Komi is still tops among the D.C.-area's "100 Very Best Restaurants." The Source, meanwhile, drops a few notches (and a full star). [Washingtonian via Eater DC] Take a peek inside the new and improved Great Wall Szechuan House [Prince of Petworth] Black-eyed peas may have little to do with good luck—but at least something to [...]
Kyle Bailey, the Rammy Award-winning chef at Birch & Barley/ChurchKey, is reputedly a bit of a heavy metal buff. That surely explains the logo of the thrash band Slayer so deftly carved into a hot dog in the above photo released via Twitter by the 14th Street eatery this afternoon. A rep for the restaurant [...]
This weekend, the Art Institute of Washington kicks-off its annual food photography exhibit, titled “YUM 3: A Visual Feast.” The event, running Nov. 6 through Nov. 10, is free to the public. Anyone fearing the inevitable hunger pangs brought on by such ample food porn should note that hors d'oeuvres will be served. The gallery [...]
Emma Green, the self-described “Martha Stewart meets MacGyver of all things food, wine and travel,” visits D.C.'s Ethiopian Heritage Festival for the debut episode of Whole Foods' "Fest-a-Nation" program. Taking her first bite of beef tibs, the Aussie actress is immediately taken aback by the spice. What would MacGyver do in this situation? Video courtesy [...]
“I promised myself that one day when I owned a restaurant I would let everyone come in their pajamas,” says restaurateur Meshelle Armstrong. And so she has. This coming Sunday, Sept. 4, Armstrong's Virtue Feed & Grain in Alexandria is hosting a pajama-themed brunch where patrons are encouraged to show up in their sleepwear for [...]
Tuesday marks the opening of celebrity chef Bobby Flay's beefy new eatery, Bobby's Burger Palace, on K Street NW. (Check out some tantalizing pics of the food here.) The menu includes all sorts of shout-outs to other U.S. cities with nods to each place's distinctive foodie culture. There's a "Philadelphia Burger," for instance, topped with [...]
Celebrity chef Bobby Flay's new eponymous beef emporium on K Street, Bobby's Burger Palace, won't officially open for another two weeks: Aug. 16, to be exact. But the menu is already online. And so is a gallery of slick images, including several provocative close-ups of the food. Check out the orgy of potato chips on [...]
As AdFreak.com noted, this video is part of Domino's current marketing strategy to argue that its pizzas are so perfect and tasty, