Food & Drink

While many contemporary food curricula are stressing fresh, seasonal produce, Dallas Heritage Village is readying an exhibit to teach children about the joys of tinned vegetables. “We’ll be looking at how amazing it is to have a can of tomatoes when it’s not tomato season,” says Evelyn Montgomery, curator of…

A trip to Austin isn’t complete without a trip to Tacodeli, the quintessential nouveau taquería with a culinary base firmly rooted in tradition and a stalwart dedication to the local — as is true of all foodways. The most apt comparison here is to Tex-Mex, but it also works for…

There may not be a chicken in every pot in these recessionary times, but there seems to be a chicken in every picture frame. At the Emergency Artists’ Support League’s annual Art Heist fundraiser this weekend, there were etchings of roosters and sculptures of chickens. While poultry paintings didn’t dominate…

Put your money where your mouth is. Various Dallas eateries supply food and drink for worthy causes. Read on for details of this week’s charitable happenings. The place: Morton’s The Steakhouse The cause: Make-A-Wish Wish Upon a Par Golf Classic: 25 foursomes will compete to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation. For…

Alright everyone here’s the deal. Einstein Bros. Bagels opens a new location on 7645 Custer Road in McKinney this coming Tuesday, November 2. If you’re one of the first 100 people in line when the restaurant opens, Einstein Bros. says they’ll comp you with a book of coupons that guarantees…

Dude Sweet Chocolate’s Katherine Clapner is busy making doughnuts this afternoon to feed 100 people at tonight’s Bishop Arts Big Table fundraiser in Oak Cliff, but her biggest worry has nothing to do with pastry. “I’m scared to death,” Clapner says of the impending debut of a Cooking Channel show…

This year, we saw no more than 15 trick-or-treaters come to the door — at that wasn’t even at our own house, but an an organized trick-or-treat event. At home, there were seriously, zero children out roaming the streets for sweet treats. Now we’re left with a bucket of pre-packaged…

October is long gone folks, and we here at City of Ate couldn’t be happier. Thanksgiving is around the corner, and we’ve almost recovered from yesterday’s sugar high. So let’s all put away the Halloween costumes and get ready for a week of food events, many of which are benefiting…

Dear Dean Fearing,Let me begin by saying how much I enjoyed the brunch I ate at your restaurant, Fearing’s, in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel yesterday in Uptown. I had high expectations for a chef of your caliber. You are the Mansion on Turtle Creek guy, after all. You are known far…

Truluck’s could be a great date place, if you’re there with a good date. Intimate, cozy lit booths make you feel comfortable talking to someone without worrying about other customers hearing your banter. It even has a special Date Night Menu for $35 per person. A good date, however, did…

When you think of wine-making countries in Europe, most people naturally assume France and Italy have just about cornered the market. Indeed, Italian and French wines are known around the world as standard-bearers of the tipple craft for centuries. However, more and more people are being drawn to the affordable…

This week in Dallas food blogs are all about the under-appreciated, under-munched animals. We’ve swapped the quintessential beef patty for things like bunny rabbit, gigantic worms and a hot dog that takes a fork, knife and entire roll of Bounty to eat. And in the middle of Vegan Week, we…

Garrison Brothers is advising drinkers to saddle up their horses, but — in the spirit of small batch whiskey — folks might want to fire up their engines to get first crack at the Hye (that’s west of Austin) distillery’s flagship bourbon. Owner Dan Garrison yesterday announced 1,800 bottles of…

When I sit down for class on Thursday night at Kalachandji’s Community Hall, my classmate Bob leans over to me and explains that a lot of people don’t like curry. So he pulls out that night’s recipe list and goes through them, ingredient by ingredient. “Look, yogurt, turmeric, eggplant, potato,…

The website for Fearing’s is a pretty good model of restaurant website design. It doesn’t sing, or waste time on Flash graphics that never load properly. It helpfully provides menus and hours and allows patrons to make online reservations. Fearing’s iPhone app is somewhat less impressive. The app — developed…

City of Ate readers earlier this week didn’t take kindly to my saying that “barbecue isn’t very good in Dallas,” suggesting my assertion must mean I’m an agoraphobic Californian. Wrong on both counts, but their ire brings up an interesting question: What constitutes a barbecue town? Do a few good…

I just wouldn’t feel like a food writer if my first e-mail of the morning didn’t have the subject line “Fuck You.” Fortunately, Rock n Taco co-owner Billy Salsberg — or, as he claims, someone using his Yahoo e-mail account — came through for me today. I reviewed his restaurant…

When eaters think of French cookery, they’re generally more likely to focus on choucroute than kugel. But Jewish food historian Joan Nathan is working to restore France’s reputation as the birthplace of Ashkenazi cuisine with her new cookbook Quiches, Kugels and Couscous: My Search for Jewish Cooking in France. “I…

Don’t bother looking for Dean Fearing at his restaurants next weekend. Fearing will be at The Joule next Friday for The Big Red, a culinary extravaganza benefiting the North Texas Food Bank. He’ll reappear the next night at the Dallas Zoo for its annual fundraiser. And if do-gooders are still…

I’m gonna make a bold statement, people, and hope that you won’t abandon me: Last night ate a dick. See, there I was needing to recap our Dallas-centric reality shows — including Top Chef Just Desserts, of course — and meanwhile, not only were the Mavs winning, but the biggest…