100 Favorite Dishes, No. 45: Italian Combo from Carbone’s

To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Every time I walk into Carbone’s I do so resolving to…

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 46: Beef Fajitas From Mariano’s

To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. I’m blown away when Tex-Mex restaurants serve fajitas on a regular…

How The Slow Bone Smokes its Brisket

In “Shigging,” we ask pitmasters to give us some specifics about how they smoke their meats. In the spirit of barbecue secretiveness and competitiveness, they’re allowed to lie once. This week, we’re asking everyone’s favorite teddy bear, Jack Perkins at Slow Bone, how he smokes his brisket…

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 47: Banh Mi From Nammi

To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. It’s common knowledge that the best banh mi sandwiches are found…

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 48: Pastor Tacos at El Rincon

To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. From the outside, El Rincon De Villa doesn’t look like much…

LYFE Kitchen Is Open in the West Village

Amid the competing tortilla smells of Mi Cocina and Taco Diner, LYFE officially opened in the West Village yesterday, holding a special event last evening for media and food bloggers. I sneaked in during lunch service earlier that afternoon, half because I was curious about the place Mark Bittman called…

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 49: Beer at Craft and Growler

To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. It may be hard to construe a glass of beer as…

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 52: The Cuban at International Bakery

To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Cubans are blowing up menus all over Dallas. The toasted sandwiches,…

How Pecan Lodge Smokes its Brisket

In “Shigging,” we ask pitmasters to give us some specifics about how they smoke their meats. In the spirit of barbecue secretiveness and competitiveness, they’re allowed to lie once. This week, we’re asking Justin Fourton, pitmaster at Pecan Lodge in Deep Ellum (maybe you’ve heard of it), how he smokes…

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 53: The Popeye At Green Grocer

To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. I know what you’re thinking: This one isn’t even a dish…

The Fleeting Joy of Joyce and Gigi’s Salteñas

It’s been more than a year since I talked with Gigliola Aguilera about the salteñas she planned to cook occasionally in her tiny kitchen at Joyce and Gigi’s. I called Aguilera out for not putting the stew-filled pastries on her menu, mostly because they’re delicious but also because the delicacy…

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 54: Elotes, Everywhere

To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Trying to pick a favorite elotes stand might be the most…