Does it seem like mercury poisoning is only for the rich and famous these days? Well, it turns out the rest of us can join in the fun for cheap. Reports came out last week on a new study that found traces of mercury in samples of high fructose corn…
Chef House 4028 Cedar Springs Rd Dallas, TX 75219 (214) 528-2122 Promised Delivery Time: 35-45 minutes Actual Delivery Time: 30 minutes and that’s with being lost The Score: Questionable brown sauce leaking from the bag : 2 Lost delivery guy turns out to be a hippie look alike: 30 And…
The Hilton Anatole’s sky-soaring restaurant Nana recently hired Russell Burkett as its new Wine Steward. This puts Burkett in charge of more than 600 selections of wine from the 27th-floor restaurant’s varied and sophisticated wine collection. He will also provide ongoing wine education and programs for Nana’s wait staff and…
Yet another “warning” was issued last week about obesity in America, this time zeroing in on Texan waistlines in a report authored by a demographer named Karl Eschbach, sponsored by the Texas Health Institute and announced to the public by state senator Jane Nelson of Flower Mound–who said in not…
As Winn Meats corporate executive chef, you’d expect Samford to know his brisket, his steak…hell, anything carved, cured or barbecued. Before stepping into this role, he developed Central Market’s “fresh market” concept in Dallas, so he’s well versed in the corporate world. But he trained first with Stephan Pyles then Dean…
“I am not an Obama supporter. Could never be, and as much as having an African-American in the White House could be a good thing, having one with Marxist ideals is certainly not a good thing! I will not be patronizing your restaurant, much less the ‘Obama Room.'” (Patron–make that…
Actually, this question came to us as your basic “who will win the Super Bowl” sort of thing, presumably hoping for some insight from our crew’s most recent has-been athlete. (See photo). But we’re charged with covering the food scene. And since an incident last week–of which we have no…
Do you believe in angels? There’s a new one in town, and it apparently watches over people who like lunch. This is especially so if they like it in the form of fresh sandwiches and salads. And soups made from scratch. And bakery cases full of sweet treats like decorated…
Although not a sports fan at all, she tends bar at Frankie’s, a sports bar in Uptown featuring some 40 screens–38 regular flat ones and a couple of the big monsters.Of course, Sunday is a big day for the city’s sports bars, what with Arizona getting ready to crush Pittsburgh…
“We don’t have a good idea right now in terms of how much of that product is still out there; it may have largely been consumed.” (Stephen Sundlof of the FDA after the government extended a recall of peanut products produced by the Peanut Corporation of America’s Blakely, GA, plant…
I generally don’t dig on the frozen beverage unless I’ve just finished riding a roller coaster in 103-degree heat, urgently need a drink and someone is standing nearby with a Slurpee. I’ll eat ice cream, frozen yogurt or gelato, provided I’m in the mood (it’s a seasonal thing; plus I’m…
We see how it is. The Glenlivet reps come by the office to offer tastings of the company’s 18 to 25 year-old Scotch and what do we who don’t have our own offices get? Perhaps a dram of whisky? Just a taste? A drop, even? No, we get the can…
Are you ready for some football? You better be, because you’re going to get some! Sunday is Superbowl XLIII, and the Pittsburgh Steelers square off against the Arizona Cardinals in Tampa Bay, Fla. Assuming you don’t socialize with NFL sponsors and thus can’t make it over to the Sunshine State…
Demonstrated by Susie Buck of Jack’s Backyard We had a hunch that this week’s lesson might find you scrounging snacks for yet another Super Bowl extravaganza. And after last year’s debacle, you’d better get your act together. To be honest, it’s a wonder anyone’s coming back after you left them…
For a chef now dedicated to “upscaled” Southern cooking, Dodd trained in some unusual settings.Before opening the acclaimed Screen Door in One Arts Plaza, he learned the gumbo trade at Brennan’s in Houston, worked alongside Southwestern pioneer Stephan Pyles, played with all the toys money–and Voltaire–could buy, and so on…
“I know that somewhere in the universe exists my perfect soul mate. But looking for her is much more difficult than just staying at home and ordering another pizza.” (Attributed to ‘Alf Whitt’–which sounds suspiciously like halfwit–on a press release distributed yesterday by Boston’s pizza)…
Cadillac Ranch Three different servers interrupted my lunch, each seemingly desperate to know what I thought of the fried oysters. One even admitted that these crusty half shell bites represent the best thing on their menu. The only break in this cavalcade of overtly beaming faces was a comment I…
Revisit your old grade school or the patch of neighborhood grass where you played football as a kid and you’ll likely find the once-vast expanses, um, seriously shrunken.Maybe it’s the workings of global warming. Or perhaps the earth contracts naturally as it spins through space–I don’t know. But the same…
The Chinese just rang in another year, this time celebrating the Ox, an animal symbolizing patience and hard work. And Fruia’s Tre Amici–an Italian-styled Dallas steakhouse–has naturally joined in the fun, offering special Chinese New Year menu items all week long. Yeah, makes sense. Tre Amici’s Tribute to the Chinese…
This guy shared a relatively thriving law practice with his brother, Bradley–and continues to do so. But many years ago, perhaps while studying in Paris, he was struck by a fascination with food and wine that became impossible to shake. For a short time he supplemented his lawyerly income by…
“The one thing that’s disturbing is that he seems to be able to do just about anything he wants in New York City, and New York City serves as a model for the rest of the world.” (E. Charles Hunt of the New York Restaurant Association, speaking about commissioner of…
Baker’s Ribs2724 Commerce St.214-748-5433 Dude Factor: 8, or Hank Hill, on a scale of 1 (Kahn Souphanousinphone, Sr.) to 10 (Boomhauer). Honestly, before last Friday I had never been to Baker’s Ribs, AKA the place I once referred to as “that joint next to Angry Dog that smells good but…
