I learned something at the recent Metropolitan Cooking and Entertaining Show: Tom Colicchio’s and Gail Simmons’s fans are into “Top Chef”; Giada De Laurentiis’s fans are a cross between Kathy Bates in “Misery” and Oprah’s audience. First though, the show itself. Held at the Walter … Read More →
“Bacon” and “beer” — on their own, two beautiful words. Combine them, as in “Bacon-n-Beer” tasting, and what you’ve got is one memorable food experience. The site of this experience was 918 F Street, LivingSocial’s live events venue. I had gotten LivingSocial’s email a while … Read More →
Quite the weekend in DC. Artomatic, yoga on the Mall, dragon boat races… there seemed to be an interesting event going on at every turn. Up in my neck of the woods, there was the Greek Festival at Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral. Saw the … Read More →
As summer activities go, berry picking is highly underrated. Mention it to people and you’re bound to get a few blank looks. “Why would I want to pick berries when I can buy them at the supermarket?” someone asked me. Well, because a) it’s nice … Read More →
Champagne and More at the Barracks Row Culinary Education Crawl
A blustery, cold afternoon didn’t dampen the fun at the recent Barracks Row Culinary Education Crawl. In fact, I’d say the food and drink helped keep us warm. After a few glasses of champagne, you feel no pain. The champagne was courtesy of the tasting … Read More →