by Steven Doyle
There is something inviting about shared plates that springs the convivial spirit that emanates through out the passages of Samar located on downtown’s Ross Avenue. The friendly banter between chef and guest, the knowing nods from the line cooks in the most open kitchen in Dallas and the spot on friendly service makes this unusual restaurant inviting with a charge that beckons a repeat visit. Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle
The last Wednesday of August in the Valencia town of Buñol in Spain they hold a festival each year that started in 1944 as a small rivalry discouraged by police, but since the 1950’s has been openly accepted. You may have seen photographs of Tomatina, the largest tomato fight in the world.
Each year the tomato fight swells to larger proportions as the local government began trucking in low quality tomatoes grown for the festival in the 1980’s, replacing the homegrown tomatoes gathered by the people of Buñol. Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle
More cocktails for Dallas coming our way very soon to the Uptown area. Tate’s Craft Cocktails is slated to open mid-August, just in time to beat the Summer heat.
Tate’s is owned by the same John Tate that was CEO of several corporations such as Krispy Kreme and Restoration Hardware. Continue reading
Filed under beer, Cocktails, Nightlife, restaurant news, Stephan Pyles, Wine
by Steven Doyle
Unless you were locked in a wine cellar all evening, and how could that possibly suck, you by now know that the Mavericks ripped the 2011 NBA Finals from Miami last night. As the prior post indicated I was at the Taste of the Nation event at Stephan Pyles.
During a spirited live auction that raised thousands of dollars to defeat hunger in North Texas the Mavericks were close to a victory. The auctioneer caved into the madness that was swelling in the Pyles bar as at least 100 people filled the area. Next to me was a screaming Dan Landsberg who was employed as executive chef at SP back in 2006 for game 6 when the Mavs lost and he refused to allow that to happen again. Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle
Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation is the country’s premier culinary benefit, featuring top chefs, barmen and sommeliers, all of whom come together to donate their time, talent and passion to end childhood hunger in America. 100% of the funds raised last night will go to fight hunger.
There are over 40 such events that take place across the country and last night Dallas had their go at it with Stephan Pyle’s taking the reigns hosting the dinner along with area top chefs in his battle to personally fight hunger. Read on for more about this exciting event. Continue reading
Filed under chefs, Cocktails, Crave, Downtown, Events, Farah Fleurima, Food Porn Alert, Stephan Pyles, Steven Doyle, Wine
Chefs Pepin, Gilbert and Pyles
Buffalo Gap, Texas is the birth place to the annual Buffalo Gap Food and Wine Summit. This grandeur country event is held annually on Tom & Lisa Perini’s Ranch on the outskirts of Abilene. Tom, a chef in his own right appears on the cover of this month’s Texas Monthly. Buffalo Gap Food and Wine Summit has begun to gain both local and national notoriety, now on its 7th year. The assembly for this year kicked off with a five course VIP dinner by friend and acclaimed chef, Stephan Pyles. If that was not enough to converse about the next morning there were wine tastings and several cooking demonstrations by the world renowned Jacques & Claudine Pepin. The climax of the weekend showcased nibbles from Texas Chefs, wine pairings, and dancing under the bright stars. Continue reading
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by Crave Staff
Today is your last chance to score a ticket to the Taste of NFL Ultimate Tailgate Party that will be held this Sunday at Gaylord’s Glass Cactus and hosted by Abacus chef-owner Kent Rathbun, Cowboy’s linebacker DeMarcus Ware and former Cowboys legend Preston Pearson. Continue reading
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by Stephan Pyles
It was September of 1998 and I was in Cuernavaca, Mexico staying at Las Mananitas where I was taking an immersion Spanish class for two weeks. I had a free weekend and decided to fly to Zihuatanejo to check out a new hotel that a reputable travel magazine called Mexico’s most romantic, Casa Que Canta. The hotel was just as it was described and thus begun my love affair with the twin cities of Ixtapa and Zihuatanejo. Continue reading
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