Category: Blog
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MasterChef Recap: Southern Queens and Sushi Teams
We’re down to only 7. And the mystery box on the stage is big enough to house an entire cow or side of beef. And had the commercials not spoiled it, I’d have NO clue that it was a mere human standing inside. I’m conflicted about the spoiling of the mystery box surprise…I’d have been…
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The Elizabeth Experience
For the next four days, I am supporting a local Lewisville charity project called The Elizabeth Experience. Jody and Natasha Trompler, who live right here in my city, lost their daughter Elizabeth at only 24 days old to a fatal disease called Trisomy 13. During these incredibly tense 24 days, an nonprofit organization called Now…
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The Ethics of Eating Meat
This great debate about meat just keeps on coming, and I couldn’t be more pleased. I received a remarkable email from a fan who has been vegetarian since age 10, and I’d like to share a portion of it: “The ethics of meat eating have been on my mind since I spent five weeks in…
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MasterChef: Rancheros and Huevos
Today’s blog is brought to you by WalMart, which can figure out how to sell a dozen organic eggs for $3, but not how to make a commercial with decent actors. (That’s a joke, my blog is not endorsed by Walmart, though the link above will lead you to a fascinating article that talks about…
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Animals are Meat: A Follow Up
It’s now been about 24 hours since I posted the photo on Facebook of a free-ranging rooster from a chicken farm near Dallas that I was about to dispatch to become part of the menu at FRANK this weekend. Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined what a magical 24 hours it would…
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NEWS FLASH: Once upon a time…meat was ALIVE!!!
As you all know, I run an underground restaurant here in Dallas with the stunning Jennie Kelley. We met on the set of MasterChef and have become incredibly close friends. FRANK is a celebration of fresh, local, sustainable food. And for our upcoming French-themed Bastille day dinners, our main course is coq au vin, a…