Growing up as a Jewish person in Dallas, Christmas and/or Christmas Eve went something like this: Dad made a reservation at May Dragon, we’d attempt to have a festive meal at the extremely overcrowded restaurant, surrounded by every single Jewish person I’d ever met ever, and then a couple of…
With the holidays in full swing and parties abounding, there’s a good chance you’re encountering cheese at every turn. Cheese trays, cheese stuffed in peppers and mushrooms, cheese sticks, cheese on salads, cheese on the seven slices of pizza that comfort you while you watch your college football team lose…
Revered for his focus on local, seasonal ingredients, Chef Graham Dodds carries on this focus at his new restaurant, Wayward Sons. Joyfully, this “best of the season” approach extends to the dessert menu as well. For proof, look no further than the chocolate semifreddo. Wait, what? This is supposed to…
Welcome to “You Like This,” in which we ask chefs two questions: 1) What’s the best-selling dish at your restaurant? and 2) What’s your favorite dish at your restaurant? We hope the answer to the first question will open your eyes to the fan favorites and the Dallas palate, and…
If you woke up this morning, realized that Christmas is three days away and are freaking out a little because you haven’t bought gifts for anyone, well, good. You should be freaking out right about now, slacker. Luckily, a simple suggestion can help: Coffee. Not, not for you. You’re tense…
New Year’s Eve is right around the corner, and most people will be clinking a glass of Champagne as the clock strikes midnight. Or so they think. Most people are not actually drinking Champagne — the wine must be from the Champagne region of France to earn that title. Anyone getting…
It started with a bit of a Lazy Susan-style idea. Ask a bunch of Dallas’ best chefs, one at a time, some questions ending with, “Who will you be watching closely in 2016?” Then we’d (oh so cleverly) ask that very chef the same series of questions. Wouldn’t that just…
If you read up on chef/owner Avner Samuel before walking into Nosh Bistro & Bar in North Dallas, you may expect Southwestern cuisine with French flair à la The Mansion. And you’d be partially correct. In 1998, after cheffing at a jaw-dropping 20 restaurants around town in a career spanning…
If the piles of pie and cookies at every holiday party haven’t satisfied your sweet tooth yet, or if you need a dose of alcohol with your sugar, you’ve come to the right place. Here’s a wine nerd’s rundown of different types of delectable dessert wine you can serve to…
Hey kid, sweet gingerbread house! I’m sure you’re super proud of that, what with all the gumdrops and icing and skittles on the roof. I’d sure hate to ruin your Christmas, Kanye-style. But I’ve gotta, because kid, “Imma let you finish, but Andrea Meyer has made one of the best gingerbread creations…
Google “shrimp sausage” in quotation marks. The results, you’ll find, are recipes for shrimp and sausage as two separate ingredients, not one crazy thing. After five whole pages of results for “Creole shrimp and sausage,” paella, gumbo, pasta, jambalaya, kabobs and the like, finally one hit turns up for shrimp…
The Mast Brothers are a couple of pretty well-loved purveyors of artisanal, expensive chocolate. They’re based exactly where you’d expect people who make chocolate from their own beans to be based: Brooklyn, NY. But this week Mast has been slapped across the face by a blogger who, we’re pretty sure,…
The famous (and perpetually disgruntled) 19th century poet Charles Baudelaire once said, “With wine, with poetry or with virtue, as you choose. But get drunk.” We’re taking him at his word and skipping straight to the wine. Here’s where to get started and make the ghost of Baudelaire happy. 1…
If you’re doing last minute Christmas shopping for a wine lover, here are some affordable ideas that will make their lives a little easier when it comes to wine. In case you’re not convinced, I’ve included my own personal anecdotes as to why these things are not only great, but…
This year, gift your booze-loving friends more sophisticated presents than just a handle of Tito’s and a six-pack of Tecate. (Although, to be honest, they’d probably still love to get those.) Here are 10 cool gifts to please all of the boozehounds on your list, from the tipsy tailgater to…
Venues throughout Deep Ellum will open their doors this evening for a special, holiday edition of the Deep Ellum Wine Walk. This event is perfect for the art-lover whose resveratrol levels could use a little pick-me-up. For $10 (or free with a new, unwrapped toy) you get a holiday edition…
Welcome to “You Like This,” in which we ask chefs two questions: 1) What’s the best-selling dish at your restaurant? and 2) What’s your favorite dish at your restaurant? We hope the answer to the first question will open your eyes to the fan favorites and the Dallas palate, and…
One of the first things you learn when you’re learning about wine is to never order the cheapest bottle on a restaurant’s wine list. It’s a trap, a bottle of bad juice meant to insult the taste buds of the kind of customer who deliberately buys the least-expensive thing. Or…
When news broke of chef Graham Dodds’ departure from Henderson Avenue favorite Hibiscus, the local restaurant gossip grapevine went wild — partly because it was a surprise but mostly because Hibiscus’ creative menu had won rave reviews. Days later, and more news: For the first time in Dodds’ career, he…
Children and stoners of East Dallas rejoice — neighborhood favorite Hypnotic Donuts is opening a new joint next door, this time vending a wider variety of sweets. “We live near the doughnut shop, and I know there’s nowhere to get ice cream,” says owner James St. Peter. “The joke is,…
One of the terms we hear frequently these days out there in the gastropub wild, is “house-made.” Pickles are house-made, almost sparkly with holiday spice. Ketchup is house-made, spiked with curry powder. We hear it so frequently in the days following the Great Gastropub Revolution of the 2000s that it’s…
In lieu of a year-end list on burgers, here is a musical presentation of some of the best darn burger gifts you can give yourself in Dallas right now. (We’re assuming you’re your own true love. We’re very big on self-esteem here.) For Burger Christmas, these are the cheeseburgers and…
