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In case you needed an excuse to explore butter-rich layers of perfectly crisp yet succulently soft dough smushed into thin sheets then rolled a quarter-moon shape, National Croissant Day is this Saturday, Jan. 30.
And what a city to live in to celebrate pastries. Our cup runneth over with chefs dedicated to the art of temperature-controlled butter resulting in perfect honeycomb structures. La Tarte Tropézienne I met the owners of the Dallas’
La Tarte Tropézienne just before they were scheduled to open last January. I loved their story: They’d talked the owners of the original bakery in St. Tropez, France, into allowing them to open the first bakery outside of France. And right here in Dallas. Ouf! But, then COVID-19 hit, and while their small store adjacent The Joule hotel hasn’t flowered into its full limelight yet, the baking goes on. And aside from their famed brioche-style creamed filled tarte, their viennoiseries are spot on. The almond croissant is pure, cle
“I really just wanted to do something that’s not the same old heart-shaped cuties,” says Bisous owner and chef Andrea Meyer. “It still has a cute aesthetic. I wanted something with a little more elevated flavor this year. I really want to do more flavor combinations. I want the staff to think that way.”
It’s a beauty of a thing, whether you get a 10-inch cake ($109) or a 4-inch ($45), which Meyer notes is basically a generous single serving. Layers of chocolate cake bring together a smooth chocolate buttercream and a gentle passion fruit curd. Because it’s Bisous, macarons top the cake, chocolate and passion fruit in flavor.
Asian Mint has a winter shirataki soup menu Jan. 19 through March 30, where the tom yum, tom khan and noodle soups with zero-carb shirataki noodles offer a healthier and warm meal.
These noodles are made from the fiber of the root of a konjac plant native to East and Southeast Asia. They add lovely sustenance to the already-great tom kha, a wonderful standard coconut Thai soup.
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Coffee Cultivar Coffee Roasting Co.
It’s good to vary where you get your local coffee, but it seems whenever a roast from Cultivar gets into the home grinder again, that smell offers a reminder of why this is such a favorite (OK, we feel the same way about Noble Coyote). Right now there’s a roast owner Jonathan Meadows says is an all-time favorite: Tres Bourbon Seasonal Blend, with notes of peach, dark chocolate and toasted nuts. As long as you don’t harm the integrity of coffee with sugar-cream nonsense, a cup of coffee is healthy enough, if not mandatory, to accomplish work for
An end to this year the most disruptive in our lifetimes for all but a few simply cannot come soon enough. And though we won’t be together as we usually are on the last night of the year, collectively we can throw 2020 a rousing farewell party.
We can eat and drink like we mean it, and we can do so safely at home. Our list of Dallas restaurants offering takeout for New Year’s Eve highlights eight diverse choices, with a list of 20 more to explore.
But before you scroll there, here are a couple of places that will help you start saying your goodbyes to 2020 a little early, in a satisfying way.