A recent Truluck’s promotion intended to celebrate customers’ joyous events could send anxious mothers-to-be into a nutritional tizzy. Through tomorrow, the Uptown seafood restaurant is offering free stone claw crab appetizers to women who show their servers a sonogram performed that day. But shellfish consumption is a touchy topic among…
Maybe tackling JS Chen’s prodigious crab fried rice the day after Thanksgiving wasn’t such a great idea, after all. Wanting to refresh our palates from turkey and stuffing bombardment, boyfriend and I took a breather from our half-hearted Black Friday shopping to pay a visit to Plano’s JS Chen for…
I wasn’t able to spend Thanksgiving with my family this year, but my brother made sure I didn’t miss out on the heated squabbling that always accompanies the Millers’ post-dinner board game session. “Mom wants to play ‘hot dog’ as a type of sandwich in Scattergories,” he texted me on…
As a writer, I always keep one Internet tab tuned to Merriam-Webster’s website, which is the best source I’ve found for the precise meanings of words (and the correct spelling of “simultaneously,” which I regularly butcher so badly that Microsoft Word can’t help me.) I imagine it’s the scribbler’s equivalent…
It seems even marketers are getting in on the food-truck fever that has infected every major U.S. city. In yesterday’s New York Times, Tanzina Vega wrote an excellent article about corporations jumping on the mobile food vending bandwagon, among them HSBC. The international mega-bank wrapped some of New York City’s…
December’s the last month for culinary civilians to have a say in who takes home a James Beard award in 2011. The James Beard Foundation has been accepting online nominations for its restaurant and chef categories since October, but promotional campaigns mounted by restaurant owners who’d like to see their…
It’s always hard to go back to work after Thanksgiving, especially if you spent the last few days chilling out in your Snuggie like we did. Before you polish off that cherry pie, check out what’s happening this week at these restaurants. We also have suggestions for how to dispose…
For as long as I’ve lived in Dallas — off and on for five years now — I’ve put off going to the Dream Cafe because the name strikes me as powerfully lame. The whole “eclectic” and “global” shtick sounds like the kind of thing that Ian guy would be…
Just as most people recognize pinot grigio, chances are good that if you ask someone to name an Italian red grape varietal it will be sangiovese. Or perhaps chianti, which was certainly popular back in the day, when many a mom-and-pop Italian eatery sported a straw-covered bottle of chianti atop…
So how’d that Thanksgiving go yesterday? Did you dazzle guests with your cooking? Was a particular spouse, ex-spouse, sibling, child, cousin or best friend especially helpful with polishing silver and setting the table? If so, you and your new partner in memorable dining might want to spend the coming week…
In part three of our look at Bliss Café and Elixir Bar’s executive chef Kelly Dennis, the chef shares her recipe for a Nut-free Dark Chocolate Ganache Tart. You will marvel at the texture and the taste. And you might even question why we are always so quick to head…
Listen, I love Thanksgiving. I love Christmas. I’ve never get more excited than I do during the holidays. It’s just that I hate Black Friday. Last year I worked two jobs. 7 a.m. found me selling candles at Yankee Candle when there was no one there to buy them. Then…
Banfi Vineyards has put up Spanish-language billboards for Riunite wine around the DFW area, porque hay muchos mas hispanios beber vino. As recently reported by Advertising Age, wine consumption among Hispanics has surged in the past five years, growing at three times the rate of the general market. About half…
You may have already guessed what this is: Yes, this “pie” is a Paula Deen creation. The only thing more disturbing than the creamy pile in the photo of Paula Deen’s “Savannah High Apple Pie” — which is not a photoshop thing — is it requires two cups of butter-flavored…
On Wednesday, we gave you the goods on Kelly Dennis, executive chef at Bliss Café and Elixir Bar. Today, we asked Dennis to finish a few sentences for us. Later today, she shares one of her sweet recipes. (Note: Dennis’ words are after the ellipses.) My friends say I’m… a…
I steered clear of Piggie Pies for the longest time because of its location and name. Something about a place called Piggie Pies that’s in the same shopping center as a Condoms To Go made me question what it was that Piggie Pies might be serving up for lunch. And…
I wouldn’t dare claim food writers have it worse than podiatrists and divorce attorneys, who can count on strangers to show them their bunions and bore them with stories of rapscallion spouses, but the patter unfurls pretty predictably when civilians learn they’ve crossed conversational paths with someone who eats for…
Atlanta-based RaceTrac gas station and convenience store chain wants to energize consumers by offering free coffee on Black Friday, November 26. Those touched enough to wake up at an ungodly hour for silly deals now have another one to take advantage of. The promotion will be available from midnight to…
If I’m going to be completely candid here, I have to tell you — I wasn’t really sure I wanted to go. I’ve had raw food here and there. But just a nibble or a taste at a friend’s house or an event. But an entire meal? And dinner no…
Thanksgiving celebrants who are still fretting about which wine to serve with their turkey feasts will no doubt be pleased to know 7-Eleven’s put three new private-label varietals on its shelves. The convenience store chain this week introduced Cherrywood Cellars Chardonnay, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. All three wines are priced…
A party at Bolsa next week is timed to commemorate the end of Prohibition, but the event will also celebrate the start of the Oak Cliff restaurant’s new cocktail program. “As people know, Jason Kosmas has come over,” Eddie “Lucky” Campbell says of his partner behind the bar, who recently…
Earlier this month I spent a weekend in Austin for Fun Fun Fun Fest, where I was able to spend some time in the very cool Black Star Co-op brewpub and also bring back a few beers that I hadn’t seen in Dallas. One of the Austin-made brews that really…
