A few weeks ago, we announced a Blue Ribbon recipe contest to see what foodie innovations you could throw our way for Taste of Dallas. The idea was: You send us the recipes; we study them, drool profusely, and the winners get to cook live at this weekend’s Dallas Food…
From a bachelor’s degree in history at the University of Oklahoma to restaurant owner and chef, Scott Gottlich’s career progression may seem odd. But that’s the path — with a few important stops in between — that led the Dallas native back home, where he’s owner and executive chef of…
Competing against no one, the great wiener swallower Kobayashi wolfed 69 hot dogs in New York City. It was a world record and personal best for Kobayashi on July Fourth, and he stood proudly to flex his stomach muscles after consuming the massive amount of meat logs.Meanwhile, in Dallas, City…
You probably ate a lot of food this Fourth of July. We’re not judging. We did the same thing. But while you were gorging yourself on hot dogs and that questionably warm potato salad, we made a dessert that’s sort of nutritious, but more important, guaranteed to make the youngest…
Last week, readers of D Magazine’s food blog, SideDish, were introduced to a new contributor. She went by the name “foodbitch.” Moniker aside, she seemed like any other after-work food blogger: sassy, smart, obsessed with food trucks. She brought some readers with her, folks who knew her from her foodbitch…
Happy Eating brings you tips on the best deals on local restaurants’ happy hour menus. Just like its North Park neighbor Kona Grill, Cibus has made some changes to its happy hour selections. Where: Cibus, 8687 N. Central Expressway, No. 1608 (in NorthPark Center mall). When: 4-7p.m. Monday-Friday and reverse…
In the third part of our Q & A with Jose Luis Nieto, executive chef of The Lodge, he muses on everything from his favorite television chef, his kitchen tools of choice, to what herbs and spices he couldn’t live without. Who are your favorite television chefs? I really like…
Last night, Central 214 hosted their VIP (Very Important Pet) Pooch Patio dinner-party with proceeds benefiting Operation Kindness. Naughty Chef Blythe Beck made the rounds with her rescue pup, Sheriff Brown, in tow. “This is a great turn out, I feel so blessed,” Beck said, as she scanned the crowded…
Wednesday night at the Libertine Bar’s Avery beer dinner, I did something I’ve never had to do at a beer dinner: turned down a refill.That sums up the tone of the dinner, which seems perfectly appropriate. The Libertine, after all, is a bar that kicks down any barrier between highbrow…
Another month flies by, and with it, a batch of restaurants opened and closed. In-N-Out Burger set up shop in Dallas-proper this month, and surprisingly enough, wasn’t bombarded by hoards of burger-lovers. We guess everyone got their fill of the Californian mega-chain last month. The Coffee Lab (4000 Cedar Springs…
What makes Kozy Kitchen cozy? It’s definitely the comfort food the restaurant serves and not its stark décor. Kozy Kitchen’s atmosphere actually feels pretty sterile with its nine vertical paintings on the walls, brown vinyl booths, dark brown wood chairs and blackish brown Formica tables. There’s no cozy fireplace or…
Nothing’s more uplifting than getting drunk on a fast food patio and wolfing a foot-long chili cheese dog from Sonic. Which is the feeling we’re guessing Sonic is attempting to capitalize on by the decision to sell alcohol. Either that, or it’s just copying Burger King. (Never a good idea.)…
Yesterday, we asked Jose Luis Nieto, executive chef at The Lodge, to tell us about himself, how he got his start, and the special challenges of cooking gourmet-quality food at a gentleman’s club. Today, he offers more of a window into how he approaches his craft and what he still…
(Walk the Wok correspondent Kristy Yang has been taking some very long walks lately, so we thought we’d have her tell us about Asian food elsewhere. Presumably, City of Aters do step out of the In-N-Out line now and then and travel.) Any trip to the San Francisco Bay area…
The city of Nazareth sits 1,000 feet above sea level in northern Israel between the Mediterranean and the Sea of Galilee. In the late evening, lamps light up this ancient city’s white façade and buildings with a glow the color of desert sand. Perched in the hills with the dark…
About 48 million Americans get food-borne illness per year, and of that heaving-and-hurling 48 million, 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 die, says the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That means roughly one in six Americans will get sick from food poisoning — not accounting for the unlucky or…
You’ve been to gas-station taquerías. You’ve been to snow-cone stands. But have you ever been to a gas station taquería/snow-coneria? If not, lemme tell what I know about heaven. Cool & Hot Tacos is just off of Interstate 35 at Eighth Street. You’ve driven past it a million times on…
I see blond people. I am sitting in a leathery banquette at the new Marquee Grill & Bar in Highland Park Village, flanked on one side by what looks like a 20-year reunion of Kappa Kappa Gamma, and beset on the other by an attractive blond with matching baby. In…
This week, Three-Course Meal catches up with Jose Luis Nieto, executive chef at The Lodge. Who are you? I’m 41 years old and was born in Jalisco, Mexico, the place where I believe the best Tequila in the whole world comes from. I grew up in a big family where…
Love the 4th of July, but hate making the same tired, old desserts every year? Us, too. So, we asked ourselves, “What’s more American than apple pie?” Turns out, a lot of things. Here’s our list of the top four most American desserts you could make to celebrate our great…
Eclectic, per Merriam-Webster: Composed of elements drawn from various sources. At a menu-revamp unveiling last night, that is the word Screen Door’s chef David McMillan used to describe the direction in which he was taking the restaurant. Steering an upscale Southern comfort menu into a globally influenced path may sound…
Thanks to all the readers who entered this month’s contest for tonight’s beer dinner at the Libertine Bar, featuring Avery Brewing Company. While some of the comment entries were pretty half-assed, there were still a few thoughtful entries. Nick started things off suggesting one of my favorites for those celebrating…
