Dallas, TX
Meet the Dallas ceramic artist who top restaurants call on for beautiful dishes
Marcello Andres performs an integral position within the eating expertise at eating places all through Dallas. Places like Ruins and Beverley’s characteristic Andres’ contact.
However he isn’t a chef. He doesn’t make drinks. And he received’t be taking your order. He’s a ceramic artist.
Since 2018, Andres has been creating plates, cups and bowls for standout eating spots in Dallas. When you’ve got sipped mezcal from the copitas at José or been plated a meal at Beverley’s Bistro and Bar, he has been part of your eating expertise. He has additionally created items for La Viuda Negra, Donny Sirisavath of Khao Noodle Store and Darkoo’s Hen Shack, and La Mina and Meridian at The Village, amongst others.
It’s a course of that Andres approaches with intentionality. He consults with every restaurant proprietor or chef to match the vessel with the meals or drink that will likely be served and the surroundings of the restaurant. Measurement and form are clear issues as a way to deal with particular meals, nevertheless it’s additionally about working with the house owners to intensify the dish and assist draw diners into their meal.
”Individuals’s meals and folks’s menus, that’s what’s being featured,” Andres says. “My stuff is a canvas, or it’s a approach to costume up the meals. It’s a means so as to add one other layer.”
In some instances, the form and kind of vessel is already carefully tied to a particular meals or drink. The normal copitas — a small glass designed for tasting spirits — that Andres makes have developed over time to intensify the mezcal expertise.
Relying on the place you might be in Mexico, mezcal will likely be served in a easy clay cup or half of a dried gourd, Andres says. The container supplies a large opening relative to its dimension; letting the aroma of the drink come ahead. It encourages you to have interaction with the drink, sip it, and take your time, he says.
”The presentation of the drinks after which how one can get pleasure from it; it’s simply one other little added element. There are all these design components that go into the expertise that you’ve got,” Andres provides. “It’s all these layers, and for those who do one or two, it’s one factor. However while you put all of them collectively, it makes a big effect.”
It’s a idea he was capable of dive into when his first massive order got here in from Greg Katz, proprietor of Beverley’s and the brand new Clifton Membership, in 2018. Through the strategy of collaboration, the pair mixed their passions for meals and ceramics. Andres was capable of work with the restaurateur’s imaginative and prescient and information base to give you one thing that was a match for his or her model and wishes. This consists of particulars such because the dinnerware’s dimension, shade, thickness and skill to stack.
Katz additionally believes in a layered expertise for diners, the place each element builds upon different items of the restaurant. The ceramics add to the restaurant in the identical means as artwork, music, silverware and glassware, Katz says.
Katz was Andres’ first massive restaurant shopper, asking him to supply all of the plates for Beverley’s earlier than it opened in 2019. Katz has since stocked Beverley’s with serving and shared plates from Andres together with small olive dishes, and they’re at the moment collaborating on espresso and espresso cups.
”They’re a part of the restaurant and the idea. I really feel like they add depth,” Katz says of the dishware. “It retains including layers to the idea. The extra layers and ranges and depth you have got, it’s extra enjoyable for the visitors.”
The primary mission with Katz was an enormous studying second for Andres. He solely had one potter’s wheel, and he wanted to supply 900 plates earlier than the restaurant’s opening. It was presently that he started working with molds and liquid clay. It’s a way that has allowed Andres to satisfy the wants and budgets of native eating places whereas retaining the bespoke appear and feel.
”The extra I can standardize and scale my manufacturing course of, the extra entry I’m giving to smaller cooks that I actually needed to work with,” Andres says.
Andres is now bringing these methods to his personal retail line. He’ll begin with a small plate, an entrée plate and a shallow bowl. However ultimately, he plans to additionally construct out the flexibility for individuals to purchase a cup or plate he has made for his or her favourite native restaurant.
He hopes that his line can assist convey the layer he has helped create in native eating places into individuals’s houses and, together with it, the bonding expertise that takes place in eating places. Whenever you sit down at a restaurant or bar, you might be being given the chance to place down your telephone and embrace a conduit for dialog, he says, and the identical can occur at house.
This ardour is rooted in Andres’ personal upbringing. Regardless of each of his mother and father working full time, his household would all the time come collectively for dinner. There was a ritual of consuming collectively that he’s now an energetic a part of for infinitely extra individuals.
”I didn’t notice these values caught out to me till I obtained older. … I used to be gravitating towards this, however I didn’t have a self-awareness about how essential it was till I appeared again and took a listing,” he says. “Having vessels to place meals in and rejoice, that’s conducive to taking time away from no matter we now have occurring on the planet and being current.”
Store for tableware at marcelloandres.com.
