Rome Dining
Day 1Piazza Navona - After taking the train from Florence to Rome, getting ripped off by a cab driver and checking into our hotel, we needed to cool our heels for a bit. We strolled next door to the...
View ArticleOyster Riot - Old Ebbitt Grill (DC - Downtown)
As always, the Old Ebbitt Oyster Riot kicked off the "eating season" (runs annually from Thanksgiving through New Year's) in style.Where else in the World can you sample 23 different oysters paired...
View ArticlePazo (MD - Baltimore)
I am generally down on the Baltimore restaurant scene - and cast a highly skeptical eye on new restaurant openings - but Pazo proves me wrong, time after time.This funky, converted warehouse has been...
View ArticleHeritage India (DC - DuPont)
With the weather now decidely cooler, I can't get enough Indian food (alas, the lingering vestige of a Fall semester spent in London as an undergraduate). I find myself making bi-weekly trips down...
View ArticleTio Pepe (MD - Baltimore)
Restaurants like Tio Pepe are the reason that Baltimore has long been a culinary brown field. They serve average food at outrageous prices with poor service and live well beyond their life expectancy...
View ArticleChiu's Sushi (MD - Baltimore)
Not to be down on the Baltimore food scene (again), but I have had a Hell of a time trying to find really good sushi in Baltimore. Kawasaki is not good. Matsuri used to be pretty good, but now is less...
View Article2 Amys (DC - Cleveland Park)
We stopped into 2 Amys again and had a night of firsts: four new dishes and the real surprise, a bad pizza!We went with a group of friends and were introduced to a bevy of new appetizers. Usually we...
View ArticleCite (NY - Midtown Manhattan)
In Soprano's parlance, Cite is dead to me.I am as big a fan of unbridled capitalism as there is, but in the restaurant business, the pursuit of profit alone is a dangerous thing. Cite used to be an...
View ArticleZengo (DC - MCI Center)
I tried Zengo last night and was very pleasantly surprised by how good it was. When I heard that it was opening, I tried to avoid it at all costs (fusion cuisine, chain restaurant, celebrity...
View ArticleRasika (DC - Penn Quarter)
There are so many new restaurants opening in DC that it is hard to keep up with them all, but such is my charge in life.I had been anticipating Rasika's opening since I first heard whispers that Vikram...
View Article2941 Restaurant (VA - Falls Church)
Ahh Virginia - land of Civil War battlefields, Beltway Bandits, Red State values and yes, serious food. No, I'm not talking about that much ballyhooed Relais & Chateaux joint in Little Washington...
View ArticleJackson Hole Dining (WY - Jackson Hole)
Jackson Hole has changed very little in the thirteen years since I last visited. The elk still roam just outside of town, stray moose still stop traffic occasionally and Rendezvous Mountain is still...
View ArticleRasika (DC - Penn Quarter)
We stopped in for another memorable meal at Rasika recently. This time we arrived before our reservation, so we killed some time at the bar, where we discovered some interesting cocktails and perhaps...
View ArticleNew Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (NOLA)
Katrina be damned, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival came back in 2006 as strong as ever. This was a much-anticipated homecoming for the hundreds of musicians and artists scattered around the...
View ArticleBlog 2.0
Many of you have noticed a precipitous decline in my blogging of late.While I would like to blame the drop in output on the loss of my culinary wing man to prenatal dietary restrictions, that is only...
View ArticleCowgirl Creamery
If you haven't yet been, you need to run directly to Cowgirl Creamery. They have the most interesting selection of cheeses I have found in the D.C. area. The U-shaped cheese counter is separated by...
View ArticleAguibal Manzanilla
Last night, as I was making my famous huckleberry vinaigrette, I realized that I was out of canola oil. Canola is my preferred oil because it is relatively heart healthy and, more importantly, it is...
View ArticleZenbu Sushi (CA - La Jolla)
Everyone has their favorite sushi places - and every sushi restaurant claims to have some special "in" to get the really good fish. If you eat enough sushi, you eventually hear all the whispers (read:...
View ArticleHook (DC - Georgetown)
Georgetown finally has a restaurant worth writing about - Hook. Barton Seaver has built a hip, sleek temple to responsibly sourced seafood. Pay no attention to the recent reviews that describe the...
View ArticleCypress Grove Fog Lights
This is the little brother of Humboldt Fog, the legendary chèvre from Cypress Grove. Like its big brother, this is a pasteurized goat milk cheese, ash covered and mold ripened.This has the tang of a...
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