Food & Drink

BBQ Pork Belly Steamed Buns Demonstrated by Chef TJ Lengnick of Shinsei Finally, the cold weather has gone back into hibernation. Skies are bluer, people are sipping cocktails and downing beers on restaurant patios. We thought this season would never come — you know, with it snowing an inch or…

It’s no easy thing, hiring a food critic. There’s the slogging through countless resumes and writing samples, the wining and dining of potential candidates, the follow-up phone calls and e-mails to find that one voice among the many whose writing pops off the page and knows what in the wide…

We reviewed Dallas Chop House in this week’s print edition, but how can we avoid posting a pictures of a pyramid-high pile of onion rings? See those and more steak in our slideshow by Sara Kerens here…

In Downtown Dallas, Pegasus and Reunion Tower are the reigning icons. In Fort Worth, it’s the Stockyards. Plano residents dote on their lovely restored downtown. The Colony has a lake. No, make that The Lake, as in Lake Lewisville, which dominates the vistas for miles around. In perfect spring weather,…

This week’s feature story, Down on the Farm chronicles an increasingly heated national battle over “factory-farmed” food. On one side: a phalanx of corporation- and family-owned farms across the country. On the other: the Washington, D.C.-based Humane Society of the United States.Caught in the middle: independent farmers and voters.Voters? Indeed…

Since time immortal or, at least during my stint on this good planet, Wednesdays have been Enchilada Day. As a child in a Dallas public elementary school, we were offered a Wednesday lunch plate made up of corn tortillas, cheese and a simple sauce of chile con carne. Even as…

Snow’s BBQ516 Main St.Lexington, Texas Dude Factor: 10, or Billy Joe Shaver, on a scale of 1 (Beth Toben) to 10.On a recent weekend trip to College Station to visit my fiance’s parents, I found myself with a few free hours on a Saturday while my lady and her mother…

While some Midwestern cuisine–like Cincinnati chili–may make a Dallasite gasp, other portions of it, like the chicken pot pie, we’ve adopted as our own. The same can be said for an Upper Midwestern concept called the supper club–a concept Ocean Prime in Uptown has ripped from its retro recesses and…

Each week City of Ate will give you the lowdown on a local happy hour in Quittin’ Time, with the details on why you should or shouldn’t take up the featured bar or restaurant on its drink specials.Where: Barcadia, 1917 N. Henderson Ave., 214-821-7300When: 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays…

Delivery Quote Time: 10 Minutes Actual Delivery Time: 10 Minutes Delivering in less than 30 Minutes: 30 points Freshness of Food: 20 points Queso without Zip: Minus Five Points All Menu Items Less Than Seven Bucks: 20 Points Everything Clearly Labeled and Packaged: 10 Points Total Score: 75 PointsEl Queso…

Roasted first noticed the signs for Divine Coffee Shop while driving to White Rock Coffee on Northwest Highway, and figured that any coffee shop called “divine” was worth checking out. More on the divine part later. For now, let’s deal with the coffee-shop portion of the name. If you think…

I look back in regret at the first time I ever tried sushi.During one of my visits to Taiwan as a teenager, my part-Japanese auntie took us to a sushi restaurant. Taiwan was a Japanese colony for 50 years, and when the Japanese left, they left behind much of their…

It wasn’t so long ago that the arrival of Sprinkles marked a moist, frosted watershed: the $3 cupcake. Last month’s opening of Dimples in the West Village, though, has run that mark up to $5 — or more, for a more elaborate custom-decorated cupcake. (They’re opening another location at One…

I’m no Southern boy, I’m a Texan. In days gone by, people would often refer to Texas as part of the South. Geographically speaking, that’s true because Texas is in the southern part of the United States, and yes, Texas did once secede from the Union, and many people believe…

Is it just us or does a lot seem to be going on this week in the world of Dallas dining? It seems like some type of foodie event is happening everyday. Good thing we’re here to tell you about, right?One Arts Plaza will be throwing its first annual block…

Gaston Acurio is one of the hottest chefs in the world that you’ve never heard of.That’s because the 41-year-old, black-clad whirlwind is neither French nor American. No, in fact he is Peruvian, as in South America, long seen by many Americans as a culinary backwater. But the cuisine of Peru…

Many of the guests of Dallas’ first Sake Festival can consider themselves fortunate as they now have begun their journey into the Age of Enlightenment. As least, as far as sake is concerned.Thursday night’s event took place in the banquet room at Kenichi, located in Victory Park, and was led…

Wisconsin Trio Fondue Demonstrated by Ron Meola Here at City of Ate, we love food, and we love random, wacky holidays that celebrate food. Not too long ago we celebrated National Pancake Day with a free stack of buttermilk pancakes at IHOP. We’re anxiously counting the days until National Hoagie…

In the great challenge tradition set to flying knives on the Food Network, Blythe Beck, of Central 214 (whom we gave Best Use of Butter and Cream Award in 2009)  and the Oxygen Network’s The Naughty Kitchen, was host chef to the Battle of the Chefs Challenge at the Frontiers…