It’s no secret that I do not like sweets. The only exceptions to the rule are when they are absolutely decadent and/or they fall into childhood obsessions. As a kid, I was the unusual one who would give away all of my Halloween candy, never wanted the cotton candy at the fair and frowned at [...]
After taking in about a pound of lamb during one sitting, I surprised myself when I pulled out Naughty Bits Brownies and a tall glass of milk for dessert. With names like “The Shiksa Brownie”, the “Cabana Banana Boy Brownie” and the “Living in Sin Brownie”, my temptation would not let me pass on dessert. [...]
I’ve shared in the past how absolutely necessary it is for me to save up enough United Airlines points for me to high-tail it on a flight to Greece. My desire was reignited when one of my co-workers brought in a large serving of baklava for our department to munch on throughout the day. I [...]
I often say I want to open a boutique and it is when I hear stories like this one that the vision becomes clearer. Jenna Huntsberger (Modern Domestic food blog) and Stephanie Willis (Adventures in Shaw blog) turned their love of baked goods into Whisked! Whisked! is the marriage of northern style and southern charm [...]
1 cup fresh sliced peaches (*frozen may be used) ½ tsp. lemon juice ¼ cup powdered sugar ¼ butter (softened) ½ cup flour A pinch of salt 1/3 cup of milk 1 egg 1 tsp. baking powder Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Line the bottom of a small baking dish with the peaches and [...]
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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