Dallas, TX
Dallas Fire-Rescue searching for two people swept into water near Mountain Creek Lake
Dallas Fire-Rescue crews are searching for two people who were swept into a creek near Mountain Creek Lake.
Jason Evans, DFR spokesperson, said crews were called at about 1:40 p.m. Saturday after a 911 call reported someone was swept into the water near the 4500 block of Mountain Creek Parkway, Evans said.
Evans said reports indicate one person was swept into the creek while a second person jumped into the creek to save them before being swept away themself.
DFR, Dallas police and game wardens are investigating, Evans said.
Dallas, TX
Dallas Cowboys 2024 opponent preview: 2 Steelers to keep an eye on
Any team that is coached by Mike Tomlin is going to be ready to play on any given Sunday. Such was the case for the 2023 Steelers who finished 10-7 and made it to the playoffs once again. Tomlin has never had a losing season during his tenure in Pittsburgh and the team has built a reputation for being a tough, well-coached football team under his watch.
Fast forward to 2024 and this Steelers team looks vastly different but under Mike Tomlin it will still be a disciplined football team who should be respected.
2023 Record: 10-7
Last Meeting: 11/8/2020 Steelers win, 24-19. Dallas Cowboys lead series 17-16-0
Head Coach: Mike Tomlin (176-101-2 as a head coach)
Key Additions: QB Justin Fields, QB Russell Wilson, LB Patrick Queen
Key Departures: QB Kenny Pickett, WR Diontae Jackson, WR Allen Robinson II
What more can you say about T.J. Watt that hasn’t already been said about the playmaker? Watt may be the most feared pass rusher in the game today and the Cowboys better have a plan for how to stop him on Sunday.
With a rookie left tackle in Tyler Guyton, and Terrence Steele at right tackle who has been known to be shaky at times, figuring out how to limit Watt and his impact will be key to the team’s success.
Watt has the ability to completely change the momentum of a game and if the Cowboys don’t come prepared, he’s going to be a game-wrecker once again. Whether it’s by keeping a running back in or chipping him with a tight end, the Cowboys are going to have to maneuver their offense around where Watt is in order to limit his impact.
With the shakiness that is the Dallas Cowboys secondary George Pickens has a chance to make a massive impact on Sunday night. The Cowboys are battling injury issues at corner so they will be undermanned even if it is just DaRon Bland who misses the game.
Pickens, a dynamic pass catcher out of Georgia, is rounding into form as one of the games best receivers. Trevon Diggs will travel some, but Mike Zimmer doesn’t ask him to do it all the time, setting up a situation where Pickens can find a favorable matchup against other cornerbacks the Cowboys trot out there.
Last week he went off for over 100 yards receiving. If the Cowboys aren’t careful and don’t have a plan for it, they could see Pickens do something like that once again.
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Top Dallas-area performers in Texas high school football, Week 6
Below you’ll find the top performances in rushing, receiving and passing from Dallas-area Texas high school football players in Week 6.
Rushing
Player, School, Yards
Legend Bey, North Forney, 234
Jaylon Woods, Mansfield Timberview, 220
Ben Ebeke, W.T. White, 204
Brendon Haygood, Sachse, 200
Cam Newton, Prosper Walnut Grove, 188
Chance Culley, Plano, 185
Lamar Leggins, Birdville, 180
Travis Agee, Plano East, 177
Hudson Eidem, Frisco Lebanon Trail, 173
Patrick Crayton Jr., Hebron, 172
Denzel Okekeuche, Frisco Heritage, 157
Micah Rivers, Northwest Eaton, 151
Receiving
Player, School, Yards
Sawyer Borgarello, Frisco, 170
Brian Kent, Birdville, 158
Lathon Latiolais, Prosper, 158
Jett Hamby, Richardson Pearce, 148
Brock Boyd, Southlake Carroll, 144
Khristian Mackintrush, McKinney, 140
Lovell Neal, W.T. White. 137
Mark Hicks, Birdville, 136
Andrew Casagrande, Richardson Pearce, 135
Parker Ord, Frisco Panther Creek, 134
Dameon Crowe, Richardson, 132
McKenzie West, Frisco Independence, 132
Passing
Player, School, Yards
Presley Harper, Richardson Pearce, 468
Zach Wells , Birdville, 452
Jeremiah Daoud, McKinney, 421
Braeden Imhoff, Prosper, 415
Hayes Hackney, Prosper Walnut Grove, 379
Maguire Gasperson, Argyle, 376
Drew Kates, Richland, 357
Jayden Maples, Frisco Wakeland, 333
Cobyn Harbert, Frisco, 333
Noah Spinks, Flower Mound, 331
Axel Lofstrand, Carrollton Newman Smith, 321
Kendrick Sanders, Garland Lakeview Centennial, 286
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