Texas
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Mi Cocina Warms Up For the Holidays
With its “rink-side” view of skaters at Galleria Dallas, Mi Cocina is an undeniable draw for tourists and holiday guests; and, the food is just as amazing as the view. Mi Cocina gears up for cold weather by adding Red Chile Chicken Pozole as a seasonal dish. This spicy dish includes chicken, hominy, cabbage, cilantro and lime. Pozole, which can have a variety of ingredients, originated in Jalisco, Mexico and is perfect to warm you up after you have ice skated around the Christmas tree.Spicy Arrachera Steak with poblano cream and pico de gallo is one of the new tamale dishes at Mi Cocina, and you MUST order this dish.…
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Dallas’ Best Gluten-Free Restaurant: True Food Kitchen
I must begin with a caveat: True Food Kitchen‘s menu is not 100% gluten-free. Gluten-free living can get awfully lonely, but not at the newest True Food Kitchen in Dallas — where Dr. Andrew Weil is (virtually) right by your side, instilling his anti-inflammatory diet into a Fox Restaurant Concept menu. You will recognize the restaurant’s minimalist yet bright aesthetic and its “healthful” menu concepts. The True Food Kitchen menu specifically designates items that are vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free. The menu includes salads, pizzas, sandwiches and entrees, plus “natural refreshments” like “kale-aid” or cucumber lemonade. Among my favorite dishes: Spaghetti Squash Casserole (pictured below), fresh mozzarella and organic tomatoes & zucchini and the…
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Restaurants Open on Thanksgiving That Taste Like Mom’s Cooking
Arguably the most important meal of the year, the traditional Thanksgiving feast can take days to prepare. Cooks have to spend hours — and hours and days — brining the bird, making stuffing and putting together any number of potato and vegetable side dishes, not to mention baking all that pie. Thankfully, some delicious restaurants all over North Texas are providing their own twist on the Thanksgiving feast. The Second Floor Bistro – Bar: Enjoy a buffet brimming with delectable favorites like Roasted Prime Rib and Turkey, and array of traditional sides and other Southern specialties, then top off the meal with assorted pies, cakes and fresh fruit desserts at…
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RAIN Showers The Beatles with Love in Dallas + Giveaway
Dallas Summer Musicals brings RAIN direct from Broadway to Dallas on Saturday, November 23 through Sunday, November 24, 2013! Associated Press says RAIN is “the next best thing to seeing The Beatles!” RAIN performs the full range of The Beatles’ discography live onstage, including the most complex and challenging songs that The Beatles themselves recorded in the studio but never performed for an audience. Together longer than The Beatles, RAIN has mastered every song, gesture and nuance of the legendary foursome, delivering a totally live, note-for-note performance in this multi-media concert, that’s as infectious as it is transporting. From the early hits to later classics (I Want To Hold Your…
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Holly Jolly Holidays at LEGOLAND Discovery Center
Celebrate the holidays with LEGOLAND Discovery Center! Your kids can write and mail their letter to Santa in the LEGO mailbox while enjoying complimentary milk and cookies. Next, your family can build a LEGO ornament that they can hand on the LEGOLAND Discovery Center Christmas tree. Also, they can do all the other fun things like: LEGO® Factory Tour LEGO® 4D Cinema Kingdom Quest Laser Ride LEGO® CITY: Forest Ranger Pursuit MINILAND® Star Wars™ MINILAND Model Display Episode 4 LEGO® Racers: Build & Test Merlin’s Apprentice Ride LEGO® City Play Zone & Fire Academy The LEGOLAND® Discovery Center Shop DUPLO® Village Earthquake Tables LEGO® Girls – Princess Palace