Author: Ben Starr
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A FRANK Tale: The Godfather
Photos in this blog appear courtesy of our friend Stephanie Casey at Real Fine Food. Follow her on Facebook and Instagram, also! With FRANK pulling in some crazy press recently (a Dallas Morning News article called us “The Best Restaurant in DFW” and Modern Luxury featured us with 3 other restaurants as “Best of the…
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FRANK is making waves!
We’ve been doing FRANK for nearly 3 years now, which sounds like a long time, but seems like practically nothing. All sorts of exciting things have happened in those 3 years, and we’ve churned through dozens of creative, interesting, and fun menus. We were filmed for the awesome TV series The Illegal Eater which has…
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A FRANK Tale: Pilgrim
(Please note, photos in this blog post appear courtesy of Stephanie Casey from Real Fine Food. Thanks, Stephanie!) Thanksgiving was coming quickly on our heels, and Jennie and I decided to visit a theme we had tossed around for a couple of years…the original Thanksgiving dinner. Many of us think of the story of Thanksgiving…
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Rosemary Sourdough Dinner Rolls
Makes about 24 rolls. I’ve been maintaining my sourdough culture for about 2 years now, and I just love the thing. I had always been hesitant to maintain a culture because of how much “work” I assumed it would be…regular feedings, complex calculations. It turns out that sourdough is FAR less picky than its reputation…
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A FRANK Tale: Americana
I’m making up for LOTS of lost time now that FRANK is on hiatus, as I haven’t blogged regularly since early summer! Things have been hectic, tons of travel, loads of cooking, and not nearly enough sleep… Most photos in this post appear courtesy of the amazing Stephanie Casey, who has a really cool blog…
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Guest Post: A New Perspective on Gluten Free
Years ago I was contacted by an anonymous person who was in the audition process for MasterChef. I doled out advice. After the season had run its course, I discovered who this mystery person was…and it was Marie Porter. We’ve since become good friends, and I find Marie to be one of the smartest and…
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Regarding the Daily Post Article
I awakened Saturday morning to a barrage of media and harassment regarding an article published by the Daily Post, followed by countless other gossip rags, about how I’m coming clean about MasterChef being fake. This was news to me! I want it made clear that I have NEVER spoken to ANYONE from the Daily Post…
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Chocolate Chili Pots de Creme
Makes 6 six-ounce servings, or 8 four-ounce servings. I’ve always been uneasy with the title “Pots de Creme,” probably because it sounds so pretentious. But it’s just French for “cream pot” so I don’t know why it bugs me so much. A pot de creme is a sort of intermediate step between pudding and custard. …
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A FRANK Tale: Poison!
Since almost the first day FRANK opened, nearly 3 years ago, we have wanted to do a theme centered around poisonous foods. Why? Because SO MANY of the foods we eat are poisonous! Either if prepared or harvested improperly, or if eaten in too great a quantity. Some poisonous foods we appreciate SPECIFICALLY for their…
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A FRANK Tale: REAL Mexico
(Most photos in this blog appear courtesy of Stephanie Casey at Frugal Foodie Dallas, who live-blogged our menu for us! Thanks, Stephanie!) We’ve been wanting to do Mexican FRANK for a very, very long time. Since the beginning, in fact. BUT…when you live in a place like Texas, which is oversaturated with both TexMex AND…