Encina chef Matt Balke shares his vegan recipe for a twist on falafel
The Black-Eyed Pea Fritters are delicious served in a sandwich or on their own.
Black-Eyed Pea Fritters at Encina(Kathy Tran)
In July 2019, Matt Balke sat on a terrace at Ashford Castle with a glass of Oban 14 in his hand and his girlfriend Corey McCombs by his side. The castle, located in West Ireland, was built in 1228, and then many years later became the home of the Guinness family. In 1939, it was turned into a hotel. It’s still a hotel. One that serves single malt Scotch whisky to Dallas chefs who are on vacation.
Master list of every Dallas restaurant and bar that closed in 2020
Master list of every Dallas restaurant and bar that closed in 2020 Dakota s was a big loss.
Photo courtesy of Dakota s Steakhouse It s a gloomy CultureMap tradition to do an annual list of restaurant closures although it s usually framed as more as an homage to what came and went. But the 2020 version is more brutal than usual, since so many restaurants and bars closed due to COVID-19. Of all the fields to suffer during the virus, the food and beverage industry suffered the worst. In alphabetical order, here s the list:
And Now, a Word From Dallas’ Food and Drink Industry on 2020
We asked chefs, restaurateurs, bar owners, bakers, and other industry insiders about this rollercoaster of a year. Here s what they said.
By
Eve Hill-Agnus, Rosin Saez, Kathy Wise
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Food & Drink
December 22, 2020
4:01 pm
“How was this year for you?” is a typically simple question come late December. But 2020 was not typical and it definitely wasn’t simple. So when we queried some of Dallas’ prominent voices in the food realm, we figured answers would be justifiably…fraught. We wanted to know how they weathered 2020, but also what they’re leaving behind and what they’re looking forward to in the new year. Without further ado, a look back at the bizarre, tragic, sometimes uplifting, but never not unique, 2020.