Food & Drink

Who eats these things anymore? Hell, you can hardly find anchovies on a Caesar salad. And tins of smoked oysters seemed passe decades ago.But someone must appreciate the metallic, acrid mush of the latter and hairy blast of salt that characterize the preserved fish–although likely with a few brewskis…while sitting…

Pig’s head tamales?Well, yes. Robb Walsh notes in his Tex-Mex cookbook that traditional emporiums use pig’s heads as their base meat when making their husky creations. The head is boiled until the meat and lard cook away, then the broth is used to moisten the masa harina (corn meal infused…

The food at Lumi Empanada & Dumpling Kitchen, a newly-opened Vietnamese-Brazilian restaurant on McKinney Avenue in Uptown, is a sharp contrast to its surroundings.The restaurant looks and feels like an art gallery. But what’s really on display is a hot, innovative fusion menu, with finger foods, soups and salads, specialty…

He’s a former professional triathlete and current Austin firefighter. But Esselstyn is also the author of a vegan cookbook. The Engine 2 DietBut he doesn’t call it vegan. He’s eating “plant strong”–and has been for more than a decade. Then, when a fellow firefighter found out his cholesterol was dangerously…

“The taste buds of a ‘master of coffee’ are as important as the vocal chords of a singer or the legs of a top model, and this is one of the biggest single insurance policies taken out for one person. It shows how valuable Gennaro’s tongue is to the Costa…

When you’re pouring out Fluffy’s daily ration of Meow Mix, have you ever been tempted to try a bite? If the fancy does strike you, you’ll be happy to know that Popular Science declares cat food safe for human consumption, though not exactly the basis for a nutritious diet. The…

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Mandola’s Market sounds like the lovechild of Jimmy’s Food Store and Eatzi’s. But it really shares in the heritage of Carraba’s and Chili’s Bar & Grill. In other words, it has a great pedigree and powerful potential…although we’ll have to wait until later this year for it to arrive in…

The all-around athlete has sorta gone by the wayside. But in the restaurant industry, you still find those who work both the bar and the dining room.At Fuse, Durrett handles bartending duties some nights, works as a waiter on others. And on occasion he must run back and forth between…

“It’s a nice effort that looks good on its face. But it’s fluff when it comes to the real need for information on the potential down sides of alcohol consumption.” (George A. Hacker of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, commenting on a certain vodka brand’s new “enjoy…

Cape Buffalo17727 Addison Rd.972-381-9796Don’t order the tuna. Most people know better than to stretch the limits of certain kitchens, anyway. And it’s natural to make a few assumptions about this place.The name and facade scream “sports bar,” so you expect a mundane burger-and-fries menu and a lot of beer. Signs…

Few issues trouble those outside the professional food writing industry as much as anonymity–or the lack thereof.Critics themselves have long ago exhausted the topic, although it still comes up in our conversations from time to time. Some hope against the odds for complete anonymity. Others, including at least one national…

Scalini’s Pizza & Pasta 2021 Abrams Road 214.821.8088 Promised delivery time: 45 minutes Actual delivery time: 43 minutes The Score Semi-attractive delivery guy wearing hipster glasses: 4 Creative choice of vegetables: 7 Lukewarm pizza: -3 …that came from three blocks away: -3 …and he drove: -1 …and there’s a $2…

Despite some recent upheaval, The Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek remains a Dallas classic, the stage for all types of life’s little fine dining milestones. You know, weddings, birthdays, marriage proposals or the ‘I didn’t get canned’ dinner.That sort of thing. Now The Mansion takes a moment to celebrate. The…

He is responsible, indirectly, for the cooking in many of the city’s restaurants. That’s right–Hodges is one of those teaching chefs. Currently at the AIMS Academy and in the process of advancing his academic credentials through the Certified Executive Chef exam, he has trained hundreds of culinary professionals over ten…

“The contribution of third-party audits to food safety is the same as the contribution of mail-order diploma mills to education.” (Mansour Samadpour, a Seattle-based food safety consultant, commenting on the fact that, with government inspectors under greater pressure due to cutbacks and other issues, private auditors are often charged with…

See more photos in our slideshow here.Victory Park took on the look of a high-class feed lot Friday night as it hosted Savor Dallas, the annual wine, liquor and food-tasting festival.Penned in at the foot of the American Airlines Center, diners — and more frequently, drinkers — got to sample…

Of all the socially reinforced standards of behavior to which we must adhere, tipping must be the most, well, quietly awkward. There’s often an internal debate: was the service that good? Hell, not really. But I don’t want to look cheap. Then again, I gotta pay the cell phone bill…On…

Yeah, we’ve never done this before. Revisiting a topic while the body’s still warm and quivering just isn’t our kind of thing.Unless, of course, it involves drinking heavily in the middle of the afternoon.You see, after we answered this very same question last week, the folks from Macallan called up…

We’ve all heard the saying that happy cows produce good cheese. Yeah, maybe. Irritated oysters produce the best pearls, but that’s a bit different. Anyway, in most cases we don’t really know the happiness level of our dairy products. But sometimes you can straight to the source and see for…