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Trailercakes new home off Knox/75

Heads up, Triptophan-lovers. It's time to trade whipped cream and marshmallows for buttercream and ...marshmallows, because breaking news: Bubbles the Airstream's mommies have a new home base. And Dallassites have a new permanent spot to get their teeny tiny cupcake on. Trailercakes, one of the first food trailers to hit the streets of Dallas, is now open, strip-center-style, in Knox Park between Pei Wei and SportClips. It's a small space, but it's big enough to house a cupcake-and-icing-making kitchen and a display case full of sweet goodies.

See also: We Gave Trailercakes a Big Box of Crap and They Made Us Two Glorious Cupcakes

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Nick Rallo

It's real! It's real!

So, last year in March, Torani announced through a Marketwatch story that they had a Chicken 'N Waffles Syrup. Then, they were all like, "Oh hey, just kidding this is an April Fool's joke in the disguise of a viral marketing campaign and stuff."

Which brings us to today, where a package just showed up in the Observer HQ inbox: actual Chicken 'n Waffles Syrup. Alongside it is a press release from San Francisco-based Torani entitled "Due to Unprecented Demand, Torani Chicken 'n Waffles Syrup Will Debut Cyber Monday" and a few recipes (pictured below) From the release:

"In late April, the Torani research and development team set out for a day-long flavor safari to Bay Area restaurants like Auntie April's and Frisco Fried, to find the gold standard of this classic food combination."

Well played, Torani, well played. Starting November 26, the new syrup'll be on sale for $6.95. Us? We're thinking about adding it to this morning's coffee.

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We just got word from one of the organizers of the White Rock Lake Festival that the concert and food truck event scheduled this weekend has been called off an account of the high winds, proving my theory that "wind blows."

In his own words:

I'm sorry to say but the Festival this weekend is canceled due to rain on Sunday and the wind today was blowing over porta pottys and forecast says the wind will be twice as strong tomorrow.

The stage company said 25 plus mile an hour wind would take the stage down the way it is right beside a lake.

Setting up today and the wind was really howling ... when it comes across that entire lake from the south it almost knocks a guitar out of your arms.

So sad.

We are going to look at a reschedule next year.

Don't be sad. It's OK.

Patrick Michels

Teresa Gubbins over at Culture Map just broke some news on the new food truck park going in across from a (future) Trader Joe's on Lower Greenville. Chef Jason Boso, of Twisted Root fame, has been tapped as "boss" of the food truck park, and he'll work on pulling together all the details.

Boso, who has dabbled in many projects since Twisted Root was featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, will also open a new fast-casual cheese steak restaurant that will anchor the food truck park.

According to the interview, the goal is to have trucks in the park every day of the week for both lunch and dinner. The anticipated opening is May 2013.

Eater

Be it a neck-straining wrestling move or some sort of Tolkien-esque adult film, one of the options for Denny's new Hobbit-themed menu definitely is the "Build Your Own Hobbit Slam." It launches on November 6, and will, of course, be the synergetic byproduct of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: an Unexpected Journey (to be released in December).

Other menu items will include such adult-film sounding entrees as "Hobbit Hole Breakfast," "Frodo's Pot Roast Skillet," "Gandalf's Gobble Melt," and "Two Dwarves, One Bacon Cup." Only one of those is made up.

And, if you're thinking, "but what about second breakfast?" then Denny's CMO is here to answer: precisely. According to Ad Age:

"We just felt with the two breakfasts that whole notion of comfort eating and comfort food" were a fit for Denny's, said Frances Allen, CMO at the restaurant chain.

True, sir, true. Nothing makes me think of Tolkien's detailed work quite like overfeeding myself in the name of a Hollywood film.

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foodbitch

a to-go bag from BBC

I'm kind of a sneaky bitch. I happen to work in the Quadrangle in Uptown (AKA The Quad -- yep, I'm still trying to make that one happen), so as the British Beverage Company (or BBC) has been building out the gutted, cavernous remains of the former Hully and Mo, I've had a close look at what's gone down. Last week, I popped in and found general manager Aaron Latus. Our conversation revealed a few fun facts about Uptown's newest pubsteraunt.

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Pizza Hut's Facebook

Not sure what will happen if you sneak in "Withagarlicbreadcrust"

Update 10/13: According to AdAge, Pizza Hut is backtracking on the whole ask-a-question-at-the-debate-thing. It's probably due to feedback like--just an example--Gawker, who called it a "mockery of the American democratic system." And AP, who said it will pretty much ruin everything ever. Pizza Hut isn't, however, canceling the whole shebang. They're moving it online, reports AdAge.

President Obama and Mitt Romey will square off for their second debate on October 16 at Hofstra University in New York. It's a town hall meeting format-thing, which likely means slung jackets and awkward, aimless candidate-walking. The debate is set to cover foreign policy, domestic policy and, if Pizza Hut has anything to do with it, toppings policy.

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Pizza Hut Just Goes Ahead and Releases Garlic Bread Pizza

Here's Pizza Hut's challenge to you; it's a philosophical quandary of the highest order, really. They'd like you, John or Jane Q. Debate Attendee, to stand up and ask either Mitt Romney or President Barack Obama: dude, dude, do you like sausage or pepperoni? (They will, apparently, accept "pepperoni or sausage") Says the press release:

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Fortunato truffles from Dallas' CocoAndre

I've called this emergency meeting of the Dallas Area Chocoholics Anonymous to prepare for the onslaught of chocolate temptation coming our way this Saturday at the Chocolate Conference & Festival.

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See also: Buy Tickets to BrewFest

It's happening tomorrow, rain or shine.

Over 250 beers will be flowing for our BrewFest beer party in the Arts District. ICYMI, doors open at 6:00 p.m. for VIP and and 7:00 for General Admission (it's 21 and up obviously), and there'll be food and music from Cody Canada and the Departed and Kirby Brown.

If you were fancy enough to get VIP passes, that'll include full-size brews from Alaskan Brewing Co., fully-stocked bar, complimentary food from Park Tavern and Asian Mint and The Mint, a private live DJ, Alaskan jet ski simulator ride, Tour the Crow Collections of Asian Art (and more).

Hope you can make it. To entice you more, here's the official, updated beer list:

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Patrick Michels

McDonald's Double Quarter Pounder, which has 750 Calories. THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW.

This coming Monday, McDonald's will let you know just how many calories you're throwing down. (If you read that sentence like the movie trailer voice-over guy it gets more ominous). According the release, the menu won't change other than you'll see a bunch of scary numbers by the chain's burgers and fries. McDonald's (and other chains with 20 or more restaurants) are already doing this in some locations, like New York and Philadelphia, but now it'll be nationwide.

So, here's the burning question: Will it stop the freight train that is your fast food craving? A McDonald's craving is deep and psychological. Consuming McDonald's needs to be done alone, possibly in the dark. Often you may feel a little like Gollum with the ring after consuming it. While you're considering this, here's something to think about: evil sodium counts.

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