In the days before photography, when members of the gentry commissioned portraitists to commit their wealth and beauty to canvas, it wasn’t uncommon for the household’s sheep and cows to get their pictures painted too. The heyday of agricultural art is long over, although animals still appear in paintings –…
Diners at a pair of upcoming fundraisers should probably steel themselves to wait a little longer than usual for someone to pass the salt and pepper. Organizers of a North Dallas dinner benefiting the Scottish Rite Hospital for Children and an Oak Cliff feast for The Well Community are touting…
Someone, anyone, ‘splain me the mystery wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a monkey riding a pig that is Fort Worth’s Sundance Square. It’s a tourist trap that feels authentic. It’s easy to park in and around. Locals seem to consider it a perfectly acceptable, if not downright fun, entertainment…
Andrea Nguyen’s presentation at the Southern Foodways Alliance symposium this weekend was bound to be a bit contentious, as the award-winning cookbook author was slated to explain to a roomful of proud Southern eaters and cooks that the Vietnamese crawfish tradition rightly belongs to California. But it was the Texans…
This Saturday, I had the luck to serve as a judge at the 22nd Annual Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational Barbecue in Lynchburg, Tennessee. More than 25,000 people descended on the town, population 361, to attend the event. I was sent off to a judging class on Friday before the…
Dust off those costumes and break out the fun-size candy, Halloween is just days away. We have plenty of spooktacular food events to tell you about, but first let’s talk about another holiday that’s happening this week. We love us some good chicken-fried steak, and we’ve been waiting for someone…
Cabernet Sauvignon is probably the most famous red varietal in the world, so much so that if you were to walk into any bar and say, “I’ll have a cab,” the bartender will assume you mean Cabernet Sauvignon and act accordingly. These days, however, another cab is being called more…
Let’s get into a new week of giveaways and discounts offered around Dallas. If you visit their website and like the idea of your mom as a comfort-food cooking ninja, then next Sunday check out the home-style eatery Horne & Dekker’s weekly Sunday Supper specials and get a taste of…
As the city descends into crisper temperatures and adopts an orangey hue, seasonal ingredients are rolling into grocery stores while local chefs and food fans are reacting accordingly. So what else is new? Dallas Morning News Leslie Brenner crowns Sharaku Sake Lounge as “excellent: One of the finest restaurants in…
A Texas wine compendium — that’s the first level of reward after visiting four wineries in the GO TEXAN Winery Passport Program, one of the programs sponsored by the Texas Department of Agriculture to spur interest in Texas-grown products, and hopefully, keep more consumer dollars in state. About a month…
Seafood industry watchers say it’s still too early to assess the long-term effects of this summer’s gulf oil spill, but agree the disaster spelled a setback for Texas’ fishermen, oystermen and shrimpers. Speaking at a panel this morning at the Southern Foodways Alliance’s annual symposium, food writer Robb Walsh said…
Through my taco-eating adventures, I have crossed paths with those who so revile Tex-Mex, specifically Tex-Mex tacos, that the dish’s mere mention elicits a reaction similar to the one they might have if forced to watch the drowning of a child’s Christmas puppy. Needless to say, I don’t break bread…
No, that’s not home insulation. It’s a London billboard made of 110kg of cheese which, according to Gizmodo, is completely lick-able. Modo reports that English food artist Prudence Staite used a surprisingly-low 10 types of cheese, and it took roughly eight days to make. Let’s hope a macaroni truck gently…
Even from the previews for last night’s Top Chef Just Desserts it was clear that Heather H. had daggers for Dallas’ Morgan Wilson. And from the top of the episode, she was making it clear with free character analysis (assassination perhaps?) that seemed to stem from a greener place deep…
Last night, as part of the three-pub cooperative Avery push we mentioned Monday, the Meddlesome Moth cracked open three kegs from Avery’s Demons of Ale series. The three beers in the series are all over 16 percent ABV and are not cheap. But given how uncommon they are, at least…
First it’s ice, then it’s fire. While chatting yesterday morning with Pizza Patron publicist Sandy Bell about frozen pie prices, she asked me whether I’d heard the other big Antonio Swad news: Apparently the culinary impresario — he’s president of Pizza Patron — can’t limit himself to one announcement a…
At least one local food retailer believes the costs and logistical hassles associated with offering a deal through an online coupon site are offset by the marketing benefits. “After being in business for 21 years, we figured we’d found just about everyone in Dallas who likes to cook fresh seafood,”…
What are meat enthusiasts to wear on Halloween? PETA’s least favorite costume, as worn by Lady Gaga, was a little too visceral for the enjoyment of the modern public. We’re thinking bacon. It’s a clearer, more-loved synthetic choice than uncooked shards of beef hanging from your shoulders. Yes…why not bacon?…
With the Rangers on the brink of entering the World Series, the city of Arlington still hasn’t wrapped up a food bet covering the previous round of play. According to the mayor’s assistant, Tampa Bay hasn’t anted up the seafood package it promised Mayor Robert Chuck if the Rangers won…
A week-long soft opening is the way to go when you want to draw in the crowds, at least that’s what State & Allen Lounge owners Jonathan Calabrese and Anthony Winkler bet on — and won — with their the new Texas-themed sports bar, The Nodding Donkey. At the corner…
Kenny’s Wood-Fired Grill customers are vodka drinkers. They drink vodka shots, vodka martinis and vodka dessert drinks made with butterscotch schnapps. That’s why the restaurant has installed two frozen Grey Goose taps, and why there’ll be another Grey Goose tap in the bar at Kenny’s Italian Kitchen, opening next month…
Rock stars—real rock stars, not the earnest unsigned musicians who always remember to fold up their friends’ sofa beds and invite their parents to their CD release parties—are unrepentant egoists. They’d rather curse than converse, rather wear meat than cotton. They love themselves dearly, and are devoted to making sure…
