by Steven Doyle
For the next few days we will be running short holiday vignettes that include some of our favorite food people, not all necessarily chefs. Yesterday we sent out a list of questions with a holiday bent, some silly, some more serious, and asked the group to pick just a few to answer. The answers so far have been fun, and we are happy to share these with you. Continue reading
Filed under Bacon, chefs, Crave, Dallas, Happy Holidays, Holiday Fun, John Tesar, Steven Doyle
by Katie Minchew
It was a sweet sight to see the ladies and gentlemen of the Texas Chefs Association, young and old, join together for the most delicious bake sale ever held. For the 25th year in a row, TCA members from Collin College, Wylie high school, Art Institute of Dallas, Le Cordon Bleu, Remmington College, and a variety of Dallas’ gem venues provided the best products from their hotels, restaurants, and schools for this extraordinary event. Let’s just say this wasn’t your child’s typical elementary school bake sale. Continue reading
Filed under Bake Sale, chefs, Dallas, Holiday Fun, Katie Minchew
by Steven Doyle
Urban Crust will be serving an amazing three course dinner this Christmas Eve. The Feast of the Seven Fishes originates from the Medieval Roman Catholic Italians who refrained from eating red meat during the sacred holidays and instead enjoyed a feast of seven types of fish on Christmas Eve. Urban Crust will compose a dinner of several types of fish including mussels, calamari, octopus, shrimp, scallops, crab meat, sea bass, tuna, salmon and flounder. Continue reading
Filed under chefs, Crave, fun with food, Holiday Fun, Holiday Plans, Plano, Seafood, Steven Doyle, Wine
by Crave Staff
Holiday time is here when we think about ribbons and packages, good friends and wine. Well, more about wine than anything else. Best make your plans for New Year’s Eve as soon as possible and we have a few suggestions. The list appears in the order we received the information. When making your plans you might also wish to check out proper transportation or lodging.
We started with dining options and ended with clubs and parties. If we missed your party or dinner, let us know and we will include you on the big list. Continue reading
Filed under beer, Bubbles, chefs, Cocktails, Crave, Dallas, Deep Ellum, henderson, Holiday Fun, Holiday Plans, Nightlife, restaurant news, Spirits, Uptown, Wine
by Steven Doyle
If you didn’t plan for a Santa suit this year, do not despair. You may still join the Santa Rampage tonight and we have their schedule. The rampage begins at Lee Harvey’s at 3pm and will move to the Art’s District at 7:30pm via DART rail and enjoy the various food trucks that will be awaiting them. The trucks include 3 Men and a Taco, Easyslider, Jack’s Chowhound and Cup Cakin. We are told this is where the reindeer high jinx will take place (think pillow fights and the like). Continue reading
Filed under beer, Cocktails, Dallas, Food Trucks, Holiday Fun, Steven Doyle
by Crave Staff
Put this on your to-do list for the season and join Ruth’s Chris Steak House on December 19 at 6:00. It could be your first stop to put you in the Holiday spirit.The event offers food and drinks with 100% of proceeds benefiting the Minnie’s Food Pantry in Plano. Tickets are $20 at the door.
The mission of Minnie’s Food Pantry is to provide good quality name brand food, meals, and respect to all hunger insecure families in the community. A $25,000 commitment is to be raised by Christmas Day.
Ruth’s Chris Steak House 17840 Dallas Parkway, Dallas (972) 250 – 2244Filed under Giving Back, Holiday Fun, Plano, restaurant news
by Steven Doyle photos by Robert Bostick
We are knee deep into the holiday season. For restaurateurs this is the busiest time of year as they cater parties and enjoy increased traffic. This is also the height of tamale season, so we set out to find some of the city’s best tamales and share our findings with you over the next few weeks.
Our first visit was to Komali where we found chef Abraham Salum gearing up with his own delicious brand of tamales. Below we have a special holiday Q&A with Salum and discuss tamales. Continue reading
Filed under chefs, fun with food, Holiday Fun, Party!, restaurant news, Robert Bostick, Steven Doyle, tamales
by Crave Staff
The 24th annual Children’s Medical Center Holiday Parade presented by Capital One Bank and Pizza Hut Inc. will march through the streets of downtown Dallas December 3 to raise money for the Child Life Department at Children’s. This year’s parade will feature spirited marching bands, magical holiday floats, larger-than-life balloons and more. Continue reading
Filed under Dallas, Events, Holiday Fun
