Here are some samples of the beautifully plated cheeseboards we photographed for cheese week. SEE ALSO: PHOTOS: The Awesome Cheese Boards of Dallas. Scardello Artisan Cheese (3511 Oak Lawn) 1. Dried Cherries 2. Apricots 3. Black mission figs 4/5. Marcona almonds (skin off and on) 6. Italian Baguette: Empire Bakery…
Surely you’ve asked the question while eating funky cheeses with friends. “Are we supposed to eat the rind or not?” Unless you’re surrounded by a bunch of cheese nerds, the answers that come back likely have as many holes as a cartoonish slice of Swiss. Even with the mild rind…
Cheese week in Dallas just wouldn’t be a real cheese week if it didn’t include the mozzarella queen-bee Paula Lambert. Several decades ago while studying Italian in Perugia, Italy, Lambert, who is originally from Fort Worth, fell in love with fresh mozzarella. While in Italy, she came up with the…
Our Englishman in BBQ Sauce finally made it down to Lockhart, the Vatican City of Texas barbecue, where he and his posse gorged on smoked meat from Black’s Barbecue (see yesterday’s post), Smitty’s and, coming tomorrow, Kreuz Market. As soon as the Border Patrol rounds him up, he’ll be back…
Occasionally there is ramen served in Oak Cliff. It’s ladled into disposable bowls in an English pub after the other neighborhood restaurants have locked their doors. Ten Bells Tavern has a reputation for well-executed riffs on bar food classics with an Anglophile slant. Ramen doesn’t quite fit into the mold…
As Lance Lynn and I wrapped up our cheese tasting at Scardello, I asked him to show me one more product. “Give me something that’s a little scary,” I asked. I was looking for a cheese that was as far away from the mass-produced slices we all grew up on…
Are you afraid of cheese? My editor posed the question in light his experiences at Scardello, the gourmet cheese shop in Oak Lawn. Certainly to an enthusiast, a veritable treasure trove of flavors wait to be discovered inside the cheese counter. But to the uninitiated, a cheese case can look…
You remember burger week, right? The five-day-long tribute to bliss on a bun featured more burger bloggage than we’ve ever seen here on City of Ate — and that’s saying a lot considering how burger obsessed we are on a regular week. Life can’t always be about burgers, though. So…
No doubt you’ve heard of Lockhart. It’s a small, attractive town out somewhere south of Austin. It has an antiques shop that contains items from a more questionable period in America’s history, a large building in the town square reminiscent of Denton and a gigantic metal fish that, while an…
Jack Perkins’ new BBQstaurant, Slow Bone, will (“hopefully”) be open this Tuesday. I pretended not to know how time works and I went for lunch today. It worked for me once. Pretty sure it won’t work again. But, we can all enjoy the results. Behold: the meats and other food-and-beverage-type…
There’s something democratizing about the sport of bowling. Even though pros travel the world, earn sponsorships and win thousands of dollars, it’s still considered a common man’s sport. Bowling is the stuff of beer bellies and Camels, polyester shirts and leather shoes lightly freshened with a spritz of Claire’s Disinfectant…
It’s nasty out. This doesn’t feel like spring at all. But the one thing I’ve learned in the time I’ve spent in Texas is that warm (and sometimes stifling) weather is often just a day away. Take advantage while you can and use this cold dreary day to indulge the…
Pearl Cup Coffee in Richardson at II Creeks shopping center is now open (2701 Custer Parkway, Ste. 917). This is the third spot for one of Dallas’ favorite locally owned coffee shops; other locations are the original at 1900 Henderson Ave. and 750 N. Paul Street downtown. Tuesday was their…
Haystack Burgers & Barely is moving into the Richardson Heights Shopping Center, just a couple doors down from the Alamo Drafthouse that is currently under construction. Owned and operated by Richardson locals Kevin and Jenny Glavan, along with Rob and Christine Wondoloski, Haystack will open in mid-April. It will have…
Love Shack of Denton and its glorious Bigfat-burgers-with-a-bigfat-egg-on-top were laid to rest in October when Tim Love decided to close the doors and revamp the space with visions of dry-aged steak and white tablecloths dancing in his head. Fast forward to now and Queenie’s steakhouse (115 E. Hickory St.) is…
You don’t walk into Henry’s Ice Cream in Plano by accident. Plano is far. You’re here on purpose. On a mission. And because you made the pilgrimage all the way out here, your expectations are stupid high. Your toddler stares at neon signage of Henry’s Ice Cream and thinks to…
Odom’s BBQ is an interesting site. I really like it. You pull up outside, having driven past the vastly inferior Babb Bros. just a mile down the road (over the bridge of many names), and realize you have gone from the Babbs end of Singleton (nicely landscaped, trees with lights…
Russell Hayward pours a measure of preheated water into a small, bulb-shaped boiling flask and carefully sets it over a halogen heating element. At the flick of a switch, the element glows amber, dimly illuminating the glass from below like a watery Edison bulb. As the water approaches a boil,…
A new wine venue unlike any other in Dallas, Wine Poste (2001 Irving Blvd., Ste. 145), has opened in the burgeoning Design District. James Jordan, a local wine industry veteran of 30 years, and Matthew Thompson, a certified sommelier and wine writer, are leading the charge in this new concept…
I’m quite certain that an expat straight from England would scoff at this entire blog post, but it needs to be said. Ten Bells has a damn fine full breakfast on its weekend brunch menu. Let’s clear up a few things quickly for the sake of discussion. Yes, the tomatoes…
Another month has come and gone and with it a handful of restaurants have opened and closed. Read on for the full list of restaurants happenings in March, and be sure to share tips about new and/or dead restaurants in the comments section below or at dish@dallasobserver.com. Openings: Victoria’s Mexican…
I stopped into the see the Spiceman the other day to pick up a dime bag. No, not that kind — I assure you Mr. Spicer is a law-abiding, upstanding citizen. He just packages mushrooms meant for recreational consumption in a vaguely illicit manner. If you’re new to the Spiceman’s…
