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 ...

By Christine Perez The expectations were high for Fearing’s, the new restaurant within the Ritz-Carlton Hotel & Residences in Uptown. But somehow, celebrity chef Dean Fearing has found a way to exceed them. Besides scrumptious fare, the restaurant o ...

Like a summer blockbuster that’ been anticipated for months, überchef Dean Fearing’s domain at the new Ritz-Carlton in Dallas finally opened for business in mid-August¬–and how. The seven dining rooms (yes, seven, each with its own ambience) filled up imm ...

You will be served the same mesquite-grilled rib eye at table 321 as you will at 623, over by the door. But at 321, you will enjoy it more. That's what a good table can do for a meal: elevate it. Make a special night more special. That's why people slip t ...

By John Mariani It's a funny thing about choosing the Best New Restaurant of the Year: I can sense it the moment I walk through the door. When I entered the polished Rattlesnake Bar at Fearing's, packed with some of the most beautiful women in Texas sipp ...