In two decades of cooking, he’s handled everything from seafood to southwestern, including some time spent running a bakery. He’s also worked in kitchens in San Antonio, Austin, Houston–at Cafe Annie, no less–and Dallas.Now he owns Lower Greenville’s recently opened Zymology, a place for small bites, unusual wines and craft…

“The fact that you can eat a full-service meal for under $10 is incredible. You couldn’t even eat this cheaply in 1992.” (Christopher Muller, a professor of hospitality at the University of Central Florida, on sit-down chains offering discounted entree pricing in the wake of slowing sales. Outback, for example…

When you open a bottle of Julienas 2006 Grand Vin Du Beaujolais, a blast of fruit hits your nose, mixed with the sting of black pepper. In tasting, it finishes quickly, but leaves a trace of dark forest berry on the tongue, soured but still palatable.It would be a nice…

About a year ago he came up with the idea for a line of all natural salsas, often using fruit. It happened by accident, but now Dread Head Chef products–including dessert chips–fills shelves at Green Spot and Jimmy’s Food Store.Not bad for a brand new company. Of course, Weinstein had…

“Because it sells, food companies are slapping it on anything. And consumers believe natural equals nutritious. Actually, it’s a bit like Alice in Wonderland. It means what I want it to mean.” (Julie Miller Jones, professor of food safety and nutrition at College of St. Catherine in Minnesota on the…

He is synonymous with seafood in this market, having been associated with, oh, Daddy Jack’s and Rockfish and Big Fish Little Fish before opening his own multi-purpose place, Kenny’s Wood Fired Grill.Recently the Boston native added a new bar space (banking on the cougar image to attract the right crowd)…

“We’re going to chew them up on corporate brands. And we’re just going to keep driving corporate brands.” (Steven Burd, president of Safeway–parent of Tom Thumb and Randalls–speaking on the importance of store brands as leverage against the large food companies. Some grocery chains have been cutting orders to the…

Twisted Root Burger Co.2615 Commerce214-741-7668A friend of mine can’t help but laugh every time he walks into this place–and you can’t blame him, really.Unlike Jennifer Aniston’s character in Office Space, Twisted Root has maxed out its kitsch. There are old signs, burlap bags, metal buckets and catchy slogans. If you…

Yesterday I waited 90 minutes for some Chinese restaurant to delivery a single order of General Tsao’s chicken. When the driver finally showed up, cold food in hand, he offered one of those difficult to refute not-my-fault excuses: “we’re really busy,” he said. “And we only have two drivers.”Think I…

Dallas Gourmet Grill16601 Addison Rd., Addison972-381-9896Promised delivery time: 55 minutesActual delivery time: 52 minutesThe ScoreThey’re giving the orders (at least that’s what it feels like): 0Precision of ordering process because they’re giving the orders: 20Precision of delivery: 9Not having to make small talk with driver: 16Beef cooked to level orange…

You’ve dreamed for years of taking off work, jetting to Wilmington and spending a few days downing the great beers of Delaware. Well, Flying Saucer Draught Emporium saves you the trouble.On April 1–yes, April 1, a day when everyone suspects some sort of double-cross–Flying Saucer’s Montfort location hosts Claus Hagelman…

Chances are you’ve tried and loved his cooking, even if you haven’t been to his Oak Cliff restaurant, Kavala Mediterranean Grill, You see, HIghtower has perhaps the perfect Dallas resume–at least as far as chefs are concerned. He spent a few years cooking for Stephan Pyles at AquaKnox, did a stint at…

“They gave PCA glowing reviews. The company was selected by PCA, paid by PCA and realized that if they didn’t give PCA a glowing review, they were not going to get hired again.” (Representative Henry Waxman, a California Democrat and chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, on the value of…

Someone posted a comment under our new Veggie Girl segment this week wanting some kind of alert when the column pops up–RSS, we think they called it.The Burning Question crew, of course, knows nothing about technology…which is probably for the best. If we could figure out our mobile phone camera,…

He got his start at the age of 16, helping out at a floral shop owned by a family friend. He ended up a television star.Brown is one of the planners featured on Whose Wedding is it, Anyway?, Style network’s top-rated show–season nine begins in April. He also just put…

“Dunkin’ Donuts has always appealed to the ‘Everyday Joe.’ We really appeal to a broader psychographic and not so much a demographic–everyone from a company CEO to a construction worker.” (Casey Corrigan, spokeswoman for the doughnut chain, on the continued popularity of their coffee. While Starbucks trims their store numbers,…

Andiamo4151 Belt LineAddison972-233-1515Andiamo is the dining equivalent of television’s Life on Mars or Ashes to Ashes–an unexpected and momentarily confusing step back in time. The decor probably hasn’t changed at all since the place opened in 1990. The menu includes staid, old-school dishes like minestrone, lemon sole, chicken Parmegiana and…

When Go Fish moved–and moved up market as Go Fish Ocean Club–the owners picked Derry to run the kitchen.She may look fresh-faced, but Derry’s been in food service for some time. Before she finished high school, the Houston native became the youngest person to manage an IHOP. She then attended…

“I think some of the retail down there was just a bad idea. I don’t think those were the right concepts for there. How many people spend $100 on a steak before a basketball game?” (Charlie Green, who plans to open an Olivella’s Neo Pizza Napoletana in Victory Park on…

Nothing like a bottle of wine for breakfast. And nothing so satisfying as when the wisdom of ages stands up to scrutiny.In our less rigid era, we’ve dispensed with the old ‘red wine with beef, white wine with fish’ rule. Screw top bottles are coming into vogue. Aficionados now mention…