Barman Brian McCullough and drinker Nico Ponce roll out “Texas Craft Cocktail Week,” four days of cocktail tastings, seminars and parties in Dallas from June 14-17th. (Hmmm…a “week” comprising just four days? Sounds like drinkers.) Ponce ...
“Your Copper River stories got me thinking, why not create a CR salmon taco,” Velvet Taco chief chef John Franke just told me. “So starting Monday, we’re running an EscapeHatch Taco Special at Velvet Taco: Copper River ...
I love chocolate, you love chocolate, we all love chocolate but no one loves chocolate as much as Sander Wolf, the founder of DallasChocolate.org. DallasChocolate.org will host its third annual chocolate conference and festival on September 29, a ...
Scott Barber, holding his award as 2008 Texas Best Sommelier, flanked by somms DLynn Proctor (l) and Kim Wood (r) Congratulations to Scott Barber, the former wine director of John Tesar’s Commissary and a master sommelier candidate, who has ...
Jonn Baudoin, the owner of Driftwood, sends word that his seafood-centric Oak Cliff restaurant is celebrating chef Omar Flores‘ birthday tonight, and you’re invited. Baudoin says it’s a meet-and-greet/birthday bash/community ...
Copper River sockeye salmon has arrived in Dallas, a few days after the 2012 season opened. While the Kings are scarce, the smaller sockeyes are plentiful this year. Their prices always start out high then fall as the season progresses through the ...
Except for bubbles, there’s no single wine that suits all occasions, no Everyman bottle that will excite a wine connoisseur, delight a sommelier and unpucker your inlaws at the same time. But good American Pinot Noir comes close, and that ...