At long last, Jimmy's Food Store has a Web site. It's bright, crisp and easy to navigate, complete with history and a picture of mother Marie, whose meatballs became legendary, along with the store. Check it out at www.jimmysfoodstore.com....
Come spring, Dallas and Fort Worth will have their own "Edible" publication, the locavore concept that started in Ojai, Calif., and now includes some 50 cities across North America. The Edible Dallas & Fort Worth publisher, editor, sales team and...
Paul DiCarlo, co-owner of Jimmy's Food Store, traded his professional apron for his entertaining apron (they look suspiciously similar to me) to ring in the new year with friends and wife Annette at their East Dallas home. Besides antipasti, lasagna,...
Just in case you haven't done all your Italian food shopping for Christmas, Jimmy's Food Store will be open Sunday, Dec. 21, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. That's firm, good weather or bad. Panettone toast - Jimmy's has excellent...
Aw, isn't that label just the cutest thing? That's Mionetto Novello, an Italian answer to Beaujolais nouveau, made with 100 percent merlot from the hill country north of Venice. The "new" wine is a fresh, young, cheerful red, and the...
Paul DiCarlo reports that there are still some openings for his San Patrignano wine tasting tonight at Jimmy's Food Store. San Patrignano is unique among wine estates in that it is part of a community devoted to drug rehabilitation. More...
Paul DiCarlo over at Jimmy's Food Store has added a last-minute Tuscan wine-tasting to the schedule. On Sept. 5, he'll host Stephane Schaeffer, managing director of Argiano Wines. The tasting includes just four wines, but what a lineup: the Rosso...
If we keep going like this, two-buck chuck is going to seem pricey. A little mix-up in Houston means that a bunch of magnums (1.5 liter bottles) got ordered and re-ordered - with no place to go. Now Jimmy's Food...
If you're a regular at Jimmy's Food Store, you already know that brothers Mike and Paul DiCarlo have closed out their regular groceries, which the neighborhood depended on at one time, and gone all-Italian. I went by yesterday, and Paul...
Here's an opp to stock up on a refreshing summer red. Paul DiCarlo's newsletter explains that Ruinte is charging the label on its Vivante because another Italian winery claims the name. The dry, crisp, lightly fizzy lambrusco normally sells for...
I was waxing nostalgic about Antinori Santa Cristina in April, when Sigel's had it for the fire-sale price of $6.99. Now, check out this missive from co-owner Paul DiCarlo at Jimmy's Food Store: Before the fire, we sold a ton...
If you've detected a lull in wine events at Jimmy's Food Store, that's because Paul DiCarlo has been in Verona (left) playing with Adelmo Banchetti (Adelmo's) and others at Vin Italy, the Italian wine industry's annaul mega-tasting event. (Think several...
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