Southern food, despite persistent stereotypes, is about so much more than fried chicken. We revel in Louisiana gumbos and Lowcountry pilaus, oysters from Apalachicola and apple stack cake from the Appalachians. But let’s face it: We do love our browned bi ...

We know, you think your mom makes the best fried chicken out there. Nostalgia and hometown bias aside, though, many of us are also very opinionated about our favorite fried chicken joints outside of our own childhood kitchens. Fried chicken is a quintess ...

For listing of Top 10 Restaurants  FEARINGS  |  DALLAS Longtime Mansion on Turtle Creek chef Dean Fearing is riding high in the saddle of his ritzy restaurant. He has become the Big Tex of the restaurant business. His eponymous restaurant's menu—elevate ...

Dean Fearing, chef at Fearing’s in Dallas, tells F&W about his grandmother's famous cheese ball, his favorite cookbook and the right way to heat a tortilla. What’s the one dish you’re most known for? Our tortilla stuffing. It’s something I came up wi ...

Often referred to as the “Father of Southwestern Cuisine,” chef Dean Fearing has put his stamp on Dallas. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America — and recognized by his alma mater as a “Pioneer of American Cuisine” — Fearing honed his kitchen ski ...

Known as the “father of Southwestern Cuisine,” Dean Fearing has given Dallas a lot more than the lobster taco. Fearing spent 20-plus years at the Mansion on Turtle Creek, pleasing the palates of visiting VIPs and the city’s movers and shakers, and fosteri ...