Many kids and young adults are heading back to school right now. Some lucky stiffs, however, will trade cracking books for grilling, baking, sautéing and flambéing. Ever wonder what it’s like? We have. Turns out, culinary school’s lighter on the Gordon Ramsay-style discipline than you’d think and heavier on the…
Take a look at that grid of little boxes. Just like East Dallas, really–with newer homes and fewer trees. And no backyard chicken farming.Just this afternoon we received a note from Brian Rudolph, urging us to visit his Holy Grail Pub (an Old Monk spin-off), located somewhere in the ‘burbs…
A liter a day keeps the doctor away. –Old German proverb (at least according to the Bavarian Grill’s Stein Hour menu)Along with a handful of other local eateries, the Bavarian Grill in Plano is in the running for GermanDeli.com’s designation as The Best German Restaurant in America. Kuby’s may have…
Something about America’s Northeastern states grates on us Southwestern hicks.OK, so I’m really a Midwestern hick–our distrust of New England is about the same. So the opportunity to pit a local enterprise against a national chain bearing a blue blood name? Couldn’t resist.Rotisserie cooking relies on little more than heat…
Palomino500 Crescent Ct. (Atrium)214-999-1222Age can fray a restaurant. Leather wears, fittings crack and the room begins to lose its allure.Not so in the case of Palomino. The dining space at this veteran Crescent Court locale speaks of timeless dinner club finery, with an inviting bar and patio that’s just plain…
My good friend Sara and I met a few years ago at a yoga class. We instantly hit it off, and started doing everything together…grocery shopping, dining, working out. She even moved into my building. But over the past couple of months, we’ve both been on crazy schedules. No more…
Recipe Demonstrated by José, Chad and Janice of Parigi In a town obsessed with new, there’s something refreshing about longevity. Dallasites love to flock to the latest hot spots, packing dining rooms three deep for about three weeks and then forgetting the place altogether. A classic like Parigi, though, which…
Sometimes trying new things sucks. Por exemplo, I joined Twitter this week. And when I went to pick a username, I found out that @bigbagodongs was already taken (total suckitude), so I had to settle for @thecheapbastard. Super lame, but I guess that’s what I get for waiting so long…
“It’s kinda weird, honestly,” chef David Uygur says of the impending closure of a restaurant he’s been associated with for seven years. “It’s only gradually becoming real.” For almost a decade Lola—the Van Roberts-owned cottage restaurant on Fairmount—stood as an icon of fine dining in the Uptown area, whether in…
We know what you’re thinking: “Man, that beer dinner tonight at The Libertine sure sounds great, but I don’t have $100 to spare on a couple of seats.” And you’re right. The dinner, which we mentioned in Hash Over on Monday, features Southern Star’s Pine Belt Ale (a Hophead fave)…
Each week, Pairing Off attempts to find just the right bottle of wine to go with ordinary food.There’s no real shame in picking up a brick of Colby, Monterey Jack or one of those so called “Swiss” cheeses you find on grocery shelves–not really. You can’t make it to Scardello…
Seriously, you would think that the people of Mexico had enough hangover remedies. After all, this is the culture that gave us menudo, that savory dish of cow or sheep stomach soup that is de rigueur eating on New Year’s morning–not to mention other sopas such as chicken tortilla, which…
Urbino starts out with two strikes against it. First off, there’s the name. Oh, Urbino’s cute and all–but the third incarnation of Urbano Café sits just a mile away. (That’s Urbano with an “A”, not Urbino with an “I”. ) There’s also a new pizza joint in Plano called Urban…
Each week the Dude Food guys assess the ‘masculinity’ of Dallas area dives. The more fried meat and junk on the walls, the better the rating…Hattie’s418 Bishop Avenue214-942-7400Dude Factor: 10, or Jake Tyler Brigance, on a scale of 1 (Darby Shaw) to 10.The first time I walked into Hattie’s, I…
The guys at Park are awfully proud of their wine list. It is pretty impressive. They even go as far as denoting which wines are organic, produced by women (what’s that all about?), and which are vegan. But while they can “get you drunk,” as our waitress joked, their vegan…
Anybody can fry an egg. Well, not necessarily anybody. But why not start your day with something that’ll really put a smile on your face, something your Mom might not approve of? You know–like a chocolate waffle dripping with Kahlúa crème or a burrito the size of a duffel bag…
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For the first event in their brief history, dallaschocolate.org hosted chocolatiers Alan McClure and Steve DeVries for a tasting and a dinner focused on American “bean to bar” chocolate production.Teresa Gubbins, who recapped the event for Pegasus, says the visiting chocolate producers repeatedly urged folks there to think of chocolate…
Brian Hudson Smith, celebrated mastermind behind Bliss Raw Café’s Elixir Bar, recently parted ways with his creation. Why did this happen? Because of a little thing called water.See, as with most fads and trends, this new one–raw foods–is changing faster than most of its devotees can keep up with, and…
Nazar15107 Addison Rd.Addison972-726-0100Hardly anything has changed since this place transformed itself from the Turkish restaurant called Shish to the Turkish restaurant called Nazar.Oh, there’s a new owner and all. But I’m almost certain I had the same waiter as my last trip to Shish. There’s the same strange situation where…
Not being a fan of crowds, my intention was to avoid Restaurant Week. Yet somehow I ended up at Fearing’s for an evening of rushed–as in ‘get the hell out, we need to turn this table’–yet very pleasant service…and mediocre courses.It’s quite likely, of course, that Fearing’s crew pay less…
Each week in ‘Knockers’ we order from a different delivery restaurant, assessing their efficiency and keeping a running score.Panda’s Restaurant & Bar3917 Cedar Springs Rd214-528-9999214-528-3818214-526-3333Promised delivery time: 30-45 minutesActual delivery time: 28 minutesDialing options: 3Early delivery: 10Number of times name of my dish, “Subgun wonton,” ran through my head the…
