In the third part of our Q&A with Janice Provost, chef/owner of Parigi Restaurant, she lays down the rules of her kitchen. Check out the rest of our interview here and here. What are your top five rules of the kitchen? 1. Never say it’s not my job. 2. Be…
With less than a month left before this year’s Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating championships at Coney Island, just a handful of qualifying contests remain for big eaters hoping to qualify for the big event, one of them just minutes away across the Oklahoma border at Winstar World Casino. Sunday…
My apartment has less counter space than Barbie’s Dream House. It’s not uncommon for me to balance a cutting board on a hot burner, or on my lap as I sit cross-legged on the floor, or even to find an unpleasant chunk of garlic in the food because I got…
Happy Eating highlights restaurant happy hour food menus, pointing you to the best deals out there. This week, we’re doing happy hour neighborhood restaurant-style at Sushi Star. Where: 5956 Royal Lane When: 4 p.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Friday The Scene: This is Preston Hollow’s quiet neighborhood sushi restaurant, and the happy hour…
Being bored for extended amounts of time builds character. Everyone (kids, in particular) needs to stare at the wall so long that it makes them crazy. Then go outside and stare at the hot grass. Then lie on the floor and throw a ball in the air 100 times. Rinse…
Yesterday, we asked Janice Provost, chef/owner of Parigi Restaurant, to tell us about herself, her restaurant and her thoughts on the national dining scene. Today, she shares her views on dining in Dallas. What are the five Dallas restaurants you go to most often? I don’t get to eat out…
Angela Hunt, Dwaine Caraway, Dave Neumann and the rest of the Dallas City Council may not agree on everything, but you know what can unite them? Beer. Michael Peticolas’ zoning change request, which we mentioned back in March, was unanimously approved at yesterday’s council meeting. The change allows for the…
If you’re at a loss for what to get Dad this Father’s Day, The Second Floor Restaurant has a suggestion: scotch. But not just any scotch. The good stuff. And for dads on their big day, all of it’s 50 percent off. That means a $140 Macallan 25 pour for…
So, we’re new around here. And in an effort to assimilate us into both Observer culture and make us less alien to the Dallas food scene, we were sent to the City of Ate-sponsored Supper Club at the Kessler Theater last night. This week, Tim Byres of Smoke served up…
It’s a simple enough premise — barbecue smells awesome, so why not package its scent into a 60-milliliter vile vial and sell it for people to spray all over themselves?There is no reasonable answer to the previous question, which is why the innovative folks at Pork Barrel BBQ recently released…
The Porch is home to numerous off-menu items, what with their enormous, constantly changing blackboard, seasonal drinks and items that can be altered to suit diners’ needs. Finding elusive bites at the trendy Henderson Avenue location wasn’t a problem for us; the trouble was deciding which off-menu items to order…
Garden Cafe is part hipster, part hippie. It’s as if all the people in San Francisco, Portland and Seattle had consensual big-city sex and made a restaurant baby. Inside, Garden Cafe’s booths are filled with skinny, black-shirt-and-Jeggings-wearing dudes who come here to work on their short stories and hang out…
It’s the rare restaurant that announces its intention to satisfy every possible segment of its customer base with its sign. But for The Office Grill, open since March off a clamorous expanse of the Dallas North Tollway near Trinity Mills Road, its placard says it all: “The Office: Sports, Stocks,…
This week, Three-Course Meal catches up with Janice Provost, chef/owner of Parigi Restaurant. Who are you? I’m 42. I grew up in a suburb of Houston on what my mom called Neal’s Mini Farm. We had ducks, geese, chickens, rabbits, honey bees and a horse named Ginger. I attended Stephen…
Chick-fil-A isn’t OK with working on Sundays, but they do seem to be OK with dads dating daughters. June 18, the day before Father’s Day is Chick-fil-A Daddy Daughter Date Night. So, if you’re currently dating your dad, know that starting at 5 p.m. that day, 70 Chick-fil-A restaurants in…
Yay! Lurlene’s birthing a brisket this Saturday! Pecan Lodge is once again firing up its barbecue pit, named Lurlene, this Saturday. Which means from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. you can get your mouth on some of Pecan Lodge’s delicious burnt ends, plus mesquite-smoked brisket and ribs. And even better,…
The Nammi food truck officially got rolling (poor pun intended) last week to much Internet fanfare. Social media was abuzz for the traveling Vietnamese food truck specializing in banh mi and Asian-influenced tacos. I was able to check out the colorful vehicle last Thursday and walked away with a bag…
Living in a place where Satan would wear an umbrella hat and a fanny-pack full of Blue Ice, I’m proud that I made it as long as I did without suffering heat exhaustion. Last Thursday, in between chukkers of a polo match (a sport I am learning to play because…
Jennie Kelley may possess no more or less an unusual background as preparation for being one of the latest contestants to face the kitchen fire of notable British hothead, Gordon Ramsay on his second season of the MasterChef series, which debuted Monday night and airs tonight at 7 p.m. on…
In 1940’s Belfast, Ireland, there lived the Magee family. Six daughters were born one after the other, followed by five sons all squeezed into a two-bedroom row house. The neighbors on one side were the McCormicks, who had 10 kids. On the other side were the Dunnigans, also with 10…
Sigel’s is getting ready to fire up its Summer Gourmet Food Truck series, which will host gourmet food trucks serving a variety of cuisines paired with Sigel’s wines. I spoke today with with Jasper Russo, the director of wine marketing over at Sigel’s, about the food truck craze that has…
If you’re serious about keeping your kids off dope and out of liquor cabinets, researchers at Columbia University’s National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) say one of the best things you can do is simply talk with them while they suck down plates of home-cooked macaroni and hot…
