Food News You Can Use: Wine and Wagamama Edition

Dean Gold is giving it away…for Haitian relief

It’s time for some housekeeping here at Y&H Central. Lots of news has passed through our inbox and computer screen. Here are the highlights:

• Following a slammed Restaurant Week, Hook and chef Jonathan Seningen parted ways; yesterday the Georgetown seafood emporium announced a replacement, former Blue Duck Tavern chef de cuisine, Mark Hellyar (via Top Shelf).
• Dino in Cleveland Park is setting aside Monday nights in February for Haitian earthquake relief. Owner Dean Gold is donating 10 percent of his Monday night sales to several charities.

• The International Wine and Food Festival takes place on Feb. 11-14, and Metrocurean is giving away a pair of tickets to Sunday’s Grand Tasting.
• CakeLove has soured on Charm City (via Washington Business Journal).
• The new Hush underground supper club has an Indian accent (via Thrillist) — not to be confused with the old Hush supper club, which did not.
• The Pupatella Neapolitan Pizza Cart is heading indoors this spring.
• Chef Gerard Pangaud starts his military career (via Tom Sietsema)
• Two new cupcakes shops open in NoVa.
• J.D. Salinger and all things food (via Diner’s Journal).
• Rumors are circulating that Wagamama won’t be opening in Penn Quarter after all (via Don Rockwell)
• A.M. Wine Shoppe finally opens, nearly two months later than expected.

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