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Jeff Siegel

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Covers:  Wine trade, with some consumer; business; food; and a wee bit of politics and journalism
Doesn't Cover: I do not write about leadership, etc., and so forth, as well as whatever else are the current buzzwords.

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Jeff Siegel’s Biography

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I'm a full-time freelancer with seven books, chapters in four others, and extensive video work on my resume. I have written for a variety of national consumer and trade publications, including Pizza Today, Southwest Spirit, Sports Illustrated, Forbes, American Way, and Gourmet. And let's not overlook my Linux stuff.

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Breakfast in Texas

Breakfast in Texas

These landmark eateries serve both body and soul

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Non-alcoholic wine and the war on wine

Non-alcoholic wine and the war on wine

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A Dallas wet-dry election primer - Lakewood/East Dallas

A Dallas wet-dry election primer - Lakewood/East Dallas

What does it take to get a drink around here? Navigating through 100 years of complicated laws is the current…

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Make It a Large

Make It a Large

Sometimes your eyes-like the oversized food on Texas menus-are bigger than your stomach.

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Make It a Large

Make It a Large

Sometimes your eyes-like the oversized food on Texas menus-are bigger than your stomach.

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American Shoppers Still Believe Wine Can Be Part Of A Healthy Life

American Shoppers Still Believe Wine Can Be Part Of A Healthy Life

Despite rising health concerns about alcohol, a new FMI study finds most US shoppers still see wine as part o…

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‘It’s a whole new environment’: How restaurants can survive the great cutback

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By Jeff Siegel Verified
| Dallas Observer Verified
If you were ticked off at the small portions and high prices for your last restaurant dinner, or if your most recent takeout meal was equally as aggravating, you’re not alone. “The restaurant climate here in Dallas, it’s a whole new environment now,” says Rob Chickering, a Plano restaurant consultant who has worked for a variety of Dallas-area restaurant operations. “There are different expectations in guest experience from restaurant customers. There are bigger challenges.
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Is H-E-B and Joe V’s delivery worth the fee? The meat and produce savings say yes

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By Jeff Siegel Verified
| Dallas Observer Verified
We love the prices, but not always the crowds. Those of us who want to shop at H-E-B but don’t live anywhere near one have a new option – but, given that this is H-E-B we’re talking about, the option comes with some caveats. H-E-B offers a delivery option within about an 8-mile radius (it varies by store), as does Joe V’s, the chain’s price-focused brand. Since H-E-B avoids Dallas (for now) in a way that feels personal, for this experiment we went with a Joe V’s in East Dallas about 5 miles away.
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Is Mike Hinojosa Dallas’ bullpen ace?

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| Dallas Observer Verified
Long before Mike Hinojosa saved the Dallas Independent School District from itself, he called in amateur baseball results a couple of nights a week during the summer to the sports desk at the old Dallas Times Herald. “This is Mike Hinojosa with the DABA,” he said, and then one of us who worked on the desk would type in the scores from the Dallas Amateur Baseball Association as he recited them. What matters about this is that Hinojosa never missed a night.
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Interview

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What was your first job as a journalist?

Mail-Advertiser Publications in Highland Park. Ill. Covered high school sports when I was in high school. Long gone, of course.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

A typewriter and carbon paper.

How is social media changing news?

Making it more immediate, yet less accurate.