Just three months ago we ran that three-parter about Jeff Harris, executive chef at Tom Colicchio’s Craft at the W in Victory Park. But Craft sends word this afternoon that Harris has departed, leaving in charge Tm Bevins, who, long ago, was best known as executive sous chef at The…
Malaysia is a country of vast and diverse cultures, all marrying to create one united cuisine. The nation’s food borrows and combines elements of Chinese, Indonesian, Thai, Filipino, and Indian menus, creating a robust flavor profile. The use of spices is generous, and fat is celebrated. Malaysian food offers myriad…
Avoiding sweets is difficult enough without second-hand chocolate smoke. Well, “smoke” is not technically accurate. Thanks to Le Whif, however, with the “first prototype of the food inhaler” you can pretty much smoke your way through a six pack of cocoa. While your first reaction is possibly annoyance at the…
According to the cheery student volunteer who gave a short lecture at Big Bend National Park the other day, the desert is delicious: Any resourceful visitor can make a meal of prickly pear pads and pigweed seeds. While the ranger-in-training assured us the federal government wouldn’t mind if we harvested…
Matt McCallister, who helped inaugurate the extraordinarily popular Fuego concept at Stephan Pyles before tendering his resignation there, has announced a series of three limited-seating dinners. McCallister is planning to depart Dallas for a series of culinary apprenticeships at three of the nation’s leading restaurants, but will first offer tasting…
A maverick and an outlander took second and third places in Terlingua’s 20th annual Black-Eyed Pea Off this weekend. About three dozen cooks entered the benefit contest, which got its start as a showdown between Desert Deli Diner owner Pam Ware and Tommy Hancock, owner of Lubbock’s legendary Cotton Club…
Generally speaking, I don’t recommend visiting restaurants that have attached gift shops if you are over the age of 10. And really, if you’re under the age of 10 believe me when I tell you: Absolutely nobody gives a shit about your Hard Rock Cafe T-shirt collection, least of all…
Remember those New Year’s Eve nights/early mornings when your parents came back from a party or dinner wearing top hats and tiaras glittering with the New Year’s digits? I do. I remember my parents would pay the babysitter and then cracked the door to my room to see if I’d…
Well, another New Year has come and gone, and hopefully your celebration wasn’t too over the top. (It couldn’t have been that raucous, otherwise you wouldn’t be here reading this). If you’re like many Southerners and Texans, you celebrated with a meal featuring ham and black-eyed peas, consuming at least…
Overall, it’s been another great year for beer, at least from my perspective here in North Texas. If I didn’t suspect reader list burnout, I could probably do another top 10 piece on the best developments of the past year, and even another on things I’m most looking forward to…
In part one of this week’s Three Course Meal, we gave you a look at Kent Rathbun, owner and executive chef of Jasper’s. In part two, we asked Rathbun to complete our thoughts for us. In today’s final installment he shares a finger-licking good recipe for spicy lamb meatballs. The…
As December comes to a close, it seems all is well, or at least better, as many highly anticipated restaurants made their debuts. David Uygur was back in the kitchen, plus a New York deli and the latest Lombardi venture both opened. We were expecting few restaurants to shutter since,…
Mi Tierra Latin Fusion Restaurant , a Puerto Rican-Latin American restaurant in Arlington is set to shutter December 31 (that would be tomorrow) tweeted Bud Kennedy, columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, last week. The family-owned eatery housed in a bungalow is one of two establishments (that we know of)…
Tacos have always been big in Dallas. From the real estate mogul and socialite to the day laborer and college co-ed, everyone loves a taco, has an opinion about tacos and is a staunch defender of his or her favorite. In 2010, however, tacos really took off. The gourmet/specialty brand…
Food writer Josh Ozersky – who this year covered the locavore movement, coined the word lardcore and found himself at the center of a journalistic ethics firestorm – yesterday told Eater the biggest dining surprise of 2010 was “how great the food was in Dallas,” a city he previously believed…
The burger industry publication, Burger Business, has named Twisted Root Burger Co. as one of 11 “burger chains to watch in 2011,” a designation the Dallas-based chain’s owner doesn’t dispute. Reached by phone this morning, Jason Boso said he was out late last night celebrating the hiring of his friend…
State and Allen Lounge’s pulled BBQ pork sandwich has been around for a while, so why is it deserving of an “Eat This” mention right now? Because even though this sandwich has forever been on the Uptown hangout’s menu, it’s reemerging to its previous greatness after having been on the…
While a new culinary nutrition textbook is geared toward chefs working in professional kitchens, a co-author says the book’s advice would be equally appropriate for amateurs charting new diet plans for 2011. “Moderation and variety is the key,” says Cathy Powers, a former Culinary Institute of America associate dean and…
Yesterday, we gave you the goods on Kent Rathbun, owner and Executive Chef of Jasper’s Gourmet Backyard Cuisine. Today, we asked Rathbun to finish a few sentences for us. Tomorrow, he shares one of his gourmet backyard recipes. My friends say I’m… a workaholic. My momma told me… work hard…
Another Texas vodka has reached the Dallas market, although an owner of Rebecca Creek Distillery says his spirits company won’t confine itself to vodka for long. “These are the first two products,” Brian Lowrance says of Enchanted Rock vodka and a single malt barley whiskey set for release next year…
Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s is the triathlon of Where To Eat for food blogs. Bloggers have every cuisine covered, from salty duck to eggnog ice cream. On the upside, this should be the last round of Where to Eats until February. Between lists, post-Christmas foodies are reviewing 2010 and…
The locals here either have a thing for rice and beans – or an underdeveloped habit of using Allmenus.com to order food for delivery. The website recently released its city-by-city tally of the foods ordered most frequently in 2010. According to its calculations, eaters in Seattle tend to dine in…
