elysa

Geek Girl. Foodie. Emerging Media Manager @ Red Urban. SMCDallas Leadership. I Heart Mac & Cheese, Wine and Sushi. Probably not together.

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elysa has written 21 awesome Food Nerd articles!

Dallas Observer Iron Fork Coming May 8th

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Tweet EVENT OVERVIEW: Whole Foods Presents the Dallas Observer Iron Fork, a grand tasting event that will take place on May 8th at the Fashion Industry Gallery. The center stage will feature the Chef Challenge Moderated by Restaurateur Kent Rathbun.  Returning Champion Scott Romano will battle TJ Lengnick of Whiskey Cake.  It’s simple: each chef [...]

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Cast Your Vote :: Best of Big D

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Tweet It’s that time again, D Magazine is taking votes for their popular Best of Big D, Reader’s Choice Poll that will be published in their August issue. The voting questions include: Best burger in Dallas Best margarita Best Pizza place Best Patio dinning Best Chocolatier Best Bakery for Sweets Best Bakery for Bread Best [...]

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Food Nerds what was your favorite food at #SXSW

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Tweet There were several “What to eat in Austin” posts in the foodie community leading up to SXSW. Did you try new places while in ATX or did you go to your same ol same? If you’re a contributor perhaps you want to share all the places you went the last few days; if not [...]

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The Cure to Holiday Potluck Fatigue #OTBcatering

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Tweet We are only 2 weeks into December and I can no longer remember how many potluck parties I’ve been to since early November. It’s almost guaranteed at these everyone-bring-what-you-want friend/family gatherings there will be at least two “types” of mashed potatoes. And one does-anyone-know-what-that-is dish. This is our first holiday season since the launch of Dallas Food Nerd, [...]

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100+ Crockpot Recipes

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Tweet The thing that I dislike the most about cooking is that if I’m cooking while I’m hungry then I get impatient (wanting the food to hurry up and be ready), and if I’m not hungry and trying to figure out what to make nothing sounds good. It’s a vicious cycle. So I’m really liking [...]

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Cookbook Review: Glycemic Load Diet

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Tweet Anyone who knows me, knows that I love me some carbs. I wish that I could live off of variations of mac-n-cheese. Recently because of that fact my dad and my brother are diabetic, and other personal reasons I decided that I needed a push to find some carb alternative foods. The cookbook The [...]

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FoodGawker :: aka food porn

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Tweet If you’re looking for me, I’ll be over here drooling at food photos. Home made pop-tarts anyone?   foodgawker is a photo gallery that allows you to visually search and discover new recipes, techniques and ingredients to inspire your culinary adventures. We publish food photography submitted by food bloggers from around the world. Our [...]

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The Mind Knows Not What the Tongue Wants

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Tweet I have read a few of Malcolm Gladwell’s books – Outliers and Tipping Point. Gladwell is a researcher and a thought leader. When I saw that he did a TEDTalk about Spaghetti Sauce I assumed there had to be some big insight beyond what is clearly food nerdery. This video is well worth your [...]

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45th Pillsbury Bake-Off Lets You Be the Judge!

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Tweet I’m not sure what it is exactly, but I’m a sucker for contests. Not only contests where I could win something, but contests to vote for other people (even complete strangers) to win intrigue me. So…. when I heard about Pillsbury’s Bake-Off contest, where some lucky person (albeit a stranger) could win $1 MILLION. [...]

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Taste Addison Competition 2011

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Tweet I was doing the math yesterday, I’ve lived in Addison for 4 years now. Just a quick drive north of Dallas, the city of Addison certainly has it’s own personality. With some 500 restaurants in a 5 mile radius (I may exaggerate), it’s pretty much guaranteed that everyone’s taste buds can be happy. The last few days I [...]

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