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  Abacus for Restaurant Week, A Return

  Posted: Aug 18th, 2008, 9:40pm MST by donnaaries

  I typically use Restaurant Week as an inexpensive way to check out a fine dining establishment I haven’t had a chance to try, a way to test the waters with just a little toe dip instead of a full-body dive.  However, even though I tried Abacus for the first time at Restaurant Week last year, [...]
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  Two Year Blog Birthday

  Posted: Aug 17th, 2008, 9:38pm MST by donnaaries

  261 posts… 79 DFW restaurant reviews…  95,032 views… 2 years and counting…
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  Confetti Burgers and Broccoli Slaw with Golden Raisins

  Posted: Aug 7th, 2008, 10:00pm MST by donnaaries

  I’m always looking for ways to make my homemade burgers more interesting.  A Shape magazine recipe calling for corn and chopped up red bell pepper in the burger patties caught my eye.  Served with a cool cilantro-lime sour cream sauce, it was a good call for dinner in the midst of this unbearably hot weather. Confetti Burgers (based on recipe [...]
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  A Brilliant Healthy Fast Food Concept (B. B. Bop Rice Bowls)

  Posted: Aug 5th, 2008, 5:31am MST by donnaaries

  Imagine the convenience of a Chipotle-style, build-your-own counter service model combined with semi-exotic flavors like Bangkok curry and Chiang Mai chili all based on a the Korean classic bibimbap, and B. B. Bop Rice Bowls is born. Traditional Korean bibimbap involves layering sautéed or steamed vegetables, lean grilled meat, and an egg on top of a [...]
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  I Heart Shake’s Frozen Custard

  Posted: Aug 4th, 2008, 5:43am MST by donnaaries

  You know it’s hot when the temperature is still in the triple digits long after the sun sets.  So instead of a jog around the neighborhood, this is what I’m enjoying instead: Shake’s strawberry concrete, creamy custard blended with fresh juicy berries.  I’ve been enjoying this treat since high school, having been lucky enough to have a Shake’s [...]
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  Wild Rice Salad with Lime Dressing

  Posted: Aug 1st, 2008, 5:12am MST by donnaaries

  Perhaps calling this dish “salad” is misleading.  Between the rice, black beans, and corn, it’s only a salad in the sense that it’s served cold.  In fact, because of all the filling ingredients, wild rice salad with lime dressing would make an excellent vegetarian (vegan in this case) main dish. Wild Rice Salad with Lime Dressing (based [...]
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  Summer Wedding Weekends: Brunch at Shade in Houston

  Posted: Jul 30th, 2008, 10:56am MST by donnaaries

  I am solidly in the middle of that age range where I spend every other summer weekend at weddings.  And although they’re always a blast, weddings involve extensive, sometimes multi-meal, catering, and therefore equate to travelling without much chowhounding.  That is until the day after the celebration, when Sunday brunch provides an opportunity for some independent culinary exploration. First, off [...]
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  Exposition Park Cafe: A Late Night Establishment Deserving of Sober Tastebuds

  Posted: Jul 27th, 2008, 10:58pm MST by donnaaries

  Excluding the Denny’s and IHOPs of the world, how many dining establishments are open after 2:00am? How many of them actually serve decent food? Welcome to Exposition Park Café, where the only thing crazier than its “so late that it’s early again” hours is the Wednesday night karaoke. The café, housed in a casual corner spot [...]
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  Shrimp Two Ways: Shrimp with Tomatoes and Olives & Cajun Shrimp Sandwiches

  Posted: Jul 25th, 2008, 5:38am MST by donnaaries

  Central Market had some good looking gulf shrimp on special last weekend, thus, shrimp, it’s what’s for dinner (twice this week)! Shrimp with Tomatoes and Olives (based on recipe from August 2008 issue of Real Simple magazine) This simple dish is great over simple steamed white rice or sopped up with crusty French bread.  Or, for something that cooks [...]
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  Gooseberries

  Posted: Jul 21st, 2008, 6:49am MST by donnaaries

  I bought some fresh gooseberries (the sweet, maroon-skinned variety, not the hard green ones) from Central Market this weekend because I have never had them before.  What exactly is the proper procedure for eating these babies?  The flesh of the gooseberry is sweet and squishy while the skin is tart and bitter.  Am I suppose to remove the skin these [...]