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Exploring “Southern Roots” with FT33′s Matt McCallister & McCrady’s Jeremiah Langhorne on June 17th

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FT33′s Executive Chef Matt McCallister welcomes McCrady’s Chef de Cuisine, Jeremiah Langhorne, for a guest chef dinner & one-of-a-kind dining experience. Chef Langhorne is a foraging chef from Charleston, South Carolina. He is obviously the bomb because Matt McCallister would probably not be caught cheffing with anyone that is opposite of the bomb. Expect lots [...]

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Lazy Culinary Students

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Look, no one around here is trying to be a culinary student classmate hater. All I’m saying is a line needs to be drawn— and fast. The good news is this: The only people in my class that know I’m a food writer are the three people that are not lazy. All of the other [...]

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Jake’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers

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We were on our way to Bread Winners for Sunday brunch, but decided to eat at Jake’s after seeing the massive line out front. Little did we know things have gone down— way down— over at Jake’s on McKinney. No, you are not mistaken. Jake’s really has been awarded 2nd place for the saddest piece of [...]

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Twisted Root Burger

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After deciding what to order, we made our way to the counter. This is the first moment things began to feel above average dirty. It was around 7:00pm and the containers on the counter looked like a tornado blew through in a funky kind of way. My husband tipped $11 at the counter. Counter tipping [...]

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Austin: 2nd Annual Food Republic Interview Lounge with Celebrity Chefs & Comedians on April 26th

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Today is a very exciting day. My teacher at Le Cordon Bleu has given me permission to take the midterm during her 6 am class tomorrow. This means I get to drive to Austin in time for the 2nd Annual Food Republic Interview Lounge. Food Republic, W Hotel, and the Austin Food & Wine Festival [...]

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Pen Clickers

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Pen clickers are kind of like bag lickers because even though these people are violating innocent victims, the innocent victims feel they can’t say anything about it. Pen clicking while someone else is trying to focus is the most annoying act in existence. I would rather a stranger lick their fingers and slap my face [...]

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First Week Staging with Chef John Tesar

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It’s necessary to cut to the chef shoe chase. I’m almost positive chef John Tesar wears Prada chef shoes. This is how I feel after spending three nights staging at Spoon Bar & Kitchen this week. I thought about taking a muscle relaxer the first day, but responsibly realized taking pills on the job might [...]

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Studio Movie Grill

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Serving food and drinks at a movie theater is nothing more than a minimal bonus that should not excite anyone. Do not get your hopes in a tizzy thinking this movie theater’s food will ever exceed a concession stand status. The odds simply do not exist. There’s this red button movie people are supposed to [...]

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My Externship at Spoon with Chef John Tesar

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I enrolled in culinary school to acquire the necessary skills to become a credible food critic. Much more knowledge is obviously necessary to advance from an opinionated true-story-telling food writer to a real deal food critic. While this may be laughable to at least 48 comment trolls in Texas, it’s a goal that will eventually [...]

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New Summer Salad Menu at Bread Winners Cafe & Bakery

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As of April 1st, Bread Winners has added five new summer salads to the menu. One of the new salad entrees will be featured daily. Mondays Fresh Berry Salad Salad greens, baby spinach, sliced strawberries, fresh raspberries, fresh blueberries, grilled chicken breast, red onion, feta cheese, strawberry balsamic vinaigrette. Tuesdays Greek Chicken Salad Salad greens, [...]

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Granada Theater & Chevy Music Showcase Announce Monthy Series at Sundown

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What: Granada Theater & Chevy Music Showcase Announce Monthy Series at Sundown When: Below are individual dates & times (The last Thursday of each month) Location: Sundown at Granada 3520 Greenville Avenue Dallas, 75206 The Bands: Burning Hotels – 4/25 Larry g(EE) – 5/30 Somebody’s Darling – 6/27 Josh Weathers – 7/25 + more bands [...]

