Thanksgiving is just under three weeks away, which means it’s high time to choose recipes, draft a shopping list and find the roasting pan. Or, alternately, make reservations. For folks without nearby relatives or an inclination to cook, a number of local restaurants are serving up Thanksgiving feasts. Read on…
There was no shortage of ways to support Dallas Farmers Market Friends at last night’s lively Hoedown, the organization’s 16th annual fundraiser featuring food and drink from across Texas: Attendees could buy souvenir wine glasses, purchase spins on a wheel of chance or bid in a silent auction. But perhaps…
One of the goodies on executive chef Blythe Beck’s brand new fall menu at Central 214 is the Southern fave chicken and waffles. Luckily, this is no State Fair version. With its jalapeno gravy, it’s more like South meets Southwest. (For this week’s profile of Beck, click here. For a…
The About page of the Tumblr Bread People reads as follows: “Bread People is a site for looking at pictures of the Bread People.” Congratulations, you are now informed. It’s simple yes, but oh-so-hilarious if you have a moment for a punny Friday. Make the jump for a few of…
This week on Top Chef Just Desserts Brought to You By Dawn Hand Renewal Because Dawn Hand Renewal Loves Top Chef Just Desserts, renowned cake decorator and beautiful ice queen Shinmin Li guest judged the Quickfire Challenge of edible bouquets. Dallas’ own Morgan and Yigit created the top offerings (despite…
Once the home of bedroom communities and sleepy suburbs, Collin County is finally starting to mature and develop its fine wining and dining scene. Nowhere is this more apparent than the county seat of McKinney, where any bright and cheery weekend has visitors hard pressed to find available parking around…
Yesterday, we brought you a short profile of the unflappable Blythe Beck, executive chef at Central 214. Today, we asked Beck to finish a few sentences for us. Tomorrow, she shares one of her naughty recipes. (Note: Beck’s words are after the ellipses.) My friends say I’m…nuts. My momma told…
In an open letter to chef Dean Fearing, City of Ate contributor Andrea Grimes this week asked “Dean Fearing, why don’t you make your won Bloody Mary mix?” Fearing now has a tortilla soup, tomato juice and V-8 answer at his namesake restaurant at the Ritz Carlton. “It’s kind of…
Wondering why you haven’t been chugging down your extra-large Taco Bell soda as quickly as you once did? It could be because the fast food chain’s secretly been leaving the salt out of its recipes. As reported by Nation’s Restaurant News yesterday, Taco Bell tested out its new lower-sodium menu…
To the three people on the waiting list behind me for Park Lane Whole Foods’ last six-pack of Saint Arnold Divine Reserve 10 in hopes that I wouldn’t show up to claim it, sorry. I hope you were able to find it elsewhere. And now I understand why the Houston…
Of all the different kinds of restaurants, the neighborhood joint may be the hardest to successfully pull off. Say you want to open a fondue shop: All you need’s a collection of cheese melting pots. Do you fancy yourself a high-end restaurateur? Get thee to the white tablecloth store! A…
When I heard that Screen Door had just opened a cash-only food cart called Squeals On Wheels that offers a variety of meat-plus-bread combinations (pork sandwiches, hot dogs, brisket sandwiches) for under 10 bucks, after blurting out, “Fuck this PTA meeting!” I headed straight for One Arts Plaza. My inner…
Visiting Austin is like visiting your grandmother’s house. As soon as you arrive, you’re required to sit and eat, and then until your host is satisfied or you take leave. In this case, you have hundreds of grandmothers all insisting you look peaked, in dire need of sustenance. “You know,…
The passing of two wet/dry propositions yesterday isn’t the only good news for local beer lovers. Deep Ellum Brewing Company, Dallas’ first microbrewery, is on course to open by April or May of next year. In fact, owner John Reardon just had his final conference call with suppliers earlier this…
Cows may be the bigwigs of the barnyard, but pigs and turkeys get all the attention come holiday season. There’s no holiday on the standard American calendar that demands beef: While Labor Day and Fourth of July celebrants might put burgers on the grill, nobody questions their patriotism if they…
Her first name ain’t baby, it’s Blythe, Miss Beck if you’re naughty She dresses in pink. She loves diamonds. And she says that what food really wants is for you to “love on it.” I’m speaking, of course, about Blythe Beck, 30, also known as The Naughty Chef. She’s executive…
Is this really what you call fast food? The MGHerring Group yesterday announced In-N-Out Burger will open a location at The Village at Allen in mid-2011, bringing the count of confirmed future openings in the DFW area to four. But the idolized restaurant chain’s still mum as to exactly when…
A couple of weeks ago, when a visit to Ba Le in Garland proved disappointing, I teased that I would be trying out the much more highly recommended outpost in Arlington. The two restaurants couldn’t be more opposite. While the Garland location is a small deli take-home type of establishment…
Seems everybody loves a big tubby panda. Like, everybody. All over the world. They pop up in commercials for many kinds of cuisine and with all sorts of attitudes. They can be lovable, they can be stoners, they can be full on bullies. But it seems like panda bears are…
Tequila is more than the Mexican Jägermeister, and Monday night’s media tasting event of Tequila Familia Camarena proved that. Six writers and/or bloggers from various local media outlets were invited to partake of the mixing and tasting of four tequila-based cocktails at Hotel ZaZa. The ebullient account manager quickly took…
This is officially old news in Houston, but Dallas drinkers have been surprisingly quiet on the topic of St. Arnold Brewing Company’s Divine Release No. 10. The Houston brewery annually releases an English barley wine, tweaking the recipe each year. (Ed. note: turns out this beer isn’t released annually and…
For my birthday this year, I received a wonderful gift: Professor Phardtpounders Colon Cleaner. That’s the kind of hot sauce packaging that makes you laugh, but also makes you a little nervous — and if you’re me, a lot excited. Colon Cleaner is a mustard-based hot sauce (great on a…
