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There are few things in this world that are more satisfying than gathering your own food. Be it grown and picked from your garden, or harvested by other means (as in those involving ammunition of sorts), there’s something special about knowing where your food came from, and being the one […]
This past weekend, celebrity chefs descended upon DC like Presidential hopefuls on the mid-West for the Metropolitan Cooking and Entertaining Show. This year’s famous notables included Iron Chef Michael Symon, Top Chef notables Gail Simmons and Tom Colicchio, DC-local Carla Hall, and the queen of Italian Giada DeLaurentiis. But it […]
Fuego Cocina y Tequileria is the latest incarnation from the DC food powerhouse Passion Food Restaurant Group who is behind the largely successful DC Coast, Acadiana, and District Commons just to name a few. So I was thrilled to hear about their new venture into traditional Mexican cuisine. I was, […]
It’s finally here – Fall. That magical Season where DC residents are able to breathe a sigh of relief from wearing a suit in 100 degree weather, ruining that new dress shirt in 110 degree non-air-conditioned metro break-downs, and according to my female friends, boob-sweat. Apparently this is a thing […]
Perhaps the simplest preparation for delicious Fall root vegetables: fried root vegetable chips. Why? Because it’s Fall, have you not been paying attention? No more pumpkin beer for you. What you need: a pot, some oil, some root veggies, some spices. Seriously this is really easy. Grab some spices from […]
While it might not be as catchy as the original “Monster Mash,” it’s sure to quell the fall hungry scaries and comfort whatever else may ale you. Smashed root vegetables are like mashed potatoes but they are heartier and definitely have more texture. But hey, they’re fancier than mashed potatoes […]
District Commons is one of the more recent creations of the blockbuster food powerhouse Passion Food Restaurant Group. The same group is behind the clean, downtown seafood spot DC Coast; the very upscale version of creole, cajun, New Orleans inspired cuisine at Acadiana; and the spicy, Latin-American inspired chic staple […]
First and foremost, I love New Orleans. The food, the culture, the food, the rich history, the people, did I mention the food? Cajun, creole, Southern…call it what you will, the food is damn good in the part of the country. Access to affordable, fresh seafood certainly helps. But it’s […]
Chic trendy atmosphere, clean lines, no noise decor, and no nonsense seafood. Expertly crafted cocktails. Perfectly shucked oysters. The newly opened Hank’s Oyster Bar Capitol Hill location had me leaving the comforts of my staple places and venturing into the unknowns of whatever non-NW is, not once, but twice, and […]
Who doesn’t love a Bloody Mary. Perfect for morning tailgating, prepping food for a party, or to enjoy with brunch. The history of the Bloody Mary is pretty incomplete. A man by the name of Fernand Petiot claimed that he invented the cocktail in the 1920s while working at Harry’s […]
On a small, quite corner in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC, surrounded by Federal-style row-houses, and elite million dollar homes, lies a unpretentious deli providing aged steaks, homemade sausages, prosciutto, and pate, quality offal meats, and more. This mecca of meat, a pantheon of prosciutto, a sultan house of […]
“…basic cooking skills are a virtue, that the ability to feed yourself and a few others with proficiency should be taught to every young man and woman as a fundamental skill, should become as vital to growing up as learning to wipe one’s own ass, cross the street by oneself, […]