This Week in Gluttony

These are the 5 best food and drink events in Fort Worth this week

When Shannon Brewing Company's Hatch chile beer is gone, it's gone.

The dog days of summer are in full swing. Hot tickets this week include a handful of paired dinners, including beer, wine, and Texas whiskey. Even hotter is a limited-edition release of Hatch chile IPA from a local brewery by week’s end.

Tuesday, August 20

Funky Picnic Summer Beer Dinner
Snag last-minute tickets to this Near Southside brew house’s first-ever beer pairing dinner. Chef Josh Rangel will prepare five courses, including Hamachi sashimi, crispy prosciutto salad, seared salmon with sweet corn puree, pork belly with plum sauce, and white chocolate mousse with cherry gelee and avocado and lime ice cream. Tickets are $85, and guests have the opportunity to add a $15 32-ounce crowler of limited-edition cherry brut IPA to take home. The sweet brew will be paired with the dessert course. Dinner begins at 7:30 pm.

Thursday, August 22

Martin House Beer Dinner at Café Modern
Guests will get to meet founder and brewer Cody Martin of Martin House Brewing Company at this six-course dinner paired with Martin House brews. Summer flavors on the menu include seafood tostadas with mango pico de gallo, chorizo burger sliders, cocoa chile-rubbed pork tenderloin, Greek lamb chops with orzo vegetable salad, and dessert by Melt Ice Creams paired with Martin House’s strawberry and waffle cone ice cream ale. The dinner is $75 ($65 for museum members), plus tax and gratuity, and begins at 6:30 pm.

Texas Whiskey & Wine Dinner at Del Frisco’s Grille Southlake
Enjoy a spirited taste of the Lone Star State at this four-course dinner paired with the guest’s choice of Texas wines or cocktails poured with Texas whiskeys. On the menu: butter-poached tiger prawn, tomahawk pork chop, venison tenderloin, and elote ice cream with Texas peaches. The featured winery is Bending Branch in Comfort and whiskeys will come from Herman Marshall, Garrison Brothers, and Firestone & Robertson. Reservations are $125 per person, plus tax and gratuity, and dinner begins at 6:30 pm.

BBQ & Whiskey Dinner at Barrel & Bones
The Montgomery Plaza barbecue joint is partnering with the Dallas Bourbon Society to share some whiskey and ‘cue. The three-course dinner will feature whiskey cocktails from San Antonio’s Rebecca Creek Distillery. Tickets are $50 (plus a $4.80 fee), and dinner begins at 7 pm.

Friday, August 23

Hatch Chile IPA Release at Shannon Brewing Company
The event name says it all. The Keller brewery, which celebrates its fifth anniversary at the end of this month, will release a limited supply of Hatch chile-infused IPA using the piquant New Mexican pepper. Find it only on tap starting at 4 pm. When it’s gone, it’s gone.

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Scones News

Fort Worth baker pops up around town with fresh baked scones

Sunrise Scones

Scones from Sunrise Scones

Fort Worth has a pop-up baker dedicated entirely to the wonderful world of scones: Called Sunrise Scones, it's a mobile bakery that pops up twice a week, selling scones ready to eat or take home and bake.

Sunrise is from baker Gretchen Seegel, who has been baking and selling scones since 2021. Fans seek her out every Saturday at Clearfork Farmers Market at 4801 Edwards Ranch Rd. And during September, she's popping-up every Wednesday from 10 am-2 pm at Sweet Lucy’s Pies, inside Bluebonnet Circle Park at 3520 Blue Bonnet Cir.

Sunrise's signature item is the blueberry lemon scone, a golden-brown pastry featuring whole blueberries and lemon zest. Other scone flavors include double chocolate, vanilla cream, and s’mores topped with graham cracker crumbles and a chocolate square.

Seegel also does savory flavors such as parmesan pesto that almost resembles focaccia, with its topping of dusted herbs and melted cheese.

Single scones look like a pie-shaped wedge, a couple inches high. Most of her flavors come with icing or sprinkled toppings, which add to their visual appeal. A single scone is $5, although the more popular order is a four-pack for $20. Orders can be made during markets or through preorder on the site.

In addition to already baked, she also offers a take-and-bake — "so people can buy frozen scones, bring them home, and bake them when they want a fresh scone," she says.

Seegel began baking scones because she could never find ones she liked.

“I love bakeries but more often than not, I was disappointed in the scone,” Seegel says. “They were either overworked, over-mixed, or super sweet.”

Scones were a fun pivot for Seegel, a creative soul who previously designed and sewed children's clothes under her brand called Beatrice Tuley, which she closed when she launched her baking business.

The biggest challenges in the scones operation have been finding quality ingredients while keeping prices reasonable, but she loves the process of creating flavors, with an eye towards seasonality. She's already working on apples and pumpkin for the fall.

"I just think about what would pair well with other flavors and try to find some unique pairings," she says.