Articles for October 13th, 2010

Tiff’s Treats Opens a New Shop and Helps a Local Kid Make a Wish

posted by Sarah Reiss | October 13th, 2010 4:09pm | filed under Baking, cookies, Openings/Closings, Snacks |

"Wish Kid" Sarah

On Oct. 23, to celebrate the opening of their new Addison location, Tiff’s Treats will partner with the Make-A-Wish Foundation to raise funds for local “Wish Kid” Sarah, a 7-year-old battling leukemia. During the event, Tiff’s Treats will sell boxes of one dozen cookies for only $3. Proceeds from the sales will go to help make Sarah’s dream trip to Disney World a reality.

Come by to lend your support and check out Tiff’s Treats new location.

The Covey Restaurant & Brewery in Fort Worth is Closed

posted by Nancy Nichols | October 13th, 2010 1:44pm | filed under beer, Closings, Restaurant News |

Bummer. Last month at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver, the Covey Restaurant and Brewery was the only local brewer to win a medal. They brought back a silver medal for their Cowboy Lager. I just learned that the place closed on September 24. Guess if you have to go out,  it’s nice to go out a winner. Owner Jamie Fulton says chef Sean Merchant “will continue to live and work in the metroplex and is planning to open his own restaurant in the area.”

Central Market’s Hail to the Cheese Event Touts American Artisan Cheeses

posted by Sarah Reiss | October 13th, 2010 1:05pm | filed under Cheese, Events, Groceries, Local/Slow Food |

Clark Wolf's Sonoma Goat Cheese Salad

Last night, author and curd connoisseur Clark Wolf kicked off Central Market’s Hail to the Cheese event — a fortnight of events paying homage to the bacteria, mold, and fermentation we all love so well — with a class in American Artisanal Cheeses. The class’ instructional menu opened with fresh cheeses (Bellweather Farms’ fromage blanc, Dallas Mozzarella Co.‘s goats’ milk ricotta, and Pure Luck’s chevre), wended through soft-ripened cheeses (Cowgirl Creamery’s Mount Tam and stinky Red Hawk, and the poplar ash-tinged Bonne Bouche goat cheese), noodled around in aged cheeses (Rumiano Willow Maid‘s 1-year-old dry jack cheese, Uplands Pleasant Ridge Reserve artisan farmstead cheese, 4-yr-old Widmer cheddar, and Cabot’s Jasper Hill aged, raw-milk, cloth-bound cheddar), and finally came to rest in the Penicillium-rich bleus (Rogue Creamery smokey blue and the exquisite Jasper Hill Farm Bayley Hazen blue, one of the finest cheeses I have ever introduced to my taste buds).

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Celebrity Chef Event: Burgers and Burgundy Event Benefits DIFFA in Dallas

posted by Andrew Chalk | October 13th, 2010 10:56am | filed under Andrew Chalk, Burgers, Celebrity Chefs, Chefs |

On Friday, chef John Tesar will host Burgers & Burgundy, and celebuchef event benefiting DIFFA. All of the details of the evening that features 11 other big name chefs and a big deal live auction are below. Yes, tickets are still available.

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