Author: Ben Starr
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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…
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A FRANK Tale: Eggs Galore
I’m vastly behind on FRANK blogs…well, because we’ve been doing FRANK so often recently. And each one has truly been epic enough to deserve its own blog. This past April we celebrated our 2 year anniversary, and we decided to revisit the theme of our very first FRANK back in 2012…”The Egg.” We had chosen…
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Big Creek Cave Falls…the EASY way!
I’ve been exploring the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas since I was 19. There’s no place on earth like it…ancient mountains, thundering waterfalls, pristine rivers, deep and mysterious caves. After after 30 or so trips there, one might start to think that one had explored it all. But recently I became intrigued by an image I…
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Sous Vide Scotch Eggs
The Scotch Egg was invented in a pub in London, and it was an intriguing, if crude, concept. A hard boiled egg wrapped in sausage, breaded and fried or baked to a crisp. But hard boiled eggs are truly one of the worst inventions of mankind. Yes, they are a convenient and nutritiously dense snack. …