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  La Popular’s Salsa Bursts with Tangy Flavors (Though We Wouldn’t Call It ‘Mild’)

  September 3 at 4 a.m.

  Being the time of year that it is, I recently got some black bean-Hatch chile tamales from La Popular Tamale House. Full disclosure, I know Jesse Moreno, who helps run the business with his father, who started it about 30 years ago. I met Moreno when I did a story...

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  Faye’s Place Serves Fried Catfish, Shrimp, Burgers and More in Southern Dallas

  August 13 at 4 a.m.

  South Oak Cliff has a good soul food restaurant in Faye’s Place on South Ewing Avenue. The building has been in the family of Gregory Turner, chef and owner, since 2003, but Turner reinvented it and opened it as this takeout eatery in May 2017. Born and raised in Dallas,...

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  Hatch Chile Mania Descends on Dallas; Here’s Where to Find the Best Specials

  August 12 at 4 a.m.

  Hatch chile season is officially upon us through September, so you have a limited time to snag these New Mexican chiles and all the dishes inspired by them. This versatile ingredient can be found throughout Dallas this month, both fresh and incorporated into dishes such as queso, enchiladas, chiles rellenos,...

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  Budget Bites: Tom Kha Gai at Malai Is One of the Best Deals in the City

  August 9 at 4 a.m.

  Budget Bites is a series that looks for the best food and drink deals at restaurants in DFW. Because being on a budget doesn't mean you can't eat out in a city like Dallas. I feel like soup is mostly underappreciated. It could be argued it’s a throw-in on many...

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  Empire Baking Company Goes Old-School with Heritage Grains

  August 8 at 4 a.m.

  Recently, Texas Monthly ran an article about Barton Springs Mill in Dripping Springs, where miller James Brown is persuading farmers around the state to grow the kind of grains that basked under the sun a century ago. Texas Monthly called the endeavor the “last frontier of the farm-to-table movement.” The...

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  Dallas Restaurants Where You Can Make an Impact

  July 30 at 4 a.m.

  Behind the counters of our favorite restaurants, people from all walks of life work tirelessly to provide us with quality food and service. It is always disheartening whenever we, as consumers, hear rumblings of owners or CEOs of places we frequent are anti-LGBTQ, racist, misogynistic or xenophobic. It’s even more...