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by Steven Doyle | March 31, 2014 · 11:07 am

Margarita Meltdown 2014 Announced For May 25

Margarita-31 by Steven Doyle

Celebrity trainer, Jillian Michaels, recently said Dallas should stop drinking so many margaritas. She might as well tell us to stop breathing.

Originally just tequila and lime juice, the margarita dates back to 1924 and didn’t make its way to the United States until Cointreau introduced it in 1962. Dallasites have been making up for lost time ever since. Whether it’s the tried and true margarita, or a newly concocted variation, we’re inviting the best margaritologists to compete to find the best margarita in Dallas at the fourth annual Dallas Margarita Meltdown. Continue reading →

Report: Savor Dallas Reserve Tasting

wine_pour-full by Andrew Chalk

The highest-end wine event at Savor Dallas is the Reserve Tasting, which gets the ball rolling on Saturday night. Here are some pictures to indicate the kind of wines available. Continue reading →

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by Steven Doyle | March 21, 2014 · 10:13 am

Savor Dallas Kicks Off With a Sold-Out ‘Savor The Arboretum’

IMG_3690.640x480 by Andrew Chalk

Savor Dallas’ inaugural event may also become its most popular. Savor The Arboretum takes place in the pastoral scenery of the Arboretum grounds and raises money for the arboretum’s education department.

Crave was there and we assembled a photo essay of the event as it unfolded under perfect weather. Continue reading →

Big Taste of Fort Worth March 30

executive-chef by Jennifer Thomas

Tickets are now available for the 35th Annual Barrett Havran Memorial Big Taste of Fort Worth benefiting Big Brothers Big Sisters and presented by The Dorothea Leonhardt Fund of the Communities Foundation of Texas, Andrea Harkins, Donor Advisor. For the past several years, all tickets have been sold out well before the event date. The event, which combines fine dining with premium wine sampling all under one roof, will be held on Sunday, March 30, 2014 at the Omni Fort Worth. Please visit Big Taste or contact 888.887.BIGS for reservations. Big Brothers Big Sisters is pleased to announce that the Governor of Texas Rick Perry and First Lady Anita Perry will serve as the Honorary Chairs of this year’s premier food and wine event. Continue reading →

Dine Like a VIP And Win Two Tickets To Savor’s Grand Tasting

savor by Steven Doyle

We have been building up to this for weeks now, and Savor Dallas is finally here. Click away to see the various events that are available for you to enjoy, culminating to the wonderful International Tasting we enjoy each year with a bevy of chef tastings and plenty of incredible wines to sample. This is like the Super Bowl of foodie events in the North Texas area, and you will want to savor every bit of the events on schedule.

In addition to all the fun events, organizers, who include Jim White and Vicki Briley-White, they play host to many VIP’s that come in literally from around the world. These VIP’s might include chefs, winemakers and national media. What do the organizers do with these people when they aren’t savoring? They show them around Dallas. Mostly they go to restaurants. If you would like to be a VIP, we somehow came upon the list of where they are going this week. Check these hot spots out: Continue reading →

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by Steven Doyle | March 18, 2014 · 3:36 pm

2014 Top Ten Places To Find Crawfish In Dallas

crawfish2 by Steven Doyle

We are at a slow start for crawfish season with the untimely cold snaps that are hitting the haunts where the mudbugs hang out. The little critters aren’t wanting to come out of their roost and onto our plates, bu that just means they are getting bigger and tastier. For now we will suffer through extremely medium crawfish, and that is OK for now. We have already been scoping out the latest hot spots for the 2014 season, and we have plenty to share. Notice a few newcomers on the list this year that will excite your palates with their rendition of the spicy crustaceans.

May we present our 2014 favorites: Continue reading →

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by Steven Doyle | March 17, 2014 · 1:16 pm

Texas Wines Take a Leading Role at Savor Dallas This Week

wine by Andrew Chalk

Savor Dallas, the largest food and wine event on the Dallas calendar, rolls into life this week with events every day from Thursday thru Sunday. For the first time in the history of the event, Texas wine plays a big role in the program.

On Thursday, at Savor The Arboretum (at which guests eat, sip and stroll their way around the grounds of the Dallas Arboretum amid the Spring flowering) and at the International Grand Tasting on Saturday night in the Dallas Convention Center there will be a special Taste Of Texas area. Continue reading →

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by Steven Doyle | March 14, 2014 · 1:30 pm

Dallas Pictorial Seafood Guide

lionfish by Joey Stewart

It’s Friday again here in Lentenville. That means no meat for many. Here are some of the best seafood options in Dallas to help you avoid that lightning bolt, and guide you in the right direction. Continue reading →

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