Tasty Treats

Gifts made for gathering are Foxtrot's aim this holiday season

The holidays are best spent with the ones you love, eating the things you love, and giving gifts you know they'll love.

This season, Foxtrot has carefully curated gift boxes featuring small makers, locally sourced goods, award-winning eats, and chef-made treats, all sure to bring extra joy to the holidays.

Take a peek at Foxtrot's gift selections, made for everyone on your list.

Dallas Foodie Gift Box
$50, available to shop locally in Dallas and ship nationally
For your foodie friend or the ultimate host, Foxtrot offers some of the tastiest items from the best small makers in Dallas.

You'll find chocolate from the Mexican family-owned gourmand CocoAndré, homemade biscuit mix from Cafe Momentum, honey butter from community-minded market Bonton, coffee from Oak Cliff Coffee Roasters, and a delicious salted caramel cookie from Cookie Society.

'Tis the Season Gift Box
$50, available to shop locally in Dallas and ship nationally
For your bestie or co-worker, this craft holiday kit offers everybody's winter favorites.

Featuring Thymes' Frasier Fir candle made with natural oils and accompanied by a festive holiday matchbox, Foxtrot's crowd-pleasing seasonal gummy mix to add some sweet and sour to the party, and a custom peppermint bark collaboration with renowned chocolate makers Compartes.

Joy to Pinot Noir
$45, available to shop locally in Dallas
For the wine lover in your life, this holiday dessert gift box features one of Foxtrot's somm's favorite California Pinots, paired with two gourmet expressions of chocolate and peppermint: a Compartes peppermint bark and a homemade minty chocolate mix.

Foxtrot's holiday gifts are available to shop locally in-store at both Dallas stores (Uptown and University Park) or for 5-minute pick-up and 30-minute delivery via Foxtrot's app.

Forget someone on your list? Foxtrot is the perfect last-minute gifting option. Shop locally until December 23, while gifts last.

New this year, you can also ship nationally via Foxtrot Anywhere. Order by December 14 for national shipping to arrive before 12/25. Get gifting!

Get together and enjoy.

Photo by Nick Murway

Get together and enjoy.

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truffle masters recap

Street corn shines at Houston's truffle-powered chef competition

Photo by Daniel Ortiz

Marcus Benedict, Daniella Johner, and chef Luis Roger of MAD and BCN.

One of Houston’s top Mexican restaurants took the top prize at this year’s Truffle Masters competition. Victoria Elizondo, chef-owner of Cochinita & Co., bested 24 other Houston chefs with Elotitos, corn brushed with chiltepin aioli, dusted with seven chile spice, and finished with shaved truffles and Parmesan.

“The team killed it last night,” Elizondo wrote on Instagram. “We won 1st place at @thetrufflemasters all while having fun and cooking with love! Food doesn’t need to be fancy, it just needs to be made with corazón!”

The attention couldn’t have come at a better time. As CultureMap reported last month, Cochinita & Co. is currently in the process of opening a second location in Lindale Park. Customers can invest in the project via the NuMarket platform in exchange for credits at the restaurant.

Second prize went to Camaraderie in the Heights for its black sesame and black truffle gelato, while Cocody, a French restaurant in River Oaks, took third place for its truffle-shaped Lollys Persillade Escargot Cromesquis, essentially an escargot lollypop with with black truffle and quail egg in the middle.

Montrose sushi restaurant Soto won People’s Choice with its Engawa fin muscle with truffle balsamic unagi sauce, kizami, and chocolate black truffle masago arare. Aniket Bhingare, a bartender at Michelin-starred restaurant Musaafer, won the cocktail competition with his Pour Me a Slice, made with truffle and herb-infused and a clarified mix of roma tomatoes, fresh basil, oregano, basil, and truffle oil.

Other standout dishes included a Yukon Gold potato with truffle brown butter from Michelin-recognized sushi restaurant Hidden Omakase, truffle s’mores from Israeli-inspired steakhouse Doris Metropolitan, beef tartare and truffle ice cream from fine dining sushi restaurant Katami, and Credence’s truffle duck sausage with plums and truffles. Maximo, a Mexican restaurant in West U., maximized (sorry) its truffle usage with a Cachetada de Barbacoa Taco, made with nixtamalized truffle tortilla, truffle-braised barbacoa, and sottocenere al tartufo cheese with black garlic-habanero salsa

More than 350 attended the sold-out affair, which took place at the Astorian events space in Sawyer Yards. The judging panel include both media members (such as this author) and hospitality pros. A portion of proceeds will be donated to the KNOWAutism Foundation.

Photo by Daniel Ortiz

Marcus Benedict, Daniella Johner, and chef Luis Roger of MAD and BCN.