Food & Drink

A top-notch cover band is more than a facsimile of the real thing — they can bring out all the love you had for the original band and let you forget the sadder real-life moments, like band break-ups or anything that would have turned up on VH1’s Behind the Music…

A few weeks ago Alex Fletcher of The People’s Last Stand made us a proper piña colada that any manly-man would be proud to order. While it didn’t come with a colorful paper umbrella, there was a delicate purple flower along with a pineapple wedge and cherry atop the glass…

Back in May we told you about Kyla Phomsavana’s plans to open a second Sakhuu on Lemmon Avenue. Phomsavana’s first location, in East Dallas on Bryan Street, quickly became a neighborhood gem when it opened last year. His new spot promised to bring the same great food to Oak Lawn,…

The Rangers are on a culinary hitting streak, with taco hot dogs, aka Carlos Danger Dogs, being the latest creation in the more-is-more concession-stand mission at the Ballpark in Arlington. But this week the Food Beast posted the video above of frozen beer foam, now being served at Dodger Stadium,…

The Alamo Drafthouse is hosting a Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz double feature tonight, in honor of the final film in the “Blood and Ice Cream” trilogy, The World’s End. That film, due out in August, is about five friends who reunite for an epic pub crawl during…

There’s a bit of a kerfuffle — that’s French for “shitstorm” — about Pete Wells’ latest restaurant review for The New York Times. Wells weighs in on Daniel, chef Daniel Boulud’s fine-dining French outfit in Manhattan that’s enjoyed a lengthy four-star run in the paper. While dining there, he enlisted…

When you’re good at something, you want to leverage that. Monsanto’s specialty is killing stuff. In the early years, the St. Louis biotech giant helped pioneer such leading chemicals as DDT, PCBs and Agent Orange. Unfortunately, these breakthroughs had a tendency to kill stuff. And the torrent of lawsuits that…

Words just really … I mean we usually … but, this time … We’re thinking that wiener news has peaked, and we’re thinking the name of that monstrosity up there needs to reflect its distinctive essence. According to the Rangers, though, this new culinary creation is simply called the Texas…

It’s the blue volcanic soil in the Mexican state of Jalisco that creates the perfect conditions for the blue agave plant to grow. After about five years of enduring a dearth of beatings from the sun, agaves sprout a quiote, a large stem that protrudes from the core, piña, which…

Because you were looking for another excuse to visit the White Rock Local Market, Sarah Perry and her minions are facilitating three chef demonstrations this weekend. The event is sponsored by Go Texan, the organization that slaps cute little Texas labels on products in an effort to get consumers to…

Texas-Based Snap Kitchens is another company that’s trying really hard to make us healthy. Don’t ask them if you look fat in those pants. You’re probably not going to get the answer you want, but one that would probably arrive in the form of a cold-pressed vegetable drink. Originally founded…

Are you ready for full-service Mix-Mex? Genaro Silva owned Genaro’s Tropical, Moctezuma’s and Garmo’s back in the ’80s and ’90s but by 1995 his restaurants had closed. Since then he’s worked in various real estate and construction endeavors. But a news release sent out today announces Silva is back. The…

If you feel inclined to support Texas ranchers, farmers and food banks, then you should find a date, dust them off a bit and take them out to a nice dinner this week for the GoTexan Restaurant Round-Up. The GoTexan program, which is facilitated by the Texas Department of Agriculture,…

Luscher’s Post Oak Red Hots are the creation of The Grape’s Brian Luscher, who started making Chicago-style dogs kissed with oak smoke last year. For now, you can find them at the White Rock Local Market on Saturdays or purchase the dogs to cook at home at Green Grocer, but…

Remember TABC? It closed earlier this year when owner Russel Hayward left to open Ascension, the high-end coffee shop in the Design District. The old TABC spot has remained dormant for months, but yesterday the space opened for the first time after a revitalization as Boxwood Tap and Grill. A…

Rita Foust and Mel Jones make a good pair. She is a self-described perfectionist, which can be tough in the business of growing food. Luckily, Jones is laid-back and happy to go along with her ideas for what and where to plant vegetables on their farm. Together, they are the…