Just as most people recognize pinot grigio, chances are good that if you ask someone to name an Italian red grape varietal it will be sangiovese. Or perhaps chianti, which was certainly popular back in the day, when many a mom-and-pop Italian eatery sported a straw-covered bottle of chianti atop…
So how’d that Thanksgiving go yesterday? Did you dazzle guests with your cooking? Was a particular spouse, ex-spouse, sibling, child, cousin or best friend especially helpful with polishing silver and setting the table? If so, you and your new partner in memorable dining might want to spend the coming week…
In part three of our look at Bliss Café and Elixir Bar’s executive chef Kelly Dennis, the chef shares her recipe for a Nut-free Dark Chocolate Ganache Tart. You will marvel at the texture and the taste. And you might even question why we are always so quick to head…
Listen, I love Thanksgiving. I love Christmas. I’ve never get more excited than I do during the holidays. It’s just that I hate Black Friday. Last year I worked two jobs. 7 a.m. found me selling candles at Yankee Candle when there was no one there to buy them. Then…
Banfi Vineyards has put up Spanish-language billboards for Riunite wine around the DFW area, porque hay muchos mas hispanios beber vino. As recently reported by Advertising Age, wine consumption among Hispanics has surged in the past five years, growing at three times the rate of the general market. About half…
You may have already guessed what this is: Yes, this “pie” is a Paula Deen creation. The only thing more disturbing than the creamy pile in the photo of Paula Deen’s “Savannah High Apple Pie” — which is not a photoshop thing — is it requires two cups of butter-flavored…
On Wednesday, we gave you the goods on Kelly Dennis, executive chef at Bliss Café and Elixir Bar. Today, we asked Dennis to finish a few sentences for us. Later today, she shares one of her sweet recipes. (Note: Dennis’ words are after the ellipses.) My friends say I’m… a…
I steered clear of Piggie Pies for the longest time because of its location and name. Something about a place called Piggie Pies that’s in the same shopping center as a Condoms To Go made me question what it was that Piggie Pies might be serving up for lunch. And…
I wouldn’t dare claim food writers have it worse than podiatrists and divorce attorneys, who can count on strangers to show them their bunions and bore them with stories of rapscallion spouses, but the patter unfurls pretty predictably when civilians learn they’ve crossed conversational paths with someone who eats for…
Atlanta-based RaceTrac gas station and convenience store chain wants to energize consumers by offering free coffee on Black Friday, November 26. Those touched enough to wake up at an ungodly hour for silly deals now have another one to take advantage of. The promotion will be available from midnight to…
If I’m going to be completely candid here, I have to tell you — I wasn’t really sure I wanted to go. I’ve had raw food here and there. But just a nibble or a taste at a friend’s house or an event. But an entire meal? And dinner no…
Thanksgiving celebrants who are still fretting about which wine to serve with their turkey feasts will no doubt be pleased to know 7-Eleven’s put three new private-label varietals on its shelves. The convenience store chain this week introduced Cherrywood Cellars Chardonnay, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. All three wines are priced…
A party at Bolsa next week is timed to commemorate the end of Prohibition, but the event will also celebrate the start of the Oak Cliff restaurant’s new cocktail program. “As people know, Jason Kosmas has come over,” Eddie “Lucky” Campbell says of his partner behind the bar, who recently…
Earlier this month I spent a weekend in Austin for Fun Fun Fun Fest, where I was able to spend some time in the very cool Black Star Co-op brewpub and also bring back a few beers that I hadn’t seen in Dallas. One of the Austin-made brews that really…
Even eaters who dine out only on special occasions have typically been exposed to Berkshire pork and Waygu beef. But when it comes to duck, few restaurants bother to reveal which breed they’re serving. “Every time I see duck on the menu, it just says duck,” says Ted Hill, co-chair…
Gallo. Robert and CK Mondavi. Beringer. Kendall-Jackson. Franzia. You know them as the 800 pound gorillas, the Two Buck Chucks, if you will, of the wining world. They take up voluminous amounts of space on the grocery store shelves with their bottles, magnums and boxes of mass-produced vino, much of…
One thing the Internet is good for these days is finding new ways to infuse your food with bacon. If you’re vegetarian, and you were thinking “At least my liquids are safe from meat”: you thought wrong. First there was Jones’ Bacon soda line, and now, thanks to Archie McPhee,…
Apologies for missing last week’s Walk the Wok. Hope everyone has been eating well and has discovered something tasty since the last time we rendezvoused. During my MIA time, I’ve been revisiting past blog-subject restaurants with the intention of doing updates. I stopped in at Naga Thai to see if…
A press release from 7-Eleven today announces “Purple Friday” as an alternative to “Black Friday,” the busiest shopping day of the year, when hordes of deal-seekers rise at the asscrack to trample each other for large-screen televisions, game systems and other crap they couldn’t possibly survive without. But while your…
One of the “joys” of working from home is having the role of caregiver thrust upon me when my son is sick and prohibited from attending daycare. Since first matriculated in daycare several months ago, he’s spent almost one day every week at home with a fever. If I build…
(Editors’ note: Look, we warned you last week that we opened the door to poetry from City of Ate staffers who wanted to praise their Thanksgiving faves. So, here goes: a bit of blank verse — that’s a technical term for prose with funny line breaks — from Merritt Martin…
It’s no dirty secret that combining two already-great foods into one juggernaut food is a staple in this country. So, what’s better than to take a fried thing and drop it on top of a breakfast thing? Not much, we’d propose. So, let’s embark on another photographic journey, shall we?…
