Meat lovers in the District should check out one of Chinatown’s newest restaurant family members. Del Campo offers authentic South American cooking to its patrons. When you visit this restaurant, you allow your taste buds a little reward by feasting on something you would not find on your everyday, run-of-the-mill menu. I was pleasantly surprised when I [...]
If you enjoy Mexican food as much as I do, you will love Café Rio. All of your favorite Mexican dishes are available fast and fresh. As you step into the café style restaurant, you immediately get the sense you are in Mexico. With music playing in the background and café tables, it has a [...]
This winter I look forward to having more small gatherings and entertaining in my home. This new-found interest has taken on a life of its own and I have begun scouting out the menus. The one thing I look forward to beginning many of these food gatherings with is a cheese tray. Not your average [...]
Canadian-based Lesley Stowe’s Raincoast Crisps come in 6 diverse flavors: Original, Cinnamon Raisin, Salty Date & Almond, Fig & Olive, Cranberry Hazelnut, and Rosemary Raisin Pecan. Each crisp is the perfect accompaniment to cheese spreads, pates, antipasto, and any other topping you can think of that pairs well with each flavor. (Courtesy of Lesley Stowe [...]
Looking to travel this summer? My suggestion is a Matchbox “world tour”! I attended the summer menu unveiling for this award winning restaurant and was blown away. Matchbox has three locations and this event gave the Executive Chef of each location the opportunity to showcase their culinary genius. Each chef not only delivered on flavor, [...]
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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