Articles for November 3rd, 2011

Top Chef: Texas Episode One Recap

posted by Nancy Nichols | November 3rd, 2011 12:11pm | filed under Celebrity Chefs, Food On TV, hold on to your effin hat, Skinny bitches, Top Chef: Texas | 10 Comments »

D Magazine’s Loren Means loves to watch Top Chef. Therefore, she volunteered to watch all of the episodes this season and write a recap. She’s a Texan and she’s on Texan stereotype alert. Go, Loren.

Top Chef is back and according to Bravo’s tagline for the show, “Everything is Bigger in Texas!” Wow, I wonder where they got that idea. Note to producers: We are bigger than France. And our buildings are NOT bigger than those in New York. So there’s one strike. I suggest you change your promotion from bigger to better. On to the show.

After meeting most of the cheftestants last night–not all 29 of them, but most–I think it’s safe to say we have some very talented people on this season. Tom Colicchio appears more aggressive this season and he kicked them off Simon Cowell-style. Grrr. I like this Tom.

Oh, it gets better. Continue reading "Top Chef: Texas Episode One Recap"

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Last Call for Tickets: 17th Annual Hoedown at Fair Park’s Food & Fiber Pavilion

posted by Nancy Nichols | November 3rd, 2011 11:06am | filed under Charity events, Events, Farmers Markets, History of Dallas Food, Local/Slow Food, party | 1 Comment »

Celebrate the sweet life of Mama Ida Papert.

Don’t plan on showing up at the 17th Annual Hoedown tonight without a ticket. They must be purchased in advance here.

Never been to one? Well, get off your butt and head to at Fair Park’s Food & Fiber Pavilion tonight at 6:30PM. This is a special celebration presented by the Dallas Farmers Market Friends for the Dallas Farmers Market. Not only does it mark the DFM’s 70th, it will also be held as a tribute to one of Dallas’ more dedicated civic servants and the 1991 Founder of the Dallas Farmers Market Friends, Ida Papert, who sadly passed away in January of this year. If that isn’t enough, then here’s a bonus: The Lil’ Blue Pills are playing!

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Confession: I am Guilty of a Heinous Wine Crime

posted by Nancy Nichols | November 3rd, 2011 10:46am | filed under Best Gay Hangout Restaurant Evah!, cheap wine, Food Crime, How About This Weather?, I Hate it When That Happens, Mistakes I made, Nostalgia, Not-so-skinny bitches, Nutjobs, Overprivileged chimps, questionable judgment, Somebody Help, that's just wrong., youthful spontaneous restaurants | 22 Comments »

Good wines gone bad.

Forgive me Master Sommeliers and wine collectors around the world, I have sinned. I am here to confess my deepest darkest wine secret: I improperly stored four bottles of fabulous wine. For nearly 35 years.

Look at the photos and weep with (for?) me. I recently uncovered these bottles in a box buried beneath a pile of old Christmas decorations in my garage. Yes, my garage, where it sat for close to 35 summers, winters, springs, and falls. I am a human species of Phylloxera.

I could have pulled another Billionaire’s Vinegar and called Sotheby’s and claimed the wine was given to me by Richard Nixon and I’ve kept it hidden in a bricked-up Paris cellar. Instead I’m posting pictures of my crime. Perhaps there are others who have committed the same dirty deed.

Full confession below. Continue reading "Confession: I am Guilty of a Heinous Wine Crime"

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Let’s Play: Three Degrees of Dean Fearing

posted by Nancy Nichols | November 3rd, 2011 10:06am | filed under Amy Severson, Celebrity Chefs, Chefs, food art, Hippie revolutions, History of Dallas Food, Overprivileged chimps, Peripatetic chefs, Procrastination is part of the creative process | 25 Comments »

Last night, Amy Severson couldn’t sleep. She turned on the light, grabbed a pen and paper, and started doodling.

First, a few things to disclose. I talked to Dean Fearing’s about this endeavor because my memory isn’t what it used to be. Second, when you see “Sfuzzi,” it refers to the original, not the current (for the youngsters in the audience). Third, I know there are bound to be errors, too bad. This was the best I could do at 3:30 in the morning. Fourth, I have tried to update locations, but some are questionable, thus the “?”

Remember this chart is the first draft of a larger project. Looking forward to adding more names and connections.

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