Food + Drink

Front Burner restaurants are known for innovation. They were some of the first in Texas to debut curbside meal kits (complete with toilet paper) during the early stages of the COVID-19 quarantine.

On a September day at 5 p.m., I shut down my work email and opened up Zoom. About 20 people were there, tuning in with their microphones off, with identical bottles of Zephyr Gin, sparkling water, and orange bitters on hand. We were ready for class.

When Harry LaRosiliere became Plano mayor in 2013, he wanted to feed Collin County’s children who struggled with food insecurity. “People don’t think it is needed in a wealthy area like Plano,” he says.

It's almost 10 a.m., and for the first Sunday in months, Wow! Donuts and Drips is open.

8 Mile Pies, a Dallas-based, Detroit-style pizza company will be popping-up a Neighborhood Goods in Legacy West every Tuesday, September 6 through September 30. (WARNING: 8 Mile Pies has a cult-following and is known for selling out in minutes.

The line starts at Jollibee and winds like a snake through the parking lot, before trailing south onto Preston road. Those of us who are in line idle through a cycle or two of lights at the George Bush intersection.

On the last Saturday in July, I found a brown paper bag on my doorstep. Inside was a fresh loaf of bread in a foil baking pan called a chocolate babka, rivers of chocolate twisting through soft brioche-like cake.

The coronavirus pandemic has led to a lot of closures and cancellations and one that hurts the most for North Texas is the cancellation of the State Fair.

How much longer can we survive on dishes from our own kitchens?

The first time Gov.