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Sunday Brunch at Belly & Trumpet Begins This Weekend!

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Raise the roof! Belly & Trumpet will begin serving brunch this Sunday! Some people use exclamation points to pretend they are more excited than just basic excited. To me, this is the only punctuation possible to appropriately express the level of excitement happening at this very moment. I can’t imagine trying to find daytime artistic [...]

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Austin Food & Wine Festival Tickets: Poor People Need Not Apply

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If you are poor, then you just need to keep being poor somewhere other than the Austin Food & Wine Festival on April 26th – 28th. Rich people do not have time to listen to poor people complain about the cost of this event. I have a feeling the rich people are the people slinging sentences [...]

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Belly & Trumpet

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Belly & Trumpet’s interior design will send even the busiest mind spiraling into the darkest part of the unknown. Complete painting drama, filled with an explosion of heartbroken girls, adorn every wall. Maybe these sadly depressed girls appear sadly depressed because some kind of controlling woman-hater-painter decided their painting fate would be a life nailed [...]

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Celebrity Chef Dinner ~ John Folse, Rick Tramonto, Dean Fearing

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WHAT: Celebrity Chef Dinner with Dean Fearing, John Folse, and Rick Tramonto. WHEN: Thursday, March 28th Reception at 6:30 p.m. Dinner at 7 p.m. WHERE: Fearing’s Restaurant The Ritz-Carlton 2121 McKinney Avenue Dallas, TX 75201 PRICE: $155 per person Add $50 per person for wine pairings RESERVATIONS: Kelsey Holmes 214.922.4817 MENU: Appetizer Seared Sea Scallop [...]

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DISH Restaurant & Lounge Wine Dinner ~ An Eclectic Celebration

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What: Executive chef Garreth Dickey of DISH Restaurant & Lounge will begin a series of wine dinners on the last Wednesday of each month for the rest of the year. The first dinner will be hosted by Travis James of Favorite Brands. When: Wednesday, March 27th Where: DISH Restaurant & Lounge 4123 Cedar Springs Road [...]

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News: 2013 GDRA “Who’s Your Crawdaddy?” Crawfish Boil

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All people feeling spastic about crawfish may purchase tickets—> here.

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Fundraiser: No Tie Dinner & Dessert Party ~ April 6th

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Purpose: No Tie Dinner & Dessert Party is a fundraiser benefiting AIDS Services of Dallas. When: Saturday, April 6, 2013 Time: 7:00 p.m. Venue: Frontiers of Flight Museum 6911 Lemmon Avenue Dallas, TX 75209 Tickets: $50 donation Attire: Go-G0 60′s theme encouraged Purchase your tickets—> here.

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BREAKING NEWS: Onions Aren’t Supposed to Make People Cry

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People not able to attend Le Cordon Bleu may now rejoice, for today is the luckiest day in the history of lucky days. At approximately 4pm this afternoon, I am going to produce a video which will probably be nominated for several culinary training awards. This video is the first of many that promise to [...]

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Zoës Kitchen

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Zoës Kitchen has several locations around the Houston and Dallas area, with one of the most recent openings being located on Westheimer. All of these restaurants exist because of Zoe Cassimus’ lifelong work in the kitchen. Each recipe used at Zoës Kitchen is inspired by her passionate belief in using only the freshest ingredients. Restaurants [...]

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Tourné Tutoring & Pork Belly Touching at Le Cordon Bleu

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Just when it seemed like an ordinary day, I walked into the after-school tutoring lab at Le Cordon Bleu. I feel like it should be called the tutoring lab, but it’s actually a super important kitchen classroom. Students are allowed to walk into this room and request help from a real live teacher. This help [...]

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Pop Diner

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Eater Dallas has a very important Heatmap which helps everyone in Dallas feel at ease about the ins and outs of dining. It was really weird when Pop Diner was listed last week. Even more interesting was realizing this place is located next door to Max’s Wine Dive in the West Village. A diner beside [...]

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