Food & Drink

Sigel’s is getting ready to fire up its Summer Gourmet Food Truck series, which will host gourmet food trucks serving a variety of cuisines paired with Sigel’s wines. I spoke today with with Jasper Russo, the director of wine marketing over at Sigel’s, about the food truck craze that has…

If you’re serious about keeping your kids off dope and out of liquor cabinets, researchers at Columbia University’s National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) say one of the best things you can do is simply talk with them while they suck down plates of home-cooked macaroni and hot…

Supper Club at The Kessler (presented by City of Ate) returns Wednesday with chef Tim Byres of Smoke. Byres’ summer-inspired four-course-meal will be paired with four wines from California-based Wente Vineyards. Austin-based bluegrass/indie act MilkDrive will provide the tunes for party-goers to kick up their heels. We had the opportunity…

Do y’ever do something nice just for the sake of doing something nice? No? Well luckily, the good people at Lower Greenville’s Café Brazil do, as today, they’ll be treating any and all patrons to a FREE entrée from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. During that glorious nine-hour stretch, guests…

This may sound superficial, but I’ll say it anyway: Debi Mazar is not thin. The near washed-up actress has got some desirable curves goin’ on. Awkward segue alert: But those Latvian-origin hips are about the most substantial part of her show, Extra Virgin, arguably the most bereft-of-worth show mounted by…

Last week, we joined forces with the Fellowship of the Village Voice Media Ring to bring a epic slideshow of burgers across the country. There were some surprises: the peanut-butter slathered monstrosity from City Pages, and (my god!) the grilled cheese flanked burger in Phoenix. Working with the Houston Press,…

There was plenty still going on with In-N-Out and food trucks this week, but I think we all need some time off. Instead, Dallas blogs have soda-and-burger paintings, fighting words about sous-vide and sweaters, and Miami spurting some nonsense. Read on. City of Ate Jenny Block had a beautiful time…

Freebirds World Burrito, you know, the other ‘FB’ you love besides Facebook, is bringing its “hippie-inspired burrito concept that originated in Santa Barbara, CA” to Irving, TX. Jason Daniel, Director of Operations for Freebirds, along with his team, is working hard to bring restaurant #49 to 7601 N. MacArthur, Suite…

UPDATE 1:53 p.m.: We called FOX Broadcasting Company to see if Homer Simpson wanted to weigh in. We got a response. This is what Homer (THE Homer Simpson) had to say:”In honor of National Donut Day I will take a moment to remember all the brave donuts that have died…

Yesterday morning, the Miami New Times published a piece about hometown barbecue. In the piece, they state that Miami smokes Dallas in barbecue. And basketball. After a passing out from white-hot rage, writer Alice Laussade woke and wrote up a response. Among other things, Alice called for the Miami New…

In parts one and two of this week’s Three Course Meal, we gave you a look at Erron Star Depew, executive chef at the hip new TopGolf in Allen, and her thoughts on the national food scene and the Dallas dining scene. Today we give you the five rules of…

Last time I was mixing myself a Jack & Coke, I was so frustrated with the difficulty of the task. I mean, you have find a glass, open a can of Coke aaand a bottle of Jack Daniel’s whiskey all by yourself. Then you have to pour all that in…

It’s a beautiful thing when elected legislative officials take cues from their constituents and act on them. That’s how state government functions, right? People need or want a change in regard to a particular issue, so they start calling their senators or representatives, who then draw up the plans, debate…

In part one of this week’s Three Course Meal, we gave you a look at Erron Star Depew, executive chef at the new TopGolf in Allen and shared her thoughts on the national food scene. In today’s installment, the chef shares her views on what the Dallas dining scene looks…

Today is the day we may finally have to kick our sister’s ass. Our sister paper, The Miami New Times, that is. We’ve been letting the trash talk about the Mavs go on and on and yeah, we get it, we’re rivals and all, but shit just got real. This…

Nammi opened up for business today. The Vietnamese food truck, which has been generating some serious internet buzz, set up shop in the Design District at Hi Line and Slocum. The truck will be there only until 2 p.m. today, but if you can’t make it in the next 30…

Let Happy Eating point you to the best happy hour food menus around. This week, we’re getting our fancy on for considerably less at Ocean Prime. Where: Ocean Prime, 2101 Cedar Springs Road When: 4 p.m.-7 p.m Monday-Friday The Scene: Highbrow happy hour would describe it best. It’s definitely not…