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March 7, 2008

Why some hospital food is getting better

6:03 PM Fri, Mar 07, 2008 |
Joyce Saenz Harris   E-mail   News tips

In case you missed it, Metro colleague Jacquielynn Floyd has a column today that reports on the food at certain local hospitals. These meals, Jack says, are a far cry from the stereotypical flavorless dishes we've come to expect when we're trapped in a hospital bed.

And no wonder, when they come from real chefs:

The movie star in Plano Presbyterian's kitchen is Gary Vorstenbosch, a charming young Dutch guy with an earring who used to work at Star Canyon and the Green Room. He looks way too cool to work in a hospital.

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Happy (and Not So Happy) Trail

4:29 PM Fri, Mar 07, 2008 |
Bill Addison   E-mail   News tips
Kim Sunee, photo by Rick Lew.jpg A few weekends back, my brother got married in Asheville, NC (quirky, diverse restaurant town, I wish we had a vegetarian spot like this) and while I was there I read Kim Sunée's memoir, Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love and the Search For Home. I had an advance reading copy of the book sitting on my desk for months before another food writer asked if I'd read it yet. Once I opened it ... whoosh. It wasn't far from my hands until I was done.

Sunée is like a lot of people who love food intensely and end up writing about it - a bit of a wanderer and a dreamer, not quite sure where she fits in the world. Her story, though, includes more extremes than most of us have experienced. She was born in Korea and adopted when she was three:

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Savor Dallas: Pick and choose for the big walk-around

9:46 AM Fri, Mar 07, 2008 |
Kim Pierce   E-mail   News tips

PTSLogo.jpgWith something north of 180 wineries, beer- and spirit-makers represented, you'll have to be very discriminating about what you taste at the Savor Dallas International Grand Tasting
Saturday night.

I count five Texans in the crowd, including Becker Vineyards (ask if they're pouring any of their Newsom Vineyards wines), Fall Creek Vineyards (beg for the Meritus, if the have it), McPherson Cellars and Dallas' own Times Ten Cellars. But I plan to find Paula's Texas Spirits, a fairly new producer making Lone Star versions of the Italian liqueurs limoncello and orangecello.

Read on for more strategic tippling tips.


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