Here are some food-related sayings from by-gone days: Easy greasy (pronounced: greezy meaning c u later) Make like a banana (and split) That's just peachy That's just ducky Don't be chicken Any others?...
Julie Palmer of Keller has been grinding her own wheat and baking bread "for a long time," she says. "My family and friends have always said that it's the best bread they ever tasted." So this year, Julie decided...
In some ways, Cibus Ristorante & Caffe at NorthPark Center might be the most ambitious restaurant that Alberto Lombardi has ever created. Cibus (pronounced chee-boos) is really two restaurants in one. Up front is a casual caffe now open...
OK, you Tarrant County freebie seekers, this one's for you. The new Dunkin' Donuts at 1661 Precinct Line Rd. in Hurst just opened for business on Monday -- but Wednesday, Oct. 22, is their official grand opening day, with good...
Want to do something sweet for someone -- and satisfy your sweet tooth, too? Through Sunday, Oct. 19, Celebrity Cafe & Bakery is donating $2 to Kidd's Kids for every iced sugar cookie sold. And on the 19th, each bakery...
Banfi Vintners will be featured at two wine dinners scheduled for the Dallas 'burbs next week. First up is the dinner at Campania Pizza & More in Southlake, Tuesday, Oct. 14 at 7 p.m. The meal, created by executive...
UPDATE: The casting call has been moved to Saturday (Oct. 18), 2 to 5 p.m. Still at Le Cordon Bleu in Dallas. If you think you've got what it takes to impress hot-tempered chef Gordon Ramsay, check out the...
But it was a plumbing mix-up, not a Feast at Cana-type miracle. Read all about it here....
For those who were hoping to see the Fort Worth Stockyards burger joint Love Shack replicated in Dallas' Victory development: It ain't a-happenin', pardners. Tim Love, owner of Lonesome Dove and Love Shack (and an Iron Chef America champ,...
Wolfgang Puck's Dallas restaurant-to-be needs a name. And the Los Angeles celebrity chef wants to enlist your help in finding the perfect name for his new place. What's more, he needs your inspiration soon. The restaurant will host some...
Dunkin Donuts says that to celebrate being back in the Dallas-Fort Worth market -- with approximately a bizillion stores planned to open over the next few years -- they're going to give away free hot or iced medium-size coffees all...
This is truly awful news. Cuquita's, one of the DMN's recent "Best in DFW" choices for best Mexican food, is closing its mother-ship location on Henderson Avenue after this weekend. DMN photog Randy Eli Grothe, who did a lovely photo...
Plano's new independent bookstore, Legacy Books, plans its grand opening for Friday, Nov. 7 -- and the festivities will include personal appearances by a couple of notable names from the food world. On Saturday, Nov. 8, at noon: Diana Kennedy,...
Just got word that The Grape is planning to offer lunch service on Fridays through the end of the year: For a limited time Chef/Owner Brian C. Luscher of The Grape features lunch service exclusively on Friday's beginning October 3...
Don't forget the GO TEXAN Restaurant Roundup, a special dine-out event being organized for this Wednesday, Oct. 1, by the Texas Department of Agriculture. The meals focus specifically on Texas foods and wines. A portion of the proceeds will benefit...
You may recall an earlier Eats blog post about how executive chef John Tesar of the Mansion Restaurant spent much of August eating his way around some of Spain's outstanding restaurants. While he was gone, the Chef's Room at...
Excellent news for those of us working in the restaurant-arid southwest corner of downtown: Cindi's New York Delicatessen opened yesterday at 306 S. Houston St., in the former Ferris Plaza restaurant site just north of Union Station and behind the...
Our DMN colleague Sheryl Jean reports: Dallas chef Stephan Pyles plans to open a new restaurant called Samar by Stephan Pyles next spring at the 2100 Ross Ave. office building in downtown Dallas. The new restaurant will feature an...
Tonight at 9 on Channel 13, KERA-TV, actress Gwyneth Paltrow joins chef Mario Batali on a culinary journey: Spain: On the Road Again. Along with food writer Mark Bittman and Spanish actress Claudia Bassols, they take a 13-episode jaunt...
Went for pizza at Campania over by West Village last evening, and we noticed a construction crew hard at work next door, readying a new venue at the Mondrian CityPlace. The logoed sign already over the door says the space...
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