One should never underestimate the power of kolaches. When the fertilizer plant in West exploded a couple of weeks ago, for many, the soft round pastry that put West on the map sprung quickly to mind as a way to raise money to help the blast’s victims. Last weekend, when…
It’s certainly not a weekend for lightweights. Leave your fanny pack at the house and imbibe in many of the options around town as we collectively celebrate General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín’s defeat of the French in 1862 in the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War. Despite the fiesta, many…
This Saturday, Jamie Fulton of Community Beer Co. will open his brewer’s book of secrets for Beer School from noon to 2 p.m. Fulton has an impressive set of credentials and has attended his share of brewing schools, including the UC Davis program, the World Brewing Academy and classes at…
I’m writing a monstrous, toothless, heavy-breathing, drooling, hairy beast of a paper this year. And by “this year,” I of course mean “for the rest of my life.” It’s called a thesis; I call it the reason Pfizer is having a good year. In order to bestow upon the research…
Here’s something — I am a very big fan of baseball. I can’t explain why. I guess it’s like really fast cricket. Anyway, I used to watch it late at night on TV back in the U.K. quite obsessively. It’s the only American sport I’ve ever managed to get on…
Two highly important pieces of information for you: 1) May 12 is Mother’s Day. Get it tattooed on your forehead. 2) Spoon Bar & Kitchen will open for lunch and brunch on Sunday, May 12. If you want to win Mother’s Day, consider hooking up The One Who Made You…
Wrigley, the grande dame of the gum world, is getting a little edgier with the announcement of Alert Energy Caffeine Gum. It’s about four cups of coffee edgier, since that’s the amount of caffeine in a single pack — eight pieces with 40 mg of caffeine apiece (a cup of…
We asked you which National Food Month should be May’s Official National Food Month, and your answer was loud and clear. While you made jokes in the comments section about wanting Asparagus Month to win, your votes said something much, much meatier. In the least shocking food news in the…
Remember the Klondike Choco Taco that Taco Bueno offered back in the day? It held all the same ingredients as a Drumstick with the fun of being taco shaped. Ice cream plus taco equaled good. But then somewhere around 2009, according to the Internet, Choco Tacos suddenly became hard to…
If you’re gonna do drug or booze stuff this weekend, do it in Houston, where Burger King is now offering burger delivery. Houstonites can order a Delivery Deal that’s 10 cheeseburgers and 20 chicken nuggets. Delivery hours are 11 a.m. until 10 p.m. every day. And that’s great. For Houston…
The Hospitality Sweet, a quaint little bakery and café, opened earlier this week inside the historic downtown post office and courthouse at the corner of Ervay and Bryan streets (400 North Ervay, Suite 175). This building was originally constructed in the 1930s and has been undergoing a massive redevelopment for…
The same group that owns Sfuzzi and The Standard Pour, La Reve Consultants, is opening a new concept called Pozo Mercado at 2908 McKinney Ave. This new restaurant and bar, which is right next door to The Standard Pour, will have a tequila focus. For that, we applaud them. Brian…
Each week or so we ask a local chef three burning questions about his or her favorite culinary reads, food shames and best (or worst) meals. This week, we hear from Garreth Dickey of DISH Restaurant and Lounge. Doesn’t he totally look like Steve Buscemi? What are a few of…
It’s 2:30 in the morning at some bar in Uptown, and as you drag a ballpoint pen across a credit card slip, feeling the grain of the bar beneath, you become aware of a rumbling from within. It’s impossible not to be hungry. Most bars close their kitchens down by…
Another month has come and gone and with it a handful of restaurants have opened. Read on for the full list of restaurants happenings in April, and be sure to share tips about new and/or dead restaurants in the comments section below or at dish@dallasobserver.com. Openings: Il Cane Rosso White…
Good job, McDonald’s. You’re kicking around the idea of making breakfast available all day, finally catching up with every single person who’s ever had breakfast and realized it should be eaten all day every day. It’s taken you long enough, and frankly we’re not sure why you’ve kept such a…
Last weekend the White Rock Local Market held its third annual Chili Cook-off. The judges for the event included BBQ Snob Daniel Vaughn, The Ticket’s Corby Davidson and Matt Tobin of Goodfriends. Jason Dreubert made a cabrito rojo chili, which won for best spicy chili and people’s choice award. Team…
If you could take a snapshot of fast food menus from 10-15 years ago and compare them with menus today, it’d be glaringly obvious that on-the-go joints are making a push toward healthier menus. Salads have acquired more real estate. Calorie counts are starting to appear to assist in guilting…
Wednesday, May 1 This Wednesday, Martin House Brewing Co. of Fort Worth will saunter over to Craft and Growler to introduce its newest brew, Daybreak, a four-grain breakfast beer modeled after cereal finished with a touch of honey. Co-owner David Wedemeier will be there and it’s a keep-the-koozie kind of…
Like I said back in January, I like to experiment with healthy eating every once in a while. And when I do, I love to stumble upon a salad that makes me go mmmm. In honor of Salad Month (or is it BBQ Month?), here is a list of salads…
I’m currently building a baby, and I realize that in addition to the gift of life, I’ve got this awesome placenta that’s brewing in me, too. I’m told I have some choices to make about what I want to do with it when it, uh, comes out of the smoker…
Taverna Rossa Craft Pizza and Beer will open this summer at the Lakeside Market (4005 Preston Road) in Plano. This is a new concept for the same group that owns Palio’s Pizza Cafés and Cadillac Pizza Pub in McKinney. Chef Brian Luscher of the Grape helped create the menu for…
