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• Books, beer, and lots of Justin Fourton
  May 22 2013 08:29am
• If you cook the best steak in DFW and you want $2500, then you'll want to enter this annual cook-off. From the guy who organized the Wal-Mart steak punking commercial last year. >>
  May 21 2013 08:17am
• If you're already thinking about a clever gift for Father's Day, I found one. It's called a Buffer Bit, and you'll wonder why no one has invented this before. >>
  May 20 2013 08:05am
• More good food that's good for you. Stop by on May 23rd from 6 pm till 10 pm to snag a taste of Simply Fit Meals: juices, smoothies, made-to-order salads, healthy cooking demos, pressed juice cocktails >>
  May 20 2013 08:05am
• Pat Sharpe, the food critic at Texas Monthly, just informed me that an Unholy Trinity is forming in Texas. On November 3, three spectacular events all collide on my calendar: Chefs for Farmers in Dallas, Meatopia in San Antonio, and the Texas Monthly BBQ Festival in Austin. Okay, so I don’t care so
  May 16 2013 09:19pm
• I have no idea what you call the world’s largest grouping of master sommeliers — I’m pretty sure they’d prefer “college” to “gaggle” — but dozens and dozens of them are gathering (or gaggling) at the Four Seasons Resort in Las Colinas again this year for TexSom, the annual wine education summit that
  May 16 2013 06:18pm
• A friend sends word that Alaska’s Copper River is not looking kind for chefs Matthew McCallister’s and Scott Romano’s visit for opening day of the commercial fishing season tomorrow. (Good thing John Tesar already got his fish) “Weather conditions are UGLY! Expect to see 40+ knot winds and high seas
  May 15 2013 07:06pm
• If you are new to cooking, or you're just tired of surfing the Internet for recipes that work and sound delicious. author Caroline Wright has a new book you should know about>>
  May 15 2013 07:59am
• Two days before the start of the Copper River commercial fishing season, John Tesar got his fish. We told you last week that the city’s top seafood celebrity chef (who sometimes tells whopping fish tales) had promised to have the prized wild salmon on his menu by tonight. Here’s proof– submitted to
  May 14 2013 05:52pm
• Making a good burger is easy. Making a great burger -- like writing a great cookbook -- is a whole other matter. Authors Andy Husband and Chris Hart have managed to do both. >>
  May 14 2013 08:45am