Crazy About Pies by Krystina Castella is a well written, organized cookbook. I love the fact that every recipe consists of preparing everything from whole ingredients. The brief summary of preparation equipment that you will use in this book is very useful along with the metrics. I like that there are plenty of pictures of [...]
*Special thanks to Chef Jess for today’s post dedicated to the upcoming Mother’s Day. Happy Mother’s Day!! xoxo, Johnna Knows Good Food Mother’s Day is around the corner; and pleasing the mother of a Chef is no easy task. To fulfill the seafood lover in my mother and the health consciousness of this Registered Dietitian [...]
*Yours truly is playing with the idea of visiting the land of Australia very soon so it was only fitting that I sought out the best food. This week I begin my hunt with some recommendations from Kristy Alexander, an Australian food enthusiast, who has a few things to try outside the typical Aussie fair. [...]
Each new year is a chance to start again — to finally lose the weight you want to lose, to quit smoking, to be healthier, to work less, to make more, to spend more time with family, or to chase your dreams. There are many traditional dishes that are said to bring good fortune in [...]
I had the pleasure of attending the Iron Skillet® Cook Off Competition Hosted by Crimson in Manhattan on Monday evening October 22nd. This year marks their 11th annual cooking challenge between 5 New York City Firefighters and 5 Top Chefs. Each Firefighter begins by selecting a recipe, and then the top chef must vary it [...]
What do I love more than good food? New good food. For this reason a call from Capital Cooking to join her for dinner at Piola did take much convincing where the restaurant just opened its doors on the 14th street corridor. Excited, I almost skipped to 14th street for much needed pizza and pasta [...]
Etiquette Tuesday: Lessons at Elisir
There are some restaurants in the District that I feel “meh” about visiting and then there are others that I feel excitement weeks in advance about visiting. This weeks Etiquette Tuesday focuses on my visit to Elisir, a Downtown Italian restaurant where I was especially anxious to visit this winter. Elisir is the restaurant you [...]
Art & Soul’s Artisanal Reopening Fair
After this year’s inauguration, Chef/Owner Art Smith opted to close down the restaurant for a month-long renovation. This past March, Art & Soul on Capital Hill threw a wonderful fair of a shindig to show off all of their recent changes for the menu and the restaurant’s aesthetic features. Among the new ambiance/decor and the tasty [...]
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