Category Archives: Eating

It’s a Rough Job, But Somebody’s Got To Do It!

I was asked to keep this under wraps for a while, but now it can be told: I was a judge for Tulkoff’s Seasonal Spotlight Recipe Challenge. Readers of the Olney Farmers and Artists Market blog will remember that Linda … Continue reading

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Green and National Book Festivals This Weekend

I’m about to go down to the Convention Center for a press preview of the Ninth Annual Green Festival, which will be held this weekend. It will have an expanded variety of food programming, demonstrations and displays. Joe Yonan will … Continue reading

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Another Area Wegman’s Opens This Sunday

The new Wegman’s store will open in Germantown on Sunday!  I met Jo Natale and Cynthia Glover, the PR folks in charge, for a guided tour.  They were just as gracious as when they showed me around the Columbia store, … Continue reading

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Metropolitan Cooking and Entertaining Show 2012, Part 2: Some Selected Products and Exhibitors

The show floor was filled with many and varied exhibitors.  Here are just a few of them, chosen purely by whim.  Three impressed me as earnest entrepreneurs, and one just had a really cool visual. South Mountain Veggies is a … Continue reading

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The Governor’s Cookout Redux

Once again, in honor of Buy Local Challenge Week, Gov. O’Malley held a party on his lawn for folks involved in local food production and the press.  As in years before, tents were erected and tables under them were populated … Continue reading

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Putting My Mouth Where My Mouth Is

I claim to be an omnivore, or as close to it as possible – so when I saw the notice for the Royal Dutch Embassy’s tasting and discussion on insects as a food source, I knew this was a chance … Continue reading

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What Took Them So Long? The Washington Post Cookbook Part 1: The Panel

“RESERVE NOW,” read the notice in the calendar listings of the Food Section.  “Washington Post Cookbook Panel…Daniel Zwerdling…Phyllis Richman…Bonnie S. Benwick…Joe Yonan…Tom Sietsema…Tim Carman…Taste of Barracks Row…Dave McIntyre…wine tasting…FREE” (!)  I reached for the phone and made my reservation.  On … Continue reading

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We Have Kittens, and Blue Ducks

Last Sunday, a cruel tease was perpetrated upon the Olney Farmers and Artists Market patrons.  The Brownies of Scout Troop 77 from Olney, working with the foster program Partnership for Animal Welfare (PAW), brought two adorable kittens and two grown … Continue reading

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Spring At National Harbor

  Cherry blossoms, strawberries, and the National Harbor Wine and Food Festival: three sure signs of spring in Washington, DC.  The weather was a little chillier than last year, but the ambiance was the same.  A large crowd enjoyed the … Continue reading

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And Dancing About Architecture – Cafe Ballets Russes at the NGA

  The National Gallery of Art will open another amazing exhibit in the East Building tomorrow, Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, 1909–1929: When Art Danced with Music,  with a complementary-themed menu at the Garden Cafe.  There will be Russian-inspired and … Continue reading

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