Food & Drink

If you’re like me – broke and shameless – Jason Roestel at the Examiner has some tips you might find handy the next time you head to the cinema. I can personally verify that most of his tricks are both effective and ridiculously common-sensical. For the ballsier boozehounds among us,…

We all know the story by now, how a Buffalo pub owner took discarded chicken parts, fried them up and rolled them in a sauce composed largely of butter and Tabasco. Within a few years, wings were everywhere–the invention joining those other gifts that city has bestowed upon the world,…

Chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate. It’s almost like there’s a chocolate-centric holiday coming up or something. A holiday that could have been custom-created for Central Market’s brand and aesthetic, if Central Market had existed in 270 CE, around the time of Saint Valentine. No matter. This weekend, Central Market Dallas…

Although his title reads ‘vice president,’ Alexis also serves as janitor, accounts receivable and pretty much everything else at his family’s market.TJ’s Seafood Market has been a haven for fresh fish lovers over the past two decades–not bad in a city otherwise known for fickle shopping behavior. Aside from flying…

“Lasagna is America’s most popular pasta dish, so it was a natural addition to our line of Tuscani Pastas. Americans have eagerly embraced the concept of delivery pasta over the past year, catapulting Pizza Hut to become the undisputed category leader.” (Scott Bergren, Pizza Hut’s chief concept officer–a great title,…

We gotta give Houston some credit. Sure, the city continues to suffer from its reputation as the home of Texas-sized residents, consistently placint near the top of Men’s Health’s over-hyped, under-researched “Fattest Cities” list…but at least people are doing something about it. The Chronicle posted a feature today about Recipe…

Jack’s Backyard and Chill Grill2303 Pittman St.214-741-3131Dude factor: 7 (Jack Black) on a scale of 1 (Jack Osbourne) to 10 (Jack London). I’ve been meaning to get a drink or two at Jack’s Backyard since it opened on Halloween, but never thought of it as a Dude Food destination until…

Like all the other reporters stopping by a Denny’s this morning, I’d come to watch the train wreck. The Super Bowl ad announcing a free Grand Slam breakfast today suggested tremendous potential for chaos. What if they’re overrun by bargain-hunting Black Friday swarms? What if they run out of eggs?…

So close, yet far enough away to dodge the dubious “suburb” tag, Rockwall is a good destination for hassle-free road tripping to a picturesque destination–you know, Lake Ray Hubbard. And since much of its development (including restaurants) is relatively new, it can still feel like untamed territory. But then, going…

You may know her as an Olympic silver medalist, but the 24 year-old skating superstar had already raked in a good portion of the world’s precious metal supply thanks to podium finishes at, oh, the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, the World Championships, the U.S. Nationals, Skate Canada, Skate America…Cohen also…

“Pimento cheese is so ingrained in the lives of many Southerners that we don’t realize our passion for the stuff doesn’t exist outside the region. Call me provincial, but I was shocked (shocked!) when I learned that everyday people from Boston to San Diego don’t slap pimento cheese on bread…

Does it seem like mercury poisoning is only for the rich and famous these days? Well, it turns out the rest of us can join in the fun for cheap. Reports came out last week on a new study that found traces of mercury in samples of high fructose corn…

Chef House 4028 Cedar Springs Rd Dallas, TX 75219 (214) 528-2122 Promised Delivery Time: 35-45 minutes Actual Delivery Time: 30 minutes and that’s with being lost The Score: Questionable brown sauce leaking from the bag : 2 Lost delivery guy turns out to be a hippie look alike: 30 And…

The Hilton Anatole’s sky-soaring restaurant Nana recently hired Russell Burkett as its new Wine Steward. This puts Burkett in charge of more than 600 selections of wine from the 27th-floor restaurant’s varied and sophisticated wine collection. He will also provide ongoing wine education and programs for Nana’s wait staff and…

Yet another “warning” was issued last week about obesity in America, this time zeroing in on Texan waistlines in a report authored by a demographer named Karl Eschbach, sponsored by the Texas Health Institute and announced to the public by state senator Jane Nelson of Flower Mound–who said  in not…

As Winn Meats corporate executive chef, you’d expect Samford to know his brisket, his steak…hell, anything carved, cured or barbecued. Before stepping into this role, he developed Central Market’s “fresh market” concept in Dallas, so he’s well versed in the corporate world. But he trained first with Stephan Pyles then Dean…

“I am not an Obama supporter. Could never be, and as much as having an African-American in the White House could be a good thing, having one with Marxist ideals is certainly not a good thing! I will not be patronizing your restaurant,  much less the ‘Obama Room.'” (Patron–make that…

Actually, this question came to us as your basic “who will win the Super Bowl” sort of thing, presumably hoping for some insight from our crew’s most recent has-been athlete. (See photo). But we’re charged with covering the food scene. And since an incident last week–of which we have no…

Do you believe in angels? There’s a new one in town, and it apparently watches over people who like lunch. This is especially so if they like it in the form of fresh sandwiches and salads. And soups made from scratch. And bakery cases full of sweet treats like decorated…

Although not a sports fan at all, she tends bar at Frankie’s, a sports bar in Uptown featuring some 40 screens–38 regular flat ones and a couple of the big monsters.Of course, Sunday is a big day for the city’s sports bars, what with Arizona getting ready to crush Pittsburgh…

“We don’t have a good idea right now in terms of how much of that product is still out there; it may have largely been consumed.” (Stephen Sundlof of the FDA after the government extended a recall of peanut products produced by the Peanut Corporation of America’s Blakely, GA, plant…