weekend. Both restaurants are hosting Oysterfest, a celebration of meaty mollusks that features an eating competition and a special menu…
The folks down at White Rock Coffee may not have known what a Cup O’ Joe Award was a week ago, but they do now. A few days ago, the Lake Highlands shop won the award for best coffee house in Dallas from Krups USA, a maker of espresso and…
Remember the last scene of Casablanca in which Rick and Renault come together in the end for the good of humanity then walk off into the fog contemplating “…the beginning of a beautiful friendship”? Well, that’s basically what’s happening between the NFL owners and players this weekend at the Glass…
Yesterday, we brought you a profile of Yosef Schwartz, the executive chef and chief culinary officer of The Fresh Diet, as well as a mini-profile of chef George Shepherd, the local head chef for The Fresh Diet. Today, we asked them both to finish a few sentences for us. Tomorrow,…
Lots of Brews News and Brews Clues to drink in after the jump.For starters, Flying Saucer on the Lake has announced the lineup for its spring beer festival as well as an opportunity to taste Brewdog Tactical Nuclear Penguin. There’s a beer festival a-brewin’ in Plano. The Common Table is…
Last night at Victory Plaza, Major League Eating finally made good on its promise to bring the country’s top eating talent to Dallas for a wing-eating contest, months after Snowpocalypse 2011 scrapped the original Wingstop World Wing-Eating Championship planned just ahead of the Super Bowl.Just before the final Mavericks home…
It’s been 25 years since the doors of El Salvadorian restaurant Gloria’s opened to the public. Tucked away on West Davis Street in Oak Cliff, the tiny eatery served up some mighty tasty, traditional El Salvadorian meals. Twenty five years later, the itty-bitty, family-run business has erupted into somewhat of…
Heart Attack Grill is scheduled to open in the West End on May 13. This video, posted in 2010, features Blair River — the 575-pound guy who used to be the spokesperson for Heart Attack Grill’s location in Arizona until he died in March at the age of 29. And…
If your lunch usually consists of a turkey sandwich or a microwaved meal, then maybe it’s time to branch out a little and try new things, or in this case branch out into unconquered lunch territory. Scardello (3511 Oak Lawn Ave.) sent word yesterday that the Empire Baking Co. pumpernickel…
Houston brewery Saint Arnold cracked this year’s just-released Brewers Association Top 50 Craft Brewing Companies list, coming in just ahead of a fellow Texas brewery No. 49 Real Ale (Blanco) but well behind the only other Texas company on the list, the No. 4-ranked Spoetzl (Shiner) — which also earned…
Most Americans see Mexican cuisine through queso-colored glasses, content to crack open a box of store-bought hard-shell tortillas, stuff them with something fatty and vaguely chili-flavored and call the result “Mexican.” In Texas, though, some are beginning to understand that Mexican food is more than gelatinous cheese sauces and leaden…
The Atomic Pie website claims that their pizza is “the first ‘American style’ pizza in Dallas.” Weird, because I thought Pizza Hut’s Ultimate Stuffed Crust Pizza (get the Meaty and the crust has pepperoni, sausage, bacon and cheese packed inside it), in which they manage to stuff another entire pizza…
It’s always been a secret dream of mine to have my own private chef. I imagine I can’t be alone in that wish. The next best thing, of course, would be to have fresh, yummy meals delivered each day, which is why I was very interested to learn that The…
Lester Tucker wasn’t supposed to be up there last weekend, speed-swallowing whole pickled quail eggs before a for a crowd of hollering fans. The 57-year-old Tucker had a foot of intestine removed just months ago, spent more than two weeks in the hospital, and his family pleaded with him that…
Dear Taco Bell, Don’t keep this a secret. It needs to be out there. Surely, there’s a lot on the line after the great meat fiasco of 2011, and this could save everything. Why? Because people will come. People will come, Taco Bell. They’ll pull into your drive-through for reasons…
Maybe you’ve noticed the suggestive ads we’ve been running in the paper that feature a lady fondling a fork with her lips, but we figured it was time to remind you once again about our upcoming Iron Fork competition, happening on Wednesday, April 27 at Fashion Industry Gallery (1807 Ross…
Lately, every celebrity has a cookbook coming out. Gwyneth Paltrow’s My Father’s Daughter and Eva Longoria’s Eva’s Kitchen just hit bookstores recently, and we can’t help but wonder which celebs are coming out with cookbooks next. Here’s our list of celebrity cookbooks we can’t wait to see in B&N:…
Not enough is written about breakfast tacos in Dallas. That’s regrettable given that, like barbecue, breakfast tacos are a hallmark of the state’s foodways, something so uniquely Texan that after my initial visits after marrying a D/FW native, I scoured the streets of New York in search of the ideal…
There’s a battle brewing, and it all centers around a logo that may or may not be inspired by a famed craft beer supplier. Brooklyn Brewery owners took to their blog today to accuse an Oak Cliff pizza joint of logo infringement. The brewery claims that Eno’s Pizza Tavern’s logo…
Throughout April, the New Guy is only eating at places suggested by City of Ate readers, in a futile attempt to speed his conversion to Texasism. Have a suggestion? Leave it in the comments or hit us on Twitter at @cityofate and @joeptone.I’ve been faithfully heeding your dining suggestions, dear…
