Monthly Archives: November 2021

Invite Pecan Lodge Home for the Holidays

Pecan Lodge is now taking orders online for a selection of tasty smoked meats, savory sides and decadent desserts for the holiday table. 

Choose from traditional smoked turkey or ham with apricot-molasses glaze, spice crusted beef tenderloin, whole smoked brisket, burnt ends, racks of ribs, handmade smoked sausage links, Southern cornbread stuffing, pulled pork and brisket tamales, cranberry sauce, macaroni and cheese and peach cobbler as well as all of Pecan Lodge’s holiday inspired sides and desserts ($15-$145).

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Top 10 Best Products to Buy in Bulk for Your Pantry

The food industry is one of the largest and most lucrative ones in the whole world. The growing demand for food items and the profit compel many wholesalers to step into the food market. If you are also considering starting a wholesale food or wholesale pantry business, then you should first do market research. 

One of the biggest challenges that new wholesalers face involves buying items they should buy in bulk. It can be difficult to select the right food items because of the fear of expiration or spoilage. 

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Meet Lamar Moore of Chicago’s Eleven | Eleven

Each year, Chefs for Farmers brings in chefs to Dallas from all over the world, working with local farmers to create fantastic dishes. This year, the lauded food and wine festival celebrated its 10th anniversary, and its return following a hiatus due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. One of the chefs in attendance at this year’s Chefs for Farmers main event was Chicago’s own Lamar Moore, executive chef of Eleven | Eleven.

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The Friends Experience Arrives in Dallas

by Alex Gonzalez

Right on time to recreate iconic Thanksgiving episode moments, The Friends Experience has arrived at The Shops at Willow Bend in Plano. Superfans of Friends can celebrate the show by taking photos in 12 different rooms, and purchasing Hi Brew coffee from the Central Perk set-up. 

The Friends Experience, created by Superfly X, Warner Bros. Themed Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television Group., comes to Dallas by way of a nationwide tour, after the installations proved to be a hit in Los Angeles and New York. The Dallas installation, appropriately titled “The One in Dallas,” will reside in The Shops at Willow Bend until January 17, 2022.

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Andy’s Frozen Custard Opens in Dallas – December

This holiday season, Dallas residents have a lot more to celebrate with the opening of Andy’s Frozen Custard. Responding to the popularity of Andy’s in the Dallas market, 6711 Arapaho Road in Hillcrest Village will soon become the newest location to hometown favorite, Andy’s Frozen Custard. Custard lovers can get their first scoop of the award-winning frozen custard and treat shop, known for its Made Fresh Hourly™ frozen custard and Baked Fresh Daily toppings, when its doors open this December.

“Andy’s and Dallas are a perfect fit – we both care about hometown values, great food, and celebrations,” said Andy’s Frozen Custard Hillcrest Village New Store Opening Director, Dillon VanWinkle. “Whether it be for a family outing, post-game dessert, or a treat to bring to a holiday celebration, we can’t wait to serve the World’s Finest Frozen Custard to even more residents in Dallas.”

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Sea Breeze offers Vodka & Latkes for Hanukkah

For more than a decade, the Oruch family has thrilled foodies with the finest seafood offerings in North Texas.  This year, the family shares a contemporary twist on Hanukkah with Vodka & Latkes every night of the festival except Monday, Nov. 29, when the restaurant is closed to the public.

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East Dallas Patio Bar + Kitchen gets ready for the most festive howl-iday celebrations

Dallas “backyard bar” in East Dallas gets ready for the most festive holiday celebrations to date. Family, friends and fur babies have a spot to celebrate the howlidays and start traditions with photos with Santa Paws every Sunday in December, a Santa and Elves party and special hot drinks and s’mores kits for fire pits as long as it’s cold outside. 

Toller Patio Bar + Kitchen decks out their 15,000 square feet outdoor patio space with 7,500 holiday lights and 20+ large holiday inflatables surrounding their bright colored picnic tables, 20 big screen televisions, outdoor patio heaters for the chilly months ahead and fire pits for s’mores kits. The 15 feet tall “Polar the Toller Reindeer” inflatable greets everyone at the front entrance. 

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The Date Superfood

Grown on every date palm tree across hotter regions of the world, such as the Middle East, dates offer a healthy and naturally sweet alternative to the many manufactured sweets found in the West, which contain vast amounts of refined sugar.  Offering a variety of colors and flavor choices, dates are a nutritious snack that is high in fiber and antioxidants and can be eaten fresh or dried.  Capitalizing on their sweet flavor, dates are a source of fructose which is a natural sugar that can be found in fruit, providing a taste similar to caramel and which may be an excellent substitute to white sugar when turned into a paste when cooking your favorite recipes.

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