Abba herrings, Kalles caviar and Viking chess sets have arrived!
Scandinavian foodies alert: Abba herrings, Kalles caviar, Mills mayonnaise, Danbu cheese, Danish Kringle, Solo and Gjetost have arrived at the Wooden Spoon in Plano. I know it’s bad of me to laugh but...
View ArticleFor Pinkalicious Fans — Look Who’s Baking (Pink Cupcakes) Now!
Pinkalicious fans are already tickled pink that the book about the 8-year-old with an insatiable desire for pink cupcakes has been adapted as Pinkalicious: The Musical, to be seen at Taste Addison May...
View ArticlePay What You Can Restaurants? Not in Dallas yet…
Evidently, there are restaurateurs experimenting with the concept of Pay What You Can restaurants . They’ve popped up in Seattle and Salt Lake City as well as Melbourne, Australia and Vienna, Austria....
View ArticleDelicious Cakes Lives Up To Its Name
Well, I went to see Pinkalicious at Taste Addison! Saturday — which was great fun, by the way. And I dutifully stuck around to taste a pink cupcake from Delicious Cakes at the Pinkalicious after-show...
View ArticleViva Italia, via Culinary Connection in Plano
Looking for a taste of Italy? Your gas tank need take you only as far as the Culinary Connection in Plano on Friday, May 30. The store is hosting a free Anniversary Open House featuring a Milan Nights...
View ArticleBagelstein’s drawing crowds in a new location
It’s understandable if you don’t know where Bagelstein’s is these days — its new location at the northeast corner of Preston and Royal, next to a Starbucks and across from a Borders — is just a few...
View ArticleWine rules
In case you need just a teensy bit more justification for that lovely bottle of wine, the scientific case for imbibing one glass a day just keeps getting better all the time. Read our blog in Fitness...
View ArticleEat, drink and support the Dallas Children’s Theater — royally
Darren McGrady, former chef to Queen Elizabeth II and the late Diana, Princess of Wales, will prepare one of his signature royal dishes with the proceeds benefiting the Dallas Children’s Theater...
View ArticleSnack attack — what’s your position on 100-calorie packs?
Are you a fan of those yummy, guilt-reducing 100-calorie packs or do you suspect that manufacturers are taking advantage by charging more for less food that’s nutritionally suspect? Join our debate on...
View ArticleLocal mom dishes on family friendly restaurants
Do you know of or are you looking for a good family restaurant? Eats blog fan Grace Pecson, M.D. of Parker, who is always on the hunt for restaurants she can enjoy with her kids, started...
View ArticleLots o’ latkes
Don’t know if this is more inspiring or frightening. But a new latke eating record has evidently been set. And it belongs to a 23-year-old mechanical engineering student and bodybuilder from Toronto...
View ArticleObama will eat like Lincoln
Who knew Abraham Lincoln liked stewed and scalloped oysters, wild game and apples? Well, evidently the Inaugural Committee folks in charge of the food for President Elect Barack Obama’s inauguration...
View ArticleKids Meal Deals: free dinner at Diamond Oaks Country Club
Want to treat the kids to a fancy meal — for free? Kids 12 and under are free with each paid adult meal at Diamond Oaks Country Club in Fort Worth Thursday, Feb. 19 from 6 to 9 p.m. At the “Italian...
View ArticleKids cookie decorating party and restaurant demonstrations and tastings at...
Want to make Valentine’s Day a little sweeter for the kids? Give them a chance to go to town with icing, sprinkles and other toppings as they decorate a large, freshly-baked Valentine’s Day cookie...
View ArticleKids Meal Deals: Half-price kids meals at Humperdink’s in February
Got some young sports fans who like to eat cheap? Humperdink’s, known for its big, multiple screens that show various games in progress, is offering a daily 1/2 price special on its Kids Menu in...
View ArticleKids Meal Deals: Ciao! to Patrizio, read on for daily kids meal deals
Let’s give a hearty Ciao! To Patrizio Pizza Pasta & Vino for joining our Kids Meal Deal list of restaurants that offer terrific free or low cost meals for kids. Here’s what they’re offering...
View ArticleKids Meal Deals: Black-eyed Pea, read on for deals every day of the week
My 12-year-old’s immediate response when I told him kids 12 and under eat free at the Black-eyed Pea Tuesdays after 5 p.m. was “Can I go?” The offer, good with one adult meal purchase per free kids...
View ArticleHealthy, fast and good? It can happen, says Health magazine
Health magazine finds 10 fast food places where you can eat healthfully, including Jason’s Deli, where they serve organic squeezable yogurt. Check it out on the Fitness blog and tell us what you …...
View ArticleGirl Scout cookie sales down, but not in North Texas
We love our Girl Scout cookies here in North Texas. Which is why sales are up 2% here, even though they’re down overall by as much as 19% in some regions (national sales figures aren’t in yet). Read...
View ArticleKids Meal Deal: Texas Land & Cattle
NEW DEAL: Texas Land and Cattle. Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free for 12 and under with up to two free kids meals with the purchase of each adult entree. In the mood for steak? Now you can bring...
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