May
The Hatch previews Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner at AA HQ
What’s to like? Tall, 19-inch windows with electronic dimmers instead of shades, LED mood lighting, very tall ceilings, oversized luggage compartments that can accommodate more carry-ons (or small children)…
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Food Fight! Big Kerfuffle at The Chesterfield, in downtown Dallas. Is The Chesterfield about to become a steak house?
I heard from a couple of in-the-knows about the kerfuffle tonight at The Chesterfield, in downtown Dallas. Nancy Nichols reported most of the melee. To that, add chef fired, threats of kitchen staff mutiny, reconcepting to a more casual steakhouse concept, police… Yep, trouble’s been brewing there for a while. Opening chef Michael Elhert’s menu Continue reading →
I heard from a couple of in-the-knows about the kerfuffle tonight at The Chesterfield, in downtown Dallas. Nancy Nichols reported most of the melee. To that, add chef fired, threats of kitchen staff mutiny, reconcepting to a more casual steakhouse concept, police… Yep, trouble’s been brewing there for a while. Opening chef Michael Elhert’s menu Continue reading →
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State Fare: Vaca y Vino, near Austin, should be on your bucket list next year
Last weekend, Austin chefs Emmett Fox (of Fino and Asti), Lou Lambert (of Lamberts Downtown Barbecue) and Larry McGuire (of Perla’s and Elizabeth Street Café) hogtied an 850 pound Texas steer to a custom made grill, built a bed of hot oak coals in a cedar block pit in the middle of a perfect meadow a half-hour’s drive south of Austin, and Continue reading →
Last weekend, Austin chefs Emmett Fox (of Fino and Asti), Lou Lambert (of Lamberts Downtown Barbecue) and Larry McGuire (of Perla’s and Elizabeth Street Café) hogtied an 850 pound Texas steer to a custom made grill, built a bed of hot oak coals in a cedar block pit in the middle of a perfect meadow a half-hour’s drive south of Austin, and Continue reading →
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State Fare: Smoking a whole steer at Vaca y Vino, near Austin, this weekend
It’s called Vaca y Vino, and with a forecast of blue skies and breezes, a cheffy crew is gonna serve up an entire slow-roasted steer on Sunday, April 22, from 1 to 6. Jump for details.
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Mar
Sugar Land Wine & Food Affair follows SavorDallas on the eat-and-drink calendar
National brands and Texas labels will share the tasting tables at the five-day Sugar Land Wine & Food Affair, April 18-22. If SavorDallas (March 30-31) puts you in the mood to sip and swirl down south, here are the details the SLWAFA provided me: Wednesday, April 18 Buen Provecho! Dinner with the Cordúas in the Continue reading →
National brands and Texas labels will share the tasting tables at the five-day Sugar Land Wine & Food Affair, April 18-22. If SavorDallas (March 30-31) puts you in the mood to sip and swirl down south, here are the details the SLWAFA provided me: Wednesday, April 18 Buen Provecho! Dinner with the Cordúas in the Continue reading →
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Bottle Rockets: Sommelier Jason Hisaw recommends two wines from William Chris Winery in Hye, Texas
A recent trip to the winery, outside Fredericksburg, impresses the Hatch’s wine editor (and some of the grapes used are grown by master sommelier Guy Stout)
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