Food & Drink

While everyone was enduring the Super Bowl pains here in Dallas, I was away in NYC and LA for work. Despite braving a blizzard and juggling time zones, I ate well. Both food scenes were predictably different. I ate rich, fatty foods in the NYC winter blast, while in LA,…

Fellows, has procrastination gotten the better of you? If you still haven’t made dinner plans for tonight, then we hate to tell you that it’s come to this. As a last resort, take your girlfriend (if you can still call her that tomorrow) to Hooters (multiple locations) for a Valentine’s…

Chef Dan Landsberg, who spent four years helming the kitchen at Tillman’s Roadhouse, has moved on — but his former employer’s been slow to make the changes promised in the wake of his departure. Landsberg left Tillman’s late last year, telling Pegasus News’ Teresa Gubbins he’d reached a philosophical impasse…

While riding a northbound train last week, I was struck by the conductor’s judicious use of his P.A. privileges. He pointed out the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo. He piped up again when we rolled past Lyndon B. Johnson’s alma mater. And he made sure everybody knew the train…

Valentine’s Day calls for chocolates and Champagne, but what’s the proper meal for marking a peaceful democratic revolution? Dallasites looking to express solidarity with protesters in Cairo have discovered traditional Egyptian food isn’t readily available in North Texas. There’s plenty of schawarma and tahini to be had, but meticulous celebrants…

Sometimes you will hear tequila aficionados style themselves as “connoisseurs of the cactus.” This is a misnomer because tequila is derived from the blue agave plant, which is part of the lily family. But did you know that the blue agave (and other types of agave too, for that matter)…

Who knew you’d be driving to romantic Frisco to experience some crepes this Valentine’s Day? But that’s where you need to go if you want to try the tasty sweet and savory crepes at Café Flair and pretend you’re eating in Paris, the City of Love. While Café Flair, located…

It is getting harder and harder not to eat brunch at a Lombardi family restaurant in this town. First, there was Penne Pomodoro. Then there was Cibus. Now, there is Toulouse, the French cafe and bar that borders the Katy Trail crossing on Knox Street. I contend that their series…

Hey single fellows, got big plans for this weekend? If not, then we’re here to save you from a weekend (and Monday) that will be dominated by four-course candlelit dinners, pink champagne, and annoying Hallmark cards that play crappy songs like “Walking on Sunshine.” And as much as you might…

Start your Valentine’s Day off right by eating brunch at La Duni Latin Kitchen & Baking Studio on Oak Lawn–but make sure your meal includes a piece of cake. Like one of the walls in La Duni reads: “a day without cake is a day without love.” Since we knew…

There’s a new and affordable way for interested eaters to experience the Culinary Institute of America’s San Antonio campus. The school’s bakery, its first retail operation, was tentatively scheduled to open this week – although staffers were still experimenting with how to best position pastries in the display case when…

Before you click the comment box, I know, I know: I missed some phenomenal eating opportunities this week. I was on the road reporting a feature story, which meant interviews and transcription sessions took precedence over meals. Had I structured my itinerary around restaurant visits, I surely wouldn’t have showed…

Gustav Stickley, the furniture manufacturer and spirited salesman who helped translate the European Arts and Crafts movement for American homes, had definite ideas about dining rooms. Like his fellow Arts & Crafts practitioners, Stickley had little patience for the fussy, ornate table settings and baroque food that Fannie Farmer’s contemporaries…

Now that blogs are wrapping up Superbowl coverage, they’ve moved on to buzzing about two more Dallas observations: cold weather and Valentine’s Day. They’re answering what to eat to keep warm, what to eat to get laid and what to do when your Which Wich is too short. But really,…

Thirty-six percent. Eighty-eight percent. One hundred percent. Seriously, does the composition really matter when the food is free? Taco Bell and its millions of Facebook fans don’t think so. To follow-up the full-page ads and videos in response to a class-action lawsuit that claims the beef in its tacos is…

Conversation hearts. Sure, they taste like chalky soap and vitamins, but somehow they’re a tradition that’s been passed down for generations. New England Confectionery Company (NECCO) started printing sayings on their candy in the 1860s. And in 1902, NECCO began producing the present day Sweethearts Conversation Hearts that we know…

It’s cool people, Dallas’ final cheftestant, the last vestige of Lone Star love, still stands. I’m just going to go ahead and tell you that now. But I’m not pleased with Tiffany Derry. No, save her smile, her performance last night was no where near impressive. Details? Of course. Follow…

It’s time the guys got a little attention on Valentine’s Day. The pressure to fork over for chocolates, roses, diamonds, a week’s salary on a “special” V Day prix fixe meal that many would consider highway robbery weighs on a brother. After all, you love us as much as we…

Someone with a restaurant pedigree ought to know what he’s doing, right? Well, Joey Milan, owner of the newly opened Digg’s Taco Shop on Hillcrest Avenue knows exactly what he’s doing. That’s a relief considering that Digg’s is a specialty taquería, which by now should make for a yawnfest in…

Arguably the most beloved pizzaiolo in Dallas — certainly a City of Ate favorite — Jay Jerrier has suffered obstacles opening a brick-and-mortar version of his mobile Neapolitan pizza-making operation, Il Cane Rosso. But these will be over on Monday, February 14 — that’s right, Valentine’s Day! — when Jerrier…