This week’s Dallas foodie coverage is an assortment of organic, frozen and fried foods, dried and proscuitto-wrapped figs at the height of fig season, fancy Finnish foods and a battle at the Pyramid. Check out this week’s Sloppy Seconds. The Week in Review(s):Your own Dallas Observer: This week Hanna Raskin…
The circus is coming to town! And no, we don’t mean the Britney Spears “Circus Tour.” The 139th edition of the “Zing, Zang, Zoom” Red Tour presented by Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey will be coming in by train with high-flying acrobats, crazy clowns and a slew of exotic…
Attention, speedsters: Have you ever wanted to ride around the oval track at the Texas Motor Speedway? Now you can! Well, on a bicycle anyway. Prepare to burn some serious bicycle rubber at the DFW Tour de Cure at the NASCAR playgrounds. Hundreds of cyclists will be riding to raise…
This week’s Dallas foodie coverage is a buffet of news and new menu items, from sparkling wines, giant burgers, tiny and fiery cocktails, shops opening and closing and then some. Check out this week’s Sloppy Seconds. The Week in Review(s): Your own Dallas Observer: This week Hanna Raskin ventured to…
Have you ever faked it? No, not like that. You know, pretended to know what you were talking about when sipping a glass of wine? We’ve seen you, sniffing the wine and gently swirling it around in the balloon-shaped glass. After taking a small sip, you hold it in your…
Tuna Tartare Demonstrated by Mike Pacheco of The Landmark Restaurant in the Warwick Melrose Hotel For today’s Appetite for Instruction, chef Mike Pacheco chose to demonstrate one of his favorite and most colorful dishes, satisfying both the palate and the eyes. Tuna tartare, which is finely chopped raw tuna with…
If you see an unusual number of cows roaming around on two legs this week, it isn’t mad cow disease. Many a joyous bovine will be throwing off their sandwich boards in elation this Friday, July 9, when Chick-fil-A restaurants nationwide will be celebrating Cow Appreciation Day. Chicken (fried or…
With temperatures soaring into the triple digits, taking a dip in the nearest body of cool water should be on the top of your summer to-do list. Who cares if your hair reeks of chlorine? Way back when bathing suits were rented (um, ew!) and at the dawn of the…
Be it by alien invasion, massive flood or nuclear explosion, the human race has been predicting its own demise for thousands of years. Even if you aren’t one of the paranoid few stocking up on water, MREs and flashlights or digging out an underground bunker, just imaging the deserted cities…
If you said that the Old Red courthouse has been made new again by its 2007 renovation, you can say that again. Seriously, since 1892 the structure has been rebuilt five times after being either torn or burned down. Come experience its history at the Old Red: Through the Eyes…
