Christopher Baccus

I love to cook. You can see some of what I do at home through my other food blog: http://www.sustainabledad.com. Recently I started a new food blog covering one of my odd dining pleasures, find more out at http://www.gasstationtacos.com. In my professional life, I'm the Executive Director of Digital & Social Media at AT&T and live in Dallas, Texas with my wife and twin boys.

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Christopher Baccus has written 13 awesome Food Nerd articles!

The Subtle Magnetism of Garden Harvest Farms

by Christopher Baccus

Tweet “I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright.” – Henry David Thoreau After a long stressful week at work, there is nothing like a drive out to the country. The sun shining down on the blades of grass and each small [...]

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It’s a Small, Small World…

by Christopher Baccus

Tweet It’s a small, small world. One of my old friends from Gresham High School (a suburb of Portland, Oregon) posted a link on Facebook this morning sharing that his father passed away.  Always, sad news. What was interesting though was learning something about my friend Jean-Luc LaFont that I had never known.  His father [...]

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You Can Eat and Chat. Here’s How and Why

by Christopher Baccus

Tweet If your hunger for food chatter is enormous, like my love for eating gas station tacos, than you might be interested in joining a weekly #FoodieChat on Twitter every Monday evening at 7pm Dallas time. You can learn more and even ‘like’ the Foodie Chat Facebook fan page and if you have not liked [...]

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Draping Yourself in Velvet

by Christopher Baccus

Tweet Perhaps I haven’t bought into the bigger is better Texas attitude or that I’ve just been reading too many Mark Bittman articles talking about “meat guzzelers.” Velvet Taco is a new place in the Knox/Henderson area where tacos are full of ingredients. At $3.50 a taco, they are surprisingly a good value. If tacos [...]

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San Antonio’s Dough Challenges Il Cane Rosso

by Christopher Baccus

Tweet Dallas is quickly getting an impressive reputation for pizza. It’s no New York, but we can proudly say there are a handful of respectable pizza options. The latest addition comes from San Antonio. The popular Dough Pizzeria opened a location at strip-mall in north Dallas at Preston Road and Forest Lane. Their San Antonio [...]

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Dadgum Lemon Pepper Grilled Chicken

by Christopher Baccus

Tweet I had the pleasure a couple weeks ago to meet the President/CEO of Masterbuilt, a company that makes fryers, smokers and grills. John McLemore was here in Dallas making a stop on his DADGUM, That’s Good! book tour. I remember seeing the email invitation thinking I’m not sure I even know how to pronounce [...]

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Alotta Muffaletta

by Christopher Baccus

Tweet There are a couple essential food stops one has to find when moving to a new city. When I moved to Dallas last year I had to find where to get local meat, where a great Farmer’s Market is, and where the ethnic grocery stores are. My culinary needs are not met until I [...]

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Aloo Parathas, More Difficult to Say than to Make

by Christopher Baccus

Tweet I love Indian food. So what are Aloo Parathas? First of all, Parathas are an Indian flatbread. Most people know what Naan bread is and while Paratha isn’t Naan it does taste a bit similar to untrained taste – like mine. Aloo simply means potato. This dish combines a flatbread with a potato stuffing. [...]

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One Smooth Drink to Get Your Health On

by Christopher Baccus

Tweet I want to share with you two new food loves. In the past few months I’ve become a fan of the vegetarian blog {custom made} life, of course it’s more than just food, but I focus on the recipes section of Emily Levenson’s blog. The other love that has turned into a bit of [...]

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The Orchid of My Tastebuds

by Christopher Baccus

Tweet Some of the world’s most beautiful Orchids come from Thailand. The Dendrobium and Oncidium orchid varieties are some of the highest quality flowers and sought after by many collectors. Asian cuisine has many varieties too. I once worked as a dishwasher at a Szechuan restaurant that made some of the most amazing Chinese food [...]

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