Ever since quitting Buck’s Fishing & Camping and Comet Ping Pong more than two years ago, citing “urgent family matters,” James Beard Award-nominated chef Carole Greenwood has taken some unusual turns in her culinary career. Last year, for a b...
The Red Rooster toque is working with the landmark venue to create a supper club with a Sunday brunch featuring the Harlem Gospel Choir. Word has just come from a rep at the Howard Theatre that Marcus Samuelsson’s New Yor...
How did you get into public relations?In college, I took a corporate communications course taught by a VP from Ketchum's Pittsburgh office. I was always interested in working for an agency, but I didn't know much about the difference between publi...
Few restaurant openings in Washington DC have inspired the same type of palpable excitement that has been generated by Mike Isabella’s Graffiato. This Chinatown “hot spot” has barely been open a week, but the buzz has been building since Isabella ...
Last month, we told you that Great Lakes would be launching in Northern Virginia. We know you’ve been waiting with bated breath over this development, and now we’re bringing you all of the (very many) details about next week’s la...
After four months of culinary school, I thought I had learned how to work fast in the kitchen, especially under pressure. Last week’s restaurant challenge proved to me otherwise. Over the course of two days last week, we transformed our kitchen at...
Yola Hosts a Zen Zara Tea Tasting Class Date: February 25, 2012 Time: 11:30-12:30 Location: Yola, located at 1323 Connecticut Ave, NW Event: Loose leaf tea tasting class taught by the experts at Zen Tara Tea. Will cover a range of teas, brew meth...
Capitol Lounge and DC Brau wants you to celebrate Leap Day with them. Considering this is also a fundraiser event for Brainfood, how can we say no? Those that haven’t tasted the Natas or On The Wings of Armageddon, this is your opportunity...
February's dinner party theme has been selected!I'm already hungry for what I'm going to make!!!
Our next dinners are on Friday and Saturday, September 16 and 17. These dinners mark Lazy Bear's two-year anniversary and we are using many of the same items we used in that first dinner (sweetbreads, octopus, carrots in dessert, etc.). This is...
Today for lunch my friend Witney and I headed to Sushi Taro, a Dupont-area restaurant that’s known for its authentic Japanese cuisine and fresh ingredients (including fish flown in daily from Japan). The environment within the restaurant, wh...
This is what bacon should look like. Just FYI.
In case you haven’t noticed, I haven’t been blogging much. My excuses include work, Ironman training, and my new favorite time-suck, Pinterest (which apparently is changing the way people blog). Though I haven’t been cooking and ...
The Loving Spoonful breaks out with extraordinary dining for the adventurous. You could always rely on The Capital Grille for kick-ass dry-aged steaks and an extensive wine collection. It’s where you go to impress your boss or new girlfriend...
Spoon Rating: VIIIOut of X SpoonsGay Picture Comment: Ohhhhh…. Little tastes of everything! I love Tapas! For one of many dinners during my birthday week (yeah, it’skind of a big deal) , I decided to visit one of my favorite restaurant...
As Valentine’s Day approaches, we thought it worthwhile to post a His and Her advice on the day. Our second post is advice from a woman for those about to celebrate V-Day. Flowers, and Candy, and Romance, Oh My! So you want to know how to please ...
With all of this cold weather we have been having, I was really in the mood for cooking something in the slow cooker. My girlfriend and I found this recipe for slow cooker pepper steak. The recipe can be found here. Here’s what you need: 2 p...
Lew Bryson isn't a brewer, but he counts many as his friends. Indeed, for two decades, he has been a friend to all 'craft' brewers through his craft. Mr. Bryson writes —and writes— about good beer (and whisky).Bryson is managing editor of Whisky A...
Hello, pizza aficionados! Sorry we have been a bit AWOL on the blog. This weekend we will try to catch up with all the pizza we have been eating the last couple of months!This post is long overdue. A few months back, we met with Bart Nadherny, ...
Ah dim sum. I don't get to have it often because the bf doesn't like small dishes...pshhh! Well that's what friends are for! One of my friends took me to Mark's Duck House - her favorite spot for Sunday dim sum. The restaurant has been around for ...
Plenty of winter citrus brightens up a traditional punch.Photo by Sara Williams Punch is a no-brainer when you're entertaining a big group. Mix it ahead to free up your hands for other tasks — doling out hugs to arriving guests, finishing up food ...
I may have to change the Meatless Monday name to Meatless Oneday. Sure I like the alliterative nature of the name, but I think Oneday has its own ring to it, too, right?Recently our goal of foregoing meat for dinner at least one day of week met so...
Well, ya snooze, ya lose. The February 23rd beer dinner at Punk’s is completely SOLD OUT! The waiting list already has a few names on it, but if you’re interested and didn’t snag a ticket, give us a call and we’ll throw ...
Knock Knock. Who’s there? Whopper. Whopper Who? Toilet Chicken will not be sweeping the Nation anytime soon. Woman eats bull testicle pizza. Has a cow. Is Trader Joe’s cheese with chocolate the next Reese’s? It’s fitting th...
First of all, I must apologize for not updating the site more often. My “grown-up job” has kept me very busy recently, but fret not, I’ve still been cooking and coming up with new ways to wreck my kitchen and/or cover it entirely...
Eater One: 2.5 out of 5The Other Half: 2.5 out of 5----------------------------------------Overall Rating: 5 out of 10 Oh, bother. I really hate writing reviews like this, where I'm forced to talk about bad s...