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Burgers and Burgundy Back This Weekend

by Crave Staff
Eleven celebrity chefs will join Chef John Tesar  at One Arts Plaza, Sunday, October 9 for the third annual Burgers & Burgundy event benefitting The Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS: DIFFA. Their mission: serve up their best burger to raise funds for the Foundation which for over 20 years has been instrumental in raising money to directly help those living with HIV and AIDS. Continue reading

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Wachu Tacobot Willis: National Taco Day!

by Danielle Leahy           photos by Jacque Manaugh

Happy National Taco Day Cravers! In celebration of this most important National Holiday get out there and enjoy some Free Tacos and other great specials around DFW.    Jump for all the great details…  Continue reading

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Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam at the Fair

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

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New Foods at the State Fair

by Steven Doyle

The doors are about to open at the State Fair of Texas and we will be in the Creative Arts Building hosting all the celebrity chefs that will demo every day during the Fair. We hope to bring you some great interviews of the chefs, and also interesting behind the scenes stories from the fairgrounds.

With all the fried goodies it will be difficult to stave off temptation, but we will have access to the employees commissary for our daily meals if we so choose. This should be fun because this is where most of the carnies dine.

For those not wanting to dine with the carnies we have a list of all the new treats to sample during this year’s Fair.    Continue reading

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Elvira’s Closet

by Crave Staff

Head down to the Absinthe Lounge for Elvira’s Closet Halloween Costume Swap and Happy Hour. Costumes of all kinds for women, men, kids and pets are welcome; however this is an Continue reading

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Big News For Comic Fans…You Know Who You Are

by Crave Staff

STERANKO and SPURLOCK return to DALLAS! Legendary illustrator-author-magician Jim Steranko returns to Big D for the first time since the 1995 Dallas Fantasy Fair, for the Oct 8-9, 2011 Fan Days/Dallas Comic-Con, accompanied by his partner in crime, Vanguard founder J. David Spurlock who, returns to his old hometown for his first Dallas convention in over a decade!

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Hear The Music Play In Cowtown

by Crave Staff

Join some of the best names in national, regional and local music scene at the Fort Worth Music Fest  Sept. 30 & Oct. 1.  Held on the tree lined lawn of the Will Rogers Memorial Center, the Festival is a celebration of Fort Worth’s rich and diverse musical heritage.

2 days of non-stop music featuring 20 acts on 2 stages, cooking classes by area chefs, artworks for sale by area artists and groovy gear by local vendors make up the 2011 Fort Worth Music Festival.

Doors open at 4 p.m. on Friday and 1 p.m. on Saturday.

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Komali Tequila Dinner

by Crave Staff

CraveDFW and Abraham Salum at Komali wish to bring you Casa Noble Tequila and an evening of fine dining. We will give away a two seats for this October 12th special dinner, but do not hesitate in making a reservation as the special event is filling fast. To win two seats give us a shout out in comments and we will award this prize later this week.

Special guests will include the owners of the tequila brand, Pepe Hermosillo and Carlos Santana (yes, that Carlos). 

The family-owned distillery makes handcrafted tequilas that are exported to over 23 countries. Casa Noble and Santana family have the same origin— Jalisco, Mexico, both families dating back to the 1700s. The ten time Grammy winning artist feels “spiritually connected to the Hermosillo family and Casa Noble. Together they celebrate the gift of life and all of the blessings that come with it. 

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