The growing food festival scene in DFW presents wonderful opportunities to sneak a peek at foreign cultures. This weekend, St. Mary’s Romanian Orthodox Church in Colleyville hosts the fourth edition of their annual DFW Romanian Food Festival.
Invited by Romanian hosts anxious to show off their native food, drink, and culture, we arrived on Saturday night [...]
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8 Nov
Romanian Food Festival
16 Jan
Market Street in Coppell Opens
It’s official! As of Wednesday, Market Street in Coppell is open for business. I’ve been envious of McKinney and Allen residents who have easy access to this grocery chain which combines gourmets and organics with more basic grocery items as well as home needs (toothpaste, laundry detergent). Now there’s one near my [...]
29 Sep
Weekend Gluttony Wrapup
Well, I did it. Three different food festivals in one weekend. I also managed to log 7 miles on my running shoes but I don’t think that burned off even 10% of the calories I consumed. Onto the food!
First up is the opening night of State Fair, starting with the much publicized chicken fried bacon, [...]
25 Sep
Annual Weekend of Food Festival Gluttony
Well, it’s happened for the second year in a row. The last weekend in September seems to be food festival mania in DFW. I present my ambitious festival food eating schedule for the weekend:
Friday: Opening day for the Fried Food Festival. Oops, I meant the State Fair. The “novel” fried item garnering the most pre-Fair press this [...]
24 Jun
KRLD Restaurant Week August 11-17
KRLD’s annual Restaurant Week will take place August 11-17 this year, when patrons can enjoy three course meals for $35 ($7 of each meal goes to benefit The North Texas Food Bank and Lena Pope Home).
New for this year, a “Preview” weekend will feature three course meals plus a 10 Cane Rum drink for [...]
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