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    Frugal Foodie News

    Dallas chef shows gourmet food can be fast and affordable in new cookbook

    Diana Oates
    Aug 9, 2014 | 1:02 pm

    Lakewood resident Caroline Wright wants you to take every excuse you’ve ever had for not preparing quality meals for your family and throw them in the trash. While you’re at it, get rid of all that processed goop you call food that may be lurking in your freezer and pantry.

    Wright has a weekly column on Food52.com, and now she has published a book of the same title: Twenty-Dollar, Twenty-Minute Meals (Workman Publishing, $12.95). Her goal: Show people how to make good meals on the fly — and prove that eating well can also be affordable.

    “I hope the book conveys an attitude toward cooking and eating that is empowering for the busy cook,” says author Caroline Wright.

    Wright, who moved to Dallas from New York in 2012, is a graduate of the prestigious Ecole de Cuisine La Varenne in Paris. She was a food editor at Martha Stewart’s Everyday Food; currently she is a food writer, editor, recipe developer and tester, food stylist, and photographer who works for Real Simple, Every Day with Rachael Ray, Women’s Day and Oxmoor House, among others.

    But none of that experience led directly to her first cookbook. In actuality, it was the experimental column that inspired her to collect her recipes and publish them in a book.

    “I used to feed the food from the column to my friends,” she says. “I was living in New York then, and all my friends were out-of-work actors. Through their encouragement, I taught those recipes at a shop in Brooklyn, and from there my editor at Workman discovered my work.”

    Wright’s book is filled with tempting photos of her creations, and each page reflect her passion for spreading the word that anyone can make a delicious meal.

    “The idea behind the book is very personal to me; the recipes focus on fresh produce and meat cooked simply and quickly, which is how I cook most often in my kitchen at home,” says Wright, who teaches occasionally at the Central Market cooking school.

    From grilled escarole with peaches, prosciutto, mozzarella and basil oil to California-style salmon burgers to ice cream with olive oil, sea salt and lemon zest, the recipes don’t sound elementary, but they are extremely approachable. Essentially this is a cookbook you can appreciate — and use — regardless of your budget or culinary aptitude.

    “The title of the book is its promise: the meals inside are cooked in 20 minutes in well under $20,” Wright says. “More than the title, though, I hope the book conveys an attitude toward cooking and eating that is empowering for the busy cook, that it makes putting real food on the table after a long day seem possible, regardless of your budget.”

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    Taco News

    Upscale Dallas taqueria Velvet Taco to open first McKinney location

    Teresa Gubbins
    Apr 11, 2025 | 6:58 pm
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    A Dallas taco chain is opening a new location in a booming Collin County metropolis: Velvet Taco, which specializes in globally inspired tacos, will open its first location in McKinney at 8565 W. University Dr. #150, on Monday, April 14.

    The restaurant will open with 20-plus tacos and bowls, plus a signature rotating Weekly Taco Feature. Their number one seller is the Spicy Tikka Chicken Taco, but the Bacon Smash Burger Taco is also a popular dish, according to a release.

    Everything is prepared in-house, including brisket roasted for 18 hours and their popular Backdoor Chicken marinated for 48 hours.

    The menu features unexpected foodie-level ingredients like cilantro basmati rice, candied pepitas, and Thai basil — unusual in the fast-casual restaurant world.

    They also serve alcohol, including margaritas, local, and Mexican beer, and they have one notable signature dessert: Red Velvet cake.

    The chain was founded in 2011 with a location on Henderson Avenue at the intersection of US-75 — a location that's now closed. But there's no shortage, with 16 in the DFW area, stretching from Fort Worth on the west to Rockwall on the east, and more than 50 locations across the U.S.

    The McKinney location, which is new 2,939-square-foot restaurant will feature indoor seating for 64 guests and an additional 48 seats on its patio. The space will feature a mural by local artist Paxton Grigsby, a 15-year-old freshman at McKinney North High School.

    They'll open at 11 am with giveaways: The first 50 dine-in guests will get free Velvet Taco hats.

    Monday April 14 seems to be a big day for tacos, as Velvet Taco will not be the only restaurant with tacos opening that day: Booming Cilantro Taco Grill from Chicago will make its Texas debut in Prosper just seven miles away.

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