Food & Drink

When I visited Lemongrass last summer, I promised owner/sometimes chef/always waiter/emergency dish washer Khoa Nguyen that I would return in the winter for a bowl of the restaurant’s pho. With the cold weather setting in last week, I figured it was the perfect time to make good on that promise…

Capogiro Gelato, the Philadelphia-based dessert-makers we mentioned in December for offering a gelato-of-the-month club, has just informed us that their gelato will soon be available at Central Market. Lorenzo Merlo, who’s in charge of wholesale at Capogiro, says Central Market has picked up their Cioccolato Scuro, Bacio, Pistacchio, Thai Coconut…

Southern cheesemakers were shut out of the Good Food Awards, a new initiative to recognize the best-tasting artisan edibles made in accordance with sustainable principles. In a weekend ceremony hosted by Alice Waters, eight awards were given in the cheese category to producers from Oregon, Vermont, California and Wisconsin. “The…

It’s understandable that the Hyatt Regency, which last week announced it was opening a new bar and restaurant “just in time for the big game,” would want to take advantage of Super Bowl traffic. But a longtime member of the Foodservice Consultants Society International group says it’s not always advisable…

Each week, Happy Eating highlights a different restaurant happy hour food menu, letting you know what deals are out there. This week, we try out the Il Cane Rosso pizza while tuning up our ping-pong game at Brackets. Where: Brackets, 5330 East Mockingbird Lane No. 100 When: 5-7 p.m. Monday-Friday…

Like Abba sang, “I was so afraid, Fernando,” I feared that the unlimited refills on the complimentary mimosas Fernando’s Mexican Cuisine’s advertised with its brunch would actually have an unstated limit. But unlike other brunch spots in Dallas that promote bottomless mimosas and then stop refilling your glass after the…

Wine writer and Texas wine booster Jeff Siegel, who blogs as The Wine Curmudgeon, last week raised the interesting question of whether there should be a certification process for wine writers, as recently proposed by fellow wine writer Pamela Heiligenthal. Siegel thinks the concept’s corked. Writing isn’t medicine: Even when…

The original idea behind this weekly feature was for me to visit taquerías and restaurants vending tacos near DART light rail stops. I moved from New York where a car is little more than a money-muncher, between insurance and alternate-side parking. I’m a fan of public transportation, and, believe it…

The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame is now giving restaurant apron collectors the chance to beef up their Fort Worth holdings. In conjunction with its showing of “The Apron Chronicles,” a traveling photographic exhibit managed by The Women’s Museum of Dallas, the museum’s raffling off autographed aprons from…

If you were thinking 2011 was shaping up to be a selfish year, think again. Get your philanthropy in shape with these upcoming events: The Place: Smoke The Cause: Foodways Texas On January 24, Smoke is holding a “Gulf Coast Gathering” — a Gulf-inspired seafood feast (and that means shrimp,…

A commercial for a new Kraft macaroni and cheese product claims the family-sized meal kit could save moms from the embarrassing situation of having nothing on the stove when their husbands unexpectedly bring a client home for dinner. Gee, Kraft, how would women find time to get dinner ready when…

Today, Burger King’s staking its claim to the title of “World’s Most Batshit Crazy Food Engineer,” kicking off a national TV ad campaign for its new BK Stuffed Steakhouse Burger, sporting a patty peppered with gooey cheese explosions and jalapeño bits. It’s just one more step down the trail first…

Back in December, the Taco Trail led José Ralat Maldonado to Kor-BQ, a Korean taco joint operating in a Plano strip center. Now Goghee To Go is bringing Korean/Tex-Mex fusion to Dallas. Goghee To Go (2222 Inwood Road) is celebrating its grand opening today by giving customers a free taco…

Our table yesterday morning at Trinity “an Irish pub” Hall in Mockingbird Station had the advantage of being as far away as we could get from a long booth full of kids and their tantrum-inured parents, but had the disadvantage of being out of the direct line of sight of…

Cupcake backlash has been brewing for some time, but so stubborn was the cupcake trend that every single year there is another hope-filled pronouncement of its heir apparent. First, there was the whoopee pie. Too regional. Then there was the cake ball. Too divisive. And most recently there was the…

If hairy chicken, beer-flavored popcorn and frozen yogurt on hiatus should have anything in common, it’s only this week in Dallas blogs. City of Ate Hanna Raskin found a hairy situation at Saint Ann, where it seems as the restaurant splurged on interior decorating and had nothing left for the…

Maybe you’ve heard: Dallas is going to be crawling next month with fans, good-timin’ party lovers and the elitest of the elite pro athletes the country has to offer.Not Arlington. Dallas. Because Major League Eating is bringing reigning hot dog champ Joey Chestnut and a slate of other top competitive…

In part one of this week’s Three Course Meal, we gave you a look at Julian Barsotti, owner and executive chef of Nonna. In part two, we asked Barsotti to complete our thoughts for us. In today’s final installment he shares a recipe for Fussilli alla Gricia. Barsotti says, it’s…

A San Francisco chocolatier has added Dallas to its roster of popular city-themed tins. Bridge Brands Chocolate plans to debut its three tins adorned with images of the Dallas skyline at the Winter Fancy Food Show this weekend. Dallas is among 10 cities getting its own “landmark tin” from the…

It was dark and cold yesterday morning when I biked past the empty storefront alongside Press Box Grill, so I elected not to check out the brand new permits posted in the window. But D Magazine’s Tim Rogers is obviously a better — or at least warmer — cycling newshound…