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Chef Najat Kaanache Participates in Taste of Science Presented by World Science Festival

posted by Nancy Nichols | June 5th, 2013 12:42pm | filed under Chick Chefs Rule!, Cult Cuisine, Food is art. Art is Food., Restaurant News, Take That CultureMap | Be The First To Comment

najatIf you are a food geek you already know this. But for those of you who don’t keep up with the fascinating world of gastronomic experimentation through biology, chemistry, neuroscience, and physics, the Taste of Science  presented by The World Science Festival is a big deal. The event took place last weekend in New York. The sessions featured neuroscientists, biophysicists, food scientists, chemists, mixologists and chefs. And right there with Wylie Dufresne (WD-50), Maxime Bilet (co-author of Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking) and César Vega (Food Scientist with the physical chemistry of cocoa and chocolate), was Private Social chef Najat Kaanache. For the photos, check out this gallery in the Wall Street Journal.

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That Sports Girl, Gina Miller, Wants SideDish on TV

posted by Nancy Nichols | January 31st, 2013 9:01am | filed under Celebrity Diners, GO MAVS!, Go Rangers!, Put SideDish on TV!, SideDish Bump!, SideDish Readers Are Smart People, Skinny bitches, Take That CultureMap | 15 Comments »

Bite Me: Gina Miller, That Sports Girl Loves Food.

Gina Miller is a mom, wife, sports anchor/ reporter (CBS News and TXA 21), television host (pre-and-post Mavs, Stars, Cowboys, and Ranger games),  blogger, tweeter, Facebooker, YouTubette,Dallas native, nice person, and loyal reader of SideDish. Those of us who are lucky enough to know Gina refer to her as That Sports Girl, which is also her Twitter handle.

As soon as I posted my challenge to get SideDish on TV, the lovely sports anchor whipped out her laptop and, within minutes, came up with the following ideas. Imagine locking her in a room for an hour and getting her full attention. Here’s Gina:

Saw your SideDish TV post.  There are SO many segments and entire 30-minute shows you can pitch.  Here are a few topics that would make for really good TV(think VISUALLY compelling):

1. Where The Locals Eat – a neighborhood focused segment that profiles where, say, the Cliff Dwellers/Lakewood peeps/Parkies/North Dallasites love and are proud to call their own.

2. Where Local “Celebs” Eat – Polticos, athletes, actors, authors, newsies, etc.

3. Dives ofDallas- profiling the taquerias, Club Schmitzs, Korean Huts, etc.

4. The Most IconicDallasDishes

5. Where You Can get a Reservation – could be tough to translate to TV but NYMag (I believe) does a great feature, calling a popular spot at 5pm on a certain day to see if a party of 4 can get a table for that night.

6. Restaurants Worth Filling Up the Tank to Visit – out of town spots worth the drive.

7. Ballpark food – the good stuff (and bad) at JerryWorld, Ballpark, AAC,PizzaHutPark, etc.

8. The Next Big Thing – what place will be dying to get into next month?

9. Cocktail Hour – capitalizing on the whole mixology trend (is it over yet) and featuring the latest and greatest cocktail to hitDallas.

Thanks, That Sports Girl. I see a some good stuff. Too bad you can’t be That Food Girl! Anybody care to chime in?

 

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The Top Twelve Bites I Put in My Mouth in 2012

posted by Nancy Nichols | December 30th, 2012 12:30pm | filed under I Went to College for This?, ice cream, Ice Etiquette, Lists, Not-so-skinny bitches, Take That CultureMap | 1 Comment »

There’s a common sentiment among restaurant critics: We eat a lot of poor quality and mediocre food before we taste something memorable. But, oh baby, when that over-the-top bite hits your mouth, you know you’ve found it. Something about the drink, dish, or dessert pushes it above the hundreds of thousands of other bites you’ve taken over the year.

The following items rocked my senses in 2012. In no particular order, and off the top of my head, they are:

Start Restaurant’s Mediterranean quinoa salad with fresh feta, ruby red tomatoes, barely blanched broccoli, and kalamata olives lightly tossed with extra virgin olive oil and herb vinaigrette.

Seasonal  Smash at FT 33. Ketel One Oranje, Hum, organic rum muddled cranberry, lemon, and habanero simple syrup, apricot, and fresh thyme poured over clear, cubed ice.

Corn ice cream at Monica’s Nueva Cocina.

Yeasty angel biscuits at Sissy’s Southern Fried Chicken.

The 7-ounce steak topped with a dab of bone marrow at Oak.

The celery root and carrot salad spiked with fresh mint at Canary By Gorji.

Maine lobster and blood sausage in Syrah reduction at The Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek.

Roghan Josh, chunks of lamb in traditional brown onion gravy spiced with coriander, turmeric, tomato sauce, and red pepper at Mughlai.

The sashimi salad with silky raw fish on curvy ribbons of white seaweed at Tei-An.

Crack in a Box, hazelnuts, almonds, and macadamia nuts blended with 72% South American chocolate with raw cocoa nibs from Dude, Sweet Chocolate. 

Housemade stout beer ice cream sundae decorated with whipped cream, chocolate sauce, meringue chocolate kisses, and crumbles of pretzel streusel at Cook Hall.

French onion soup thickened with caramelized onions, nutty Gruyere, and a thick slice of a baguette at Boulevardier .

 

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Marc Cassel Readies to Open 20 Feet Seafood Joint in East Dallas

posted by Nancy Nichols | December 5th, 2012 11:42am | filed under 'Burbalicious, Openings/Closings, Restaurant News, seafood, Take That CultureMap, Trending | 7 Comments »

Timmy was wandering around East Dallas last night and spied Chef Marc Cassel tinkering around in his soon-to-open restaurant, 20 Feet Seafood Joint. Cassel is waiting for his final CO which he expects soon. The 50-seat seafood joint, in a defunct hair salon at 1160 Peavy Road, will feature lobster rolls, oysters (hot trend), and clams and I only know that from the picture. Timmy said Marc really wasn’t ready to spill details. The name? Does it refer to the perfect depth to harvest oysters? No, Cassel owns five dogs and that’s the total number of dog feet in his house. Details coming.

 

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The Stand on McKinney Avenue is Closed

posted by Nancy Nichols | October 11th, 2012 12:43pm | filed under Hot dogs are the new hamburger, How About This Weather?, Take That CultureMap | 8 Comments »

The last picture of The Stand by Micah Nunley

Tip of the hat to Disher JM:

Walked by [The Stand] tonight, they appear to have abruptly closed. A note on the door says they are “going back to their roots” and opening a food truck soon.It’s kind of surprising, their food was good and they always seemed busy.

Voicemail at brick and mortar says the restaurant has “gone mobile” and the truck will be roaming the streets by October 17. OH NO, that song! Keep me moving.

 

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