Category Archives: Eating

Coffee Love from the Land Down Under

Is there a trend happening here?  Casual food from the rest of the English-speaking world invading DC (see my review of LEON)?  If so, more, please! I finally visited the latest iteration of Bluestone Lane Café, the coffee-obsessed Aussie chain … Continue reading

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Israeli Soul Food: Event and Review

Event: Federation’s Women’s Philanthropy Presents Nourish Your Soul: Featuring Michael Solomonov & Steven Cook, in conversation with Joan Nathan Review: Israeli Soul: Easy, Essential, Delicious, by Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook It’s déjà vu all over again.  Another knockout cookbook from … Continue reading

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Nourish Your Soul: Featuring Michael Solomonov & Steven Cook, in Conversation with Joan Nathan

Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook have written a new cookbook.  In 2015, they came through town in support of Zahav (which I reviewed here).   History repeats itself: they will appear at an event hosted by The Jewish Federation of Greater … Continue reading

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A Day in the County: A Visit To Common Root Farm and Waredaca Brewing Company

Last week saw the first Heritage Harvest Festival, sponsored by Heritage Montgomery.  This farm tour was not to be confused with the Annual Farm Tour and Harvest Sale, held in July and sponsored by the Montgomery County Office of Agriculture, … Continue reading

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The Last Rational Regional Book Festival

There was a time, back in the Golden Age (five years or so ago), when there were at least three book festivals in this area with food/cookbook tracks, but lately, in an alarming trend, two of them have all but … Continue reading

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At Long Last, LEON: The British Chain Arrives in Washington

We have been honored with the first U.S. location of LEON, which is serving up dishes much more interesting than the phrase “British food” might conjure in American imaginations.  Think not about fish and chips, stodgy roasts, or mushy peas … Continue reading

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The Cheese Stands Alone: A Field Trip to Caputo Brothers Creamery

“Where’s the ricotta?”  Jimmy and Carl had got me hooked on this fresh cheese they brought to sell at the Olney Farmers and Artists Market, and then they cruelly stopped bringing it.  They gave me some runaround about it being … Continue reading

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Save the Price of a Ticket to Dublin: Guinness Has Arrived in Maryland

Guinness Open Gate Brewery & Barrel House, Relay (or is it Halethorpe?) Now Open Great news for beer drinkers near Baltimore!  Guinness has opened their one and only brewery in the New World.  They took an old distillery building complex … Continue reading

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Life’s Just A Bowl of Wineberries

Spring brought so much rain this year, I was worried that all the good foraging in my yard would be washed out.  The pokeweed harvest was thin, which was surprising, since the stems are normally so full of moisture one … Continue reading

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Kids, Queens and Ice Cream: The Governor’s Buy-Local Cookout, 2017 Edition

Another terrific iteration of the summer’s showcase of local products!  There were some changes and some good old reliables at the 2017 Governor’s Buy-Local Cookout.  This year’s innovation: the invitation to present a dish was extended to include not just … Continue reading

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