by Christina Beard
If you had told me this time last year that I would be participating in a giant food fight and paying to do so, I would have told you that you were out of your mind. However, for some reason, when I saw the deal come up for 50% off of the inaugural Tomato Battle in Dallas, I couldn’t resist. So, Saturday afternoon, I found myself driving to Fair Park prepared for the biggest (and only) food fight in which I have ever participated. Continue reading
Filed under beer, Concert, Contest, Dallas, Fair Park, fun with food, What were we thinking?
by Steven Doyle
These are times of strange yet imaginative restaurant promotions. In recent months we have seen owners give away food freely to the public, feature half priced menus, and now this little bit of intrigue from Social House Addison, located at 5100 Belt Line. The price of your dinner is determined on a coin toss.
Flip for Food Mondays starts today, November 7 at The Social House in Addison. Patrons can come in, eat to their hearts content, and- if they win the coin toss- pay for only alcohol and gratuity. Continue reading
Filed under Addison, Contest, Food Challenge, Free is Fabulous, Steven Doyle, therapy
by Steven Doyle
Tailgate Wars is an all day event celebrating everything Tailgating. This event crosses a tailgating expo, live music battle of the bands, local tailgating rigs and clubs to come out and compete to be crowned the King of Tailgating.
Enjoy tailgating food cook-offs, tailgating Olympics, game watching all day, the Miss Tailgating Pageant and an expo of the coolest tailgating gear around. Enter your tailgaiting rig a contest, including your tent, RV, bus or box for big prizes. Continue reading
By Cheryl Ng Collett of IttyBittyFoodies
The name, “Toni Rivard” of Crème de la Cookie is synonymous with cakeballs in Dallas. Naturally when Rivard developed her new upscale bakery concept located just outside of Neiman Marcus at NorthPark Center, she used her namesake. The tiny outpost is as fashionable as the department store it sits in front of. Continue reading
Filed under Cakeballs, Cheryl Ng Collett, Contest, NorthPark
The 2nd Annual Blues, Bandits and BBQ event will take place Saturday, October 22nd, 2011 and will be held at Lake Cliff Park. There’s lots of fun planned for this year, and lots of great changes and additions that will make this even more fun than last year.
The BBQ Teams have already started planning and practicing, and they will arrive Friday night to begin cooking. If you would like to be one of the lucky ‘People’s Choice’ participants and try the BBQ from the teams competing, then you will need to buy a BBQ tasting pass for the event. Continue reading
by Steven Doyle
Last evening The Usual in Fort Worth played host to 7 bartenders from across Dallas and Fort Worth including gents from Bolsa, Smoke, Whiskey Cake, Bob’s Steak and Chop House, Del Frisco’s, and a Kelly from Grace in Fort Worth who was the only female contender.
At stake was a pair of Cowboy play-off tickets and bragging rights. The latter seemed more of the coveted prized than the former.
Each bartender would use Makers Mark 46, the high end spirit that uses seared French oak planks inside the barrel to draw out more flavors. The product’s name reflects the profile number attached to the process and is a slightly higher proof than the regular Makers Mark. The result of the new process is a less sweet liquor with richer tones and stronger notes of vanilla and cinnamon. Continue reading
Filed under Cocktails, Contest, Fort Worth, Spirits, Steven Doyle
by Steven Doyle
With the first full weekend of the Texas State Fair behind us today brings a bit of whimsy in the Creative Arts Building as we celebrate everything made with Spam. Considered by most one the more unusual and most exciting food events at the Fair outside the traditional pie contest.
We stopped by this morning to visit the Spammers as they rolled out a large variety of Spam dishes, including an Eggs Benedict, tacos and a whole host of pastries. Continue reading
Filed under Contest, Events, Fair Park, Party!, Steven Doyle, Texas State Fair, therapy
by Steven Doyle
This is a day of giving back. First we had the contest to announce a free tequila dinner at Komali with Carlos Santana, then we announce a happy hour set for tomorrow where we will buy some of the drinks, and now we wish to give away 2 free tickets and a parking pass for the production of Hair currently showing at the Winspear Opera House in the Arts District downtown Dallas. Continue reading
Filed under Arts, Arts District, Contest, Winspear
