by Steven Doyle
Saturday afternoon we attended the GALT cooking class at Mercury hosted by chef Chris Ward. GALT is the Greyhound Adoption League of Texas who is known for their zealous rescues and care for the athletic animals.
Besides being absolutely beautiful, greyhounds thrive on human companionship, love to be the center of attention, and make wonderful household pets. Continue reading
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Hope’s Door, a charitable organization that has supported domestic violence survivors for more than 25 years, is celebrating its anniversary with a fun fete on Saturday, October 22. The event, ―Reach for the Stars, Celebrate Hope, will take place at the famous Frontiers of Flight Museum at Dallas’s Love Field.
Partygoers can enjoy dinner from an exquisite chef’s station featuring some of the area’s hottest restaurants, a cigar lounge, and fantastic one-of-a-kind items in both silent and live auctions. And, acclaimed Dallas band Plush will serve the sounds of disco, 80’s and today’s Top 40. Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle
The 5th Annual Austin Chocolate Festival will be held October 15-16th 2011 at the Norris Conference Center located at the Southwest corner of Anderson and Burnet Rd. Intersection. You may subscribe to their newsletter for the latest information about the chocolate festival.
This year, the Austin Chocolate Festival will help raise money and community awareness for Multiple Sclerosis (MS). The Annual Chocolate Festival has raised over $5,000 for the Austin Affiliate of Susan G. Komen and they hope to help raise at least that much for Walk MS. Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle photos by Suzi Migdol
If you didn’t get your food truck fix last weekend, and really you can find these trucks each and every day plugging along to feed our good city, here are three more truck-worthy events coming up soon. Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle photos by Suzi Migdol
The Chocolate Conference 2011 detail was one of those dreamy assignments that from the outset couldn’t possibly suck, and the name lived up to all expectations. This past Saturday morning, and on into the late afternoon, a hoard of chocophiles lined up and paid their small entry fee into the event that was held at the Addison Conference Center with the promise of sampling and learning more about their obsession – chocolate.
Each of the attendees were given a slew of tickets that they could trade for a sample of chocolate from each of the vendors on hand, some local and others who had traveled from across the country. Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle
In the heat of the Rally moment, we are sincerely looking forward to what will probably be a mob scene at the Greenville Avenue Sigel’s Saturday night.
There has been plenty of tongue wagging in the blogosphere concerning the Dallas Food Truck Rally, certainly we are included in that feeding frenzy. While we have all read plenty about the many participants, little has been said about The Bomb Fried Pies. They freaking make a guacamole fried pie. That is a serious pie worth talking about. Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle
In our continued vigilance to the Hatch Pepper Season we bring great news on the pepper front. Monday evening, August 29th, Marquee Grill in Highland Park Village will kick off their monthly Supper Club dinners with a tribute to the Hatch Chili.
One Monday night per month, Executive Chef Tre Wilcox and Executive Bar Manager Jason Kosmas will combine efforts by presenting a unique menu that is sure to delight the palate of those willing to be a bit more creative in their dining experience. Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle
There comes a time in ones life when you must throw caution to the wind and simply indulge. This weekend is certainly one of those occasions. There will be chocolate abound as DallasChocolate.org presents their Chocolate Conference 2011 at the Addison Conference Center. There you will find an amazing amount of samples and learn a great deal at the Chocolate Academy that has a full schedule all day during the conference.
We have included a full list of participants and the conference schedule below. Continue reading
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