Articles for February 16th, 2012

Top Chef: Texas, Episode 15 Recap

posted by Carol Shih | February 16th, 2012 1:04pm | filed under GO TEXAN, Nutjobs, That is Just Wrong, Top Chef: Texas | 5 Comments »

If you missed this episode, boy do I feel sorry for you. Bev kicked a lot of @$$.

Crazy BRAVO, I guess, was tired of hot-weather Texas and decided to see if the Top Chefs (Paul, Bev, Sarah, and Lindsay) could survive in the frozen tundra of British Columbia. They might as well have been in Siberia. All the chefs, sporting longer hairdos from a couple months off, immediately start hating on Bev the second they reconvene inside Whistler Olympic Park. Sarah’s resolution to “be a really nice person” (… right) turns into a big flop and outcasts Bev from the start. When the final four meet the judges again, Padma begins to explain their elimination challenge, The Culinary Games, which is split into three parts. At the end of each round, one person must die. (Kidding, kidding. Too bad this isn’t “The Hunger Games.”) The winner of each round wins $10,000 and a guaranteed spot in the final three.

Let the games begin!

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Drink Beer, Eat Sausage at the German Fasching Fest this Sunday

posted by Carol Shih | February 16th, 2012 10:58am | filed under beer, Dallas Foodie, Dallas Must-Do List, Drinking, Ethnic Food, Events, Festivals, party | 1 Comment »

SAT analogy lesson for the day:

New Orleans : Mardi Gras ::
Germany : Fasching Fest ::

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Chef Anthony Bombaci’s New Position at Hilton Anatole in Dallas

posted by Nancy Nichols | February 16th, 2012 10:12am | filed under Celebrity Chefs, Really?, restaurant business news, Restaurant News | 9 Comments »

Anthony Bombaci gets a raise. Photography by Kevin Marple.

Today comes word that former (ouch!) Nana execuchef Anthony Bombaci has been promoted to a new position at the Hilton Anatole. Official word:

In Chef Bombaci’s previous role at Nana, he was able to share his outstanding culinary gifts with only a portion of the Anatole’s vast clientele. In his new role as Hotel Chef de Cuisine, his influence will be felt not only in our new steakhouse, but in all of our other food and beverage outlets, as well as our critically acclaimed banquets department, where we serve literally tens of thousands of satisfied guests every year.

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Occupy Nana: A Peaceful, Tell-Your-Nana-Love-Stories Protest to Keep it Alive

posted by Nancy Nichols | February 16th, 2012 9:16am | filed under Dancing, Food Fight!, Hippie revolutions, Making Up Is Hard To Do, questionable judgment, restaurant business news, Restaurant News, Sing-Alongs, Slow News Day, Special Offers, Steakhouses, That is Just Wrong | 15 Comments »

My plea: I can’t write it, sing it, dance it, or say any better than Neil Sedaka. You can help save Nana by writing your stories about your experiences at Nana. Put on your go-go boots and come-a come-a, down dooby do down, down to the comments.

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