by Steven Doyle
Jim Tselikis and Sabin Lomac are cousins from Maine that share a brotherly love and profound passion for their home state’s most notorious export, lobster. What started as a simple idea to bring the country’s best lobster meat to Los Angeles, is now a multifaceted business that includes 4 people-magnet food trucks, a website that delivers full lobster meals to doorsteps nationwide within 24 hours, and most recently Cousins Maine Lobster’s franchises. Continue reading
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EAT (RED) DRINK (RED) SAVE LIVES Week at Knife at The Highland Dallas continued last night with a one-of-a-kind dinner by Michelin and James Beard awarded Chef Alex Stratta and Knife Dallas’ Chef John Tesar. This was the second of five consecutive collaboration dinners for (RED) Dallas Ambassador Tesar, following the first night kickoff dinner with Franklin BBQ’s Aaron Franklin.
“This cause is close to my heart, and I’m really honored to be able to raise funds and awareness this way,” Tesar told donors on the second sold out night. “I’ve known Chef Alex since 1992, and I consider him to be one of the best chefs cooking in America today.” Continue reading
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by Ned Steel IV
Listen to your lady (insert wife, husband, significant other, life companion, etc.). Listen and listen well. He/She has your best interests in mind. I have been fortunate to be part of an amazing team with equally amazing partners in a little place called LUCK for the last couple of years and I owe it all to my lady, Chris.
People often come into the restaurant and ask how we got started in all of this, and while I’m always happy to share, we’ve stopped short of enshrining the menu backs with our story. Not saying we won’t at some point, but I thought I’d take this opportunity to get it down in print. And also, I have more freedom here to ramble where I often feel like speeding up the story when people are trying to dine. Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle
CraveDFW loves you. This summer things will get a bit hectic, but keep your eye on your favorite website that provides you with rich information on the Dallas food scene. We will be integrating more activities in the DFW area in coming weeks, plus adding more interviews and fun new features with guest writers and staffers. Plus we just added a new intern for you to meet that will have a fresh perspective on what to do in Dallas. Continue reading
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A little bit of culinary history was made last night as Aaron Franklin of Austin’s legendary Franklin Barbecue and Knife Dallas Chef John Tesar kicked off Knife and The Highland Dallas’ week-long chef series of EAT (RED) DRINK (RED) SAVE LIVES benefit dinners with an epic meat celebration.
The dinner, which sold out in less than 24 hours, highlighted Franklin’s barbecue, cooked on a special tandem smoker (nicknamed “Laburne and Shirley”) that the BBQ king transported to Dallas from Austin and used for the first time. Guests were served six courses beginning with passed hors d’oeuvres of tuna tartare cones and BBQ tidbits, then continuing with a charcuterie plate highlighting Franklin’s confit brisket ends and pork rillettes; beef cheek ravioli Bolognese with lime basil pesto; family-style 44 Farms prime New York strip with au poivre sauce and Johnny’s mac & cheese; and finally, monumental plates of Franklin BBQ brisket, beef ribs and links. Knife’s award-winning pastry chef David Collier capped the meal perfectly with a modern banana pudding and petit fours. Continue reading
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Beginning this Thursday, June 4 and occurring every Thursday evening, the Dallas Farmers Market is hosting an Evening in the Shed (formally known as Market After Dark) from 4-9pm. There will be farmers, artisan food and drinks (including local wine and beer), arts and crafts vendors, live music, vendor demos, and more.
This Thursday evening local jazz singer Sherna Armstrong will be performing and Fernando Moreno of Pachi Pachi Valley Cheese will demonstrate how to make mozzarella.
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Russell Hobbs, owner of two legendary Deep Ellum venues, The Door and The Prophet Bar, is proud to announce the recent soft opening of a brand new tapas restaurant
concept in the heart of the neighborhood called Texas Tapas. The restaurant and bar offers a unique blend of tapas with a Texas twist in a casual dining atmosphere and is open for dinner on Wednesdays through Saturdays.
Jaime Corona, who formerly served as Chef at The Place at Perry’s, has been appointed as Head Chef and brings years of expertise from the modern steakhouse to Texas Tapas’ wide array of elevated Southern and eclectic dishes. The new restaurant is now open Wednesdays and Thursdays from 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. and Fridays and Saturdays from 5:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Texas Tapas is located at 2511 Main Street. Continue reading
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by Mandy Davis
It’s food, fireworks and flavor at North Texas’s largest event dedicated to all things food June 12-14 in Dallas’s Fair Park. Taste of Dallas presented by Ford is set to satisfy the tens of thousands of hungry tasters who love to stroll Dallas’s Fair Park and taste from restaurants all over North Texas.
Because we Texans do love our BBQ, new for this year is a Celebration of BBQ. From brisket to ribs, chicken to pork, taste your way through the best BBQ in DFW from more than a dozen BBQ restaurants and local pitmasters. Samples are available from $1-$4 from restaurants including Eddie Deen’s, Riscky’s, Hard Eight, Smoke to the Bone and more, making it easy to taste around and find your own personal favorites while finishing every finger-lickin’ good bite. Continue reading
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