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After his Act One halcyon days at the Mansion on Turtle Creek, gentlemanly chef Dean Fearing is recasting his stellar reputation – as one of the top sculptors of Southwestern cuisine – for Act Two. His new namesake restaurant – Fearing’s, at The Ritz-Carl ...

Because his restaurant was just named the best in America.  Which has more to do with Dean Fearing's rock-star persona than his $22 crab cakes.  By Nancy Nichols  Dean Fearing is currently the most famous chef in Dallas, lauded nationally and beloved loca ...

Kitchen Spy In creating a namesake restaurant, exuberant Dallas chef Dean Fearing made “no rules” the one rule he follows.  Katherine Gregor reports. “I didn’t want to go down any old roads, I wanted to blaze new trails,” drawls Texas chef-celebre Dean ...

By BILL ADDISON / Restaurant Critic How does a celebrity chef unshackle himself from flattering but limiting perceptions to reinvent his future? And how, in the process, can he captivate a fresh culinary audience without alienating a generation of longti ...

by Alison Cook Chef Dean Fearing’s one-of-a-kind laugh reverberates through the north Dallas mansion where he has gathered friends and family together for Thanksgiving dinner.  Part Woody Woodpecker cackle, part good ol’ boy guffaw, the sound bounces off ...

by Judy Wiley If you're not planning on being in a cooking mood for Thanksgiving, or want to get out of town between then and Christmas, you have Texas options near and far. Some of them: The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas: Fearing's will serve a prix fixe menu f ...