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Meat Fight Tickets Are Now On Sale
September 14, 2012 in City of Ate
Miguel Bravo-EscosMeat Fight is a barbecue competition and fundraiser that I'm throwing at Sons of Hermann Hall in Deep Ellum on November 4. In addition to mind-blowing meats for eating,...
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Five Groundbreaking Scrapbooking Tips from a Mom Who Knows That a Bad Scrapbook Will Ruin Your Kids
September 14, 2012 in The Mixmaster
In The Parent Crap, Alice Laussade chronicles life as a mom in Dallas. Worried you're screwing up your kid? Tweet questions to @thecheapbastard and she'll confirm that, yes, you're screwing...
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Firexbox Doesn't Ignite the Taste Buds -- or Other Body Parts, Luckily
September 07, 2012 in City of Ate
You'd think that there's no way that Firexbox could be the name of a restaurant, but you'd be wrong. When I first saw it, I thought, "Surely there's just a...
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Fellow Parents: Why Are We Dressing Our Adorable Kids Like Douchey Adults?
September 07, 2012 in The Mixmaster
Available in 2T.See also: Dear God My Kid Wants Me to Take Her to Chuck E. Cheese In The Parent Crap, Alice Laussade chronicles life as a mom in Dallas. Worried...
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FRIED BREAKING NEWS: Fried Jambalaya, Fried Bacon Cinnamon Roll Win Big at State Fair of Texas
September 03, 2012 in City of Ate
Deep Fried Bacon Cinnamon Roll won Most Creative (more photos to come)See also: The Fried Food Finalists Coming to the State Fair of Texas 2012 Last Wednesday, the eight finalists of...
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I Fucking Love Bacon
September 01, 2012 in City of Ate
If you've never seen bacon, that's bacon. Dearest Bacon, I love you. You put the B in BLT. You put the "bacon" in bacon burger. You put the "with bacon" in macaroni...
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Dear God My Kid Wants Me to Take Her to Chuck E. Cheese. What to Do, What to Do?
August 31, 2012 in The Mixmaster
The "E" stands for "Go fuck yourself, and don't forget the antibacterial soap on your way out!"See also: So, Dallas, There's Going to Be an Art Exhibition in a Swimming...
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2012 Big Tex Choice Awards: Holy Fried Crap! Did Someone Say Fried Bacon Cinnamon Roll and Deep Fried Mac & Cheese Slider? Yeah. Yeah They Did.
Announcements of the Food Kind
August 29, 2012 in City of Ate
The chocolate-covered strawberry waffle ball is still my favorite State Fair food. But, that mac 'n cheese sounds damn good. Sorry, Your Heart. It's time for the State Fair of Texas...
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Liberty Burger Cuts the Mustard While We Cut in Line
August 24, 2012 in City of Ate
In her never-ending quest to find cheap, non-lethal lunches, Alice "Cheap Bastard" Laussade ventures as far north as Forest Lane, within spitting distance of the 'burbs. She's a fearless bastard...
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Welcome To College: A 5-Course Meal in Your Microwave
August 21, 2012 in City of Ate
Microwave on a bookshelf. Welcome to your new kitchen, Collegepants. Congratulations: You have a dorm room! Uncongratulations: the dorm cafeteria blows. (Except for the cereal bar-- ain't nothing wrong with a...
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Guy Fieri Is Impressed
August 15, 2012 in City of Ate
Saltines?! Impressive. Guy Fieri likes lots of stuff. He likes tattoos. He likes yelling. And he really likes thumbs-upping. As opposed to McKayla Maroney, who is not easily impressed, we're pretty...
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Gyro Scoping: Get Your Mom into Some Greek at Kostas Cafe
August 09, 2012 in City of Ate
Alice LaussadeEach week, Alice "Cheap Bastard" Laussade scours the city for good, cheap lunches. Well, most weeks. Many weeks. OK, she does whatever she damn well please when she freakin'...
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La Parrillada, Perfect After a Night of Torturing Music
August 03, 2012 in City of Ate
See also: *The Cheap Bastard's Ultimate Guide to Eating like a Total Cheap Bastard in Dallas Wagon wheel count: 8,000 When I walked into La Parrillada at dinnertime, I wasn't sure if...
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Barbec's Is as Sweet as a Hug from Your Grandma
July 25, 2012 in City of Ate
Alice LaussadeFollow Cheap Bastard as she scours the city, looking for a good -- or at least non-lethal -- lunch for less than 10 bucks. See also: *A Cheap Lunch at the...
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Uchiko? More like Holyshitchiko.
July 20, 2012 in City of Ate
Cecily Johnson Uchiko in Austin is not fucking around, you guys. Owner Tyson Cole won the James Beard Award for Best Chef: Southwest in 2011. This year, Uchiko executive chef, Paul...
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A Cheap Lunch at the Zodiac? It's a Gas.
July 11, 2012 in City of Ate
Alice LausaddeLobster bisque -- eat it and share it.Overaccessorized old ladies count: 12 Prada count: 5 The Zodiac Room in Neiman Marcus downtown is an old white lady's wet dream. Here, you...
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Bistro B Gets an "A" for Awesome
July 06, 2012 in City of Ate
Alice LaussadeCamera count: 1 million Someone yelling "egg roll" in the kitchen count: 53 Bistro B (Authentic Asian Cuisine) is all kinds of awesome. It's delicious awesome. It's cheap awesome. It's what-the-fuck...
"Let's Go Arctic" Campaign is a Hoax, But It's Still Amazing
June 29, 2012 in The Mixmaster
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Baker's Ribs is a House of Shame. You Should Come Visit.
June 27, 2012 in City of Ate
Photos by Alice LaussadeGo ahead, make a little piggie of yourself."Ooh, fried brisket pie!" exclamation count: 32 Shame level: Red "I liked the pulled-pork fried pie better than the brisket fried pie."...
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TOTALLY BREAKING: Hypnotic Donuts Has A Food Trailer Now
June 26, 2012 in City of Ate
We're imagining that the food trailer will look just like this, plus wheels. I just got this direct message from James St. Peter, co-owner of Hypnotic Donuts: You might have heard...
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Milkshake Maniac is Scary. No, It's Funny. No, It's Scary.
June 25, 2012 in City of Ate
When we found the Milkshake Maniac series on YouTube, we were interested, then afraid, then interested, then afraid again. We had to know more about this dude from Plano who...
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Five Kickass Cookbooks That Aren't Regular Cookbooks
June 25, 2012 in City of Ate
Yes, every recipe in this book reads like this. It's wonderful.I have a metric junkton of cookbooks in my kitchen, but, there are a few that are my absolute favorites....
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Don't Confuse Chop House Burger With Other Houses, Chops or Burgers
June 20, 2012 in City of Ate
Alice LaussadeThe apparently now required in every meatstaurant In Dallas cuts-of-meat mural count: 1 Guys burping count: 2 When I heard about Chop House Burger on Main Street, I instantly thought, "Oh,...
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Bleu Cheese Pancetta Dip Is A Thing Now. Again.
June 18, 2012 in City of Ate
It's back, you guys!!!! Last week, we asked Central Market, "Where in the hell is that badass bleu cheese pancetta dip, y'all?" And this week, they answered awesomely.Anisha Mandol, business...
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Why Did Alice Cross the Road? To Get to Taqueria Mezquite.
June 15, 2012 in City of Ate
Alice LaussadeIn case you missed it ...Times I kicked myself for every time I've eaten at Ojeda's in my life instead of eating across the damned street at Taqueria Mezquite:...
