Email AuthorLauren Drewes Daniels
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Rediscovering Blue Bell Ice Cream, Like A Long Slow Embrace with Ben Affleck
November 26, 2012 in City of Ate
LDDA moment of honesty here, OK? It's the holidays so we're being forgiving and all that, right? I never really liked Blue Bell Ice Cream. I always thought of it...
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Breakfast with Strangers: Newlyweds' Book Project Comes to Dallas
November 25, 2012 in City of Ate
Breakfast With StrangersSo, do you think you're interesting? Sure. No. Hell no. Depends on how you define "interesting." Can you write 500 words about how interesting you are in order...
Twitter Turkey Photos, Including Too Much Bacon
November 23, 2012 in City of Ate
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WinePoynt is the Pandora of Wine Apps. Drink, Rate, Repeat.
November 23, 2012 in City of Ate
FlickrSo many choices... WinePoynt is a new app that recently launched in Dallas that is like the Pandora for wine. It allows you to track wines you like, create your...
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Where to Dine Out for Thanksgiving Week
November 21, 2012 in City of Ate
The perfect Texas feast. A mauled turkey, with a bowl of fire hot Cheetos, Bud Light, Dallas Cowboys jerseys -- eaten off paper plates outside. Well, there's an elephant in...
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Hate Your Family? 10 Dark Bars to Find Joy In Dallas
November 21, 2012 in City of Ate
Ship's LoungeWell, OK, "hate" is a strong word. Besides, love is close to hate. Indifference is actually the bad place. Anyhoo! The holidays are upon us. And remember, it's healthy...
7-Eleven's Doing "Grab a Can, Get a Cup" Because Black Friday Shoppers Need More Caffeine
November 21, 2012 in City of Ate
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Craft & Growler Opens Slowly and Softly
November 21, 2012 in City of Ate
Craft and Growler Craft and Growler is a new bar serving local craft beer at 3601 Parry Ave., just across from Fair Park. Now, don't roll your eyes and say,...
Be A Good Person and Hang at the Windmill Tonight (Nov. 20) for a Sandy Recovery Benefit
November 20, 2012 in City of Ate
William Shatner Sings About Fried Turkey, A Cautionary Tale
November 20, 2012 in City of Ate
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Now You Can Get Jack'D with Cracker Jacks
November 16, 2012 in City of Ate
FritoLay Via HuffPoMore news from local snack food makers: Frito-Lay, has created a spin off of their iconic Cracker Jack snack, called "Cracker Jack'd." While still in development phase, a...
R.I.P. Hostess: The Irving-Based Company to Shutter Operations
November 16, 2012 in City of Ate
Sweet Potato with Torched Marshmallows Ice Cream -- The Music Video
November 15, 2012 in City of Ate
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Walmart Launches Specialty Foods Delivery Service (Not a Typo)
November 15, 2012 in City of Ate
WalmartWalmart has launched a new online program that delivers unique, artisan and sometimes organic food to customers' doorsteps. From the press release: "For only $7 a month, including tax and...
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Where You Can Go To Make Your Thanksgiving a Slow Food Thanksgiving
November 15, 2012 in City of Ate
Emporium Pie's Drunken NutI'm an ideological sympathizer of the Slow Food movement (if I attach myself too closely, you'll all call me out on that dollar menu burger post from...
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Barkeep and Healer of Ails, Amber West at Central 214
November 14, 2012 in City of Ate
Amber West started slinging drinks at Central 214 in February. Before then she worked at a few bars around town, but really for all her life West had a mind...
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The Best Foodie Events of the Week (Nov 14 - 20) Including Free Nutella
November 14, 2012 in City of Ate
Nutella FBThe Nutella Breakfast Tour hits Dallas this Thursday through Monday, each day at a different location - primarily college campuses. The idea of a Nutella food truck surely incites...
DEBC Turns 1, and We Have Four Tickets to Giveaway for the Party
November 13, 2012 in City of Ate
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Seven Trends for Thanksgiving 2012
November 13, 2012 in City of Ate
LDDHeads up, ladies. You're trending this week. (The turkey in the back is like "Say what?") 1. Channeling Sam Sifton. The former New York Times restaurant critic is on a...
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How They Roll at Les Bon Temps Cajun Seafood at the Farmers' Market
November 13, 2012 in City of Ate
Gumbo with house-made roux.Les Bon Temps (my key board doesn't allow me to explain the phonetics in French, but in Texas we'd say "Lay-bon-ton") opened across from Shed 2 in...
Guys from DEBC Form New Venture in Mobile Canning, Plus Lessons Learned After One Year of Brewing
November 12, 2012 in City of Ate
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Second Il Cane Rosso to Open Near White Rock Lake this Spring
November 12, 2012 in City of Ate
Cane Rosso White RockTeresa Gets-it-Done Gubbins at Culture Map once again pulled a coup on Dallas restaurant scoop by breaking official intraweb news this morning of a second Il Cane...
The White Rock Lake Festival is Canceled Because Wind Blows
Announcements of the Food Kind
November 09, 2012 in City of Ate
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Ranking Dollar Menu Burgers: Don't Deny it, You Know You Eat Them
November 09, 2012 in City of Ate
LDDThe City of Ate has spent the past week parsing and pummeling through the Dallas burger scene. We can all personally attest to the wide girth of our coverage, which...
Pie Contest at White Rock Local Market This Saturday
November 08, 2012 in City of Ate
