If I wasn’t going to be at a steer roast this Sunday, I’d definitely be at Restaurant AVA, in Rockwall, for this big pig dinner. Five of my favorite chefs–Randall Copeland and Nathan Tate (AVA, cooking tenderloin and trotters), ...
lou lambert at the vaca y vino preview (photo: pat sharpe) This weekend, the gods will be smiling on the Bridges Ranch, near Austin, and on Austin chefs Emmett Fox (of Fino and Asti), Lou Lambert (of Lamberts Downtown Barbecue) and Larry ...
Bolsa's heavenly chicken, with fiddlehead ferns, spring peas, potatoes and a touch of mustard (photo: elliott munoz) Remember the Seinfeld scene where Frank Costanza goes all chicken scratch with George’s future in-laws? Frank Costanza: ...
Julian Barsotti opens his casual Italian sit-down/take-out/Sunday supper place, Carbone’s Fine Food & Wine, on Monday. (I’ve already told you about it here and here.) Last night, Barsotti invited me in for a fitst ...
The monthly wine tastings at Pappas Bros. Steakhouse in Dallas are the best wine tastings in the city. Why? Because the certified sommelier staff at PBSH is the best in the state and because they love to share good wines with those who care about ...
Yep, it’s Sēr (pronounced “sear”). Awful name, me thinks. Projected opening: October 2012. The chef is to be Nana’s sous chef, Anthony Van Camp. From Sēr (pronounced “sear”)’s PR people: “Sēr will be an open, ...
That didn’t take long. EscapeHatch has learned that Grant Morgan, who abruptly departed Bailey’s Prime Plus (along with sommelier Jennifer Jaco and Michael Ehlert, chef at Bailey’s sister restaurant The Chesterfield) less than two ...