This weekend brings that pukiest of holidays St. Patrick’s Day. Somehow the feast day for the patron saint of both Old Sod and New York City has become an excuse to drink your face off and/or eat things which normally are not green but have since been dyed green. Why? I have no idea. As an Irish […]
Erik Bruner-Yang, the self-taught chef at the uber-hip Toki Underground (and the soon to open and undoubtedly even hipper, indoor street market/eatery/coffee shop Maketto), is a nominee for Food and Wine Magazine’s People’s Best New Chef. He is one of two DC chefs vying for the title of the People’s Choice of the Mid-Atlantic region. The […]
I’m fully aware that this weekly column is dominated by weather related posts. At this time of year it’s simply inevitable, as many of us long for the seasons to officially change and the clamor of spring to begin. The buds on the saucer magnolias at Lincoln Park are preparing to pop, there’s riot of […]
Last week The Washington Post created a veritable desert island list of foods that “every Washingtonian must try.” While we aren’t a city known for a plethora of native foods, the 40 Eats feature in the Weekend section outlined a wide variety of dishes that shape our metropolitan area. Showcasing the melting pot that the […]
In Mike Canning’s book Hollywood on the Potomac the author not only looks at the classics of DC movies, but also mentions – in the back – a few that didn’t make the cut, for one reason or another. I will look at one of these today, for reasons that I trust will be obvious.