Instagram/Doylerader

So long Snuffy.

Two weeks ago we told you that the original Snuffer's was no more. Earlier today Instagram (which has been proven to be marginally more accurate at breaking news than CNN) reports that it is gone.

See also:
Snuffer's to Rebuild Iconic Greenville Location

Instagram user Doylerader posted this photo to his stream earlier today, saying simply, "Bye Snuffers." The building was demolished a few moments later.

More »

Dan Zettwoch

Editor's note: Last year we published an instructive blog post detailing the various stages queso exhibits as it emerges from the kitchen and sits on your table. Since it's cheese week, and queso is the greatest cheese dish in the history of ever, we decided it was a good time to bring the never-ending cycle of queso enjoyment back to life. Grab a chip and get to scooping.

Queso may be borne out of one of the most forgiving recipes known to man. In its most simple incarnation, a block of Velveta is heated till viscous and seasoned with a can of Rotel and whatever else you have in the bloated cans on your pantry shelf. More refined recipes might fold higher quality cheese into a base of chorizo and onions, but the results are the same: a warm sea of gluey milk fat that's so good your synapses and neurons create a tapestry of deceit that convince you to eat an entire bowlful.

More »

Ever hear of Swallow Magazine? Probably not. They've only published two issues in the last three years. Still they've won a few awards for their in-depth, geographic specific food coverage. (Issue one covered the Scandanavian food scene; issue two, the Trans-Siberian railway.) I have yet to read a copy, but a blog post on The New York Times points out it's nearly the size of a coffee table book.

I'm not sure why that makes me want to buy the next issue, but it does. Though not as much as the inclusion of an additional feature which may be completely new to the world of food journalism: scratch-and-sniff stickers.

More »

LDD

April 2 is National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day. Last year this day was cold and dreary. I remember because an editor at a high-end culinary magazine wrote and article about her best PB&J, and I remember it was toasted. I thought she had gone and taken something really simple and ruined it. She mucked it up. But, being cold and dreary, I made her sandwich as suggested. And now I owe her an apology. Over the year, I've modified it a bit and think I've created the most amazing PB&J.

I eat probably three peanut butter and jelly sandwiches a week. They're my go-to lunch when nothing else really sounds good. Most of those sandwiches are just regular, whereas this one here is fancy (because it's a fancy day). I do always use wholegrain bread, smooth organic peanut butter and a fruit-based jelly (not Smucker's grape since we're not 7 years old). I prefer something like blackberry that has texture or seeds.

More »

I have mixed feelings about April Fool's Day, primarily on account of my older brother, who sort of scarred me for life. I'll never be able to trust anyone on this first day of April. Even a previous story this morning about Snuffer's on Greenville closing for a rebuild had me skeptic. I emailed the owner to confirm. He had to send me a sign before I really beleived him.

Scope has been touting a bacon mouthwash the past week, but it's a joke. Which makes us sad and a little angry. Because why can't we just have nice things? Why do we have to have mouthwash that burns our mouth and makes everything taste bad for the next 20 minutes? Why can't we be fresh and ready to meet the day with bacon breath?

More »

Facebook

Chloë Chandless is a frustrated but resigned pastry chef. Last year the Canadian-based frosting wielder posted on her defunct personal blog, Wake Up and Smell the Cake, a list of things you're never told before becoming a chef. For reasons only known to the Internet, her list didn't get traction until it was posted to Scribd and shared on Facebook. Now almost 30,000 people have checked it out.

Chandless' list takes a hard (and sometimes almost too honest) look at the reality of working in a kitchen on a daily basis. I'm quite certain her points are not openly shared at CIA recruiting events. Here are some of my favorites ...

More »

Goodfriend's cedar pergola should be a nice place to spend weekends straight through fall spring.

Editor's note: we originally published this list last fall, just as summer's swelter faded into blissfully cool September weather, but this guide works just as well for the spring. Get ready for the weekend, Dallas. Oh, and the first cold one is on you.

Goodfriend (pictured above)
OK, so the view is not so good, but the cedar pergola and patio here is great. A great crowd of neighborhood locals doesn't hurt things either. Goodfriend serves one of the best burgers in Dallas and swimsuit season isn't here quite yet, so grab a beer with one hand and your burger bun with the other and kick off patio season right.

More »

Google

We all had "Mom is tired of your shit" night, yes? It was also called Sloppy Joe Night. That weekly or monthly event when she plopped a pound of ground beef into a pan and poured some sauce on it, stirred it up and threw a bag of Mrs. Baird's buns at your face and made herself an old-fashioned. No? Just me? Man, I miss being a kid. Not because I didn't have bills, debt or a crunchy sound in my knee; I miss it mostly because Sloppy Joe Night was a thing. And it was a magnificent hour of totally acceptable greaseface and the 7-year-old version of a total gut bomb. And Family Matters was still on. And Crystal Pepsi was just around the corner. And Jessie Spano was still a feminist and hadn't become a stripper yet. It was a simpler time.

Recently, I heard (hearing being the critical, operative sensory ability in this case) a commercial for Manwich. It's probably been on for months, but I'm a little behind on well... everything. (Michael Jackson died!?) Much to my girlish delight, my ears detected the narrator of all the dreams that I neglect to mention to the boyfriend: Mr. Ron Swanson.

Also known as Nick Offerman, but probably just to his parents.

More »

Flickr

The new barbacoa?

By now you've surely ready about the English horse meat scandal. Scientists first found horse DNA in the meatballs at IKEA in England, prompting the disposable furniture seller to pull tons of frozen boxes from their inventory. Now horse meat is popping up in all sorts of ground meat blends causing customers to question their every burger.

France, of course, is jumping at the opportunity to snub the Brits. Chefs across the country have spurred a resurgence as trendy restaurants put horse meat back on their menus after a multiple-decade decline in consumption of the meat.

More »

Since Sharon Hage closed York Street more than two years ago, there have been few opportunities to taste her cooking. Sure, she has designed menus for restaurants and bars across Dallas, but she's not actually in the kitchen cooking at any of these places. The only ways to taste Hage's food directly have been through small dining events that pop up here and there around Dallas.

Hage's next event is tomorrow evening. She's teaming up with master sommelier Barbara Werley to offer farm-to-fork creations paired with red, white, bubbly and dessert wines, at a private residence in University Park. The event will raise money for low-income women. To that end they're charging $125 a ticket unless you happen to win one right now on City of Ate.

More »