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The Eating and Drinking of the Green

The Eating and Drinking of the Green; one good thing, one not so much Continue reading

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Olney Winery Getting Closer

The Olney Winery is planning for an opening this Spring.  Continue reading

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Three Fowl Things

You don’t have to go far to find strange things these days – just browse your local main-line supermarket. I’m used to finding exotic ingredients and quirky imported products in ethnic markets, but here are three surprising things found in my local Harris Teeter and Giant Food. Continue reading

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My (Partial) Week of Italian Food in Washington, DC

The Embassy of Italy’s Istituto Italiano di Cultura – Washington celebrated the Week of Italian Food in America.  That week also saw the opening of the Carpaccio exhibit at the National Gallery of Art.  Continue reading

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Review: Nine Night at Round House

The Jamaican funeral tradition of Nine Night shapes the current production at the Round House Theatre.  Family matriarch Gloria has died and lies in state in her bedroom, while her family welcomes the community to celebrate her life with food, drink, dancing, and the airing of grievances.  Continue reading

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Three Odd Things: July 2022 Edition

Odd Things Observed Continue reading

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Wild Backyard: Spring-Summer 2022 Edition

Wineberries and shiso in my backyard. Continue reading

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Up Close and Impersonal with Yotam Ottolenghi: With an Aside Concerning a Coincidental Event

Last weekend I travelled out to the Music Center at Strathmore in Rockville twice, and faced a little cognitive dissonance as I was exposed to not one but two cults of personality; two different tribes with the same enthusiastic vibe centered on the object of their obsession. Continue reading

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America Imagines Japan: Sakura Matsuri in DC

It was amazing that this year’s Sakura Matsuri was the 60th annual Japanese street festival in Washington, but was the first I had been to. Continue reading

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This Year’s Mid-March Madness: Ides, Pi Day, Guinness, Guinness Pie Day

Once again, a convergence of events conspire to produce cognitive dissonance and tasty culinaria!

It’s March, and the wonderful folks at Taylor Strategy, on behalf of Guinness, sent me a couple of cans to cook with. Last year I made Guinness Potato Cheese Soup, but this year I decided to honor Pi Day by making a round baked good with filling and crust. With Guinness, of course.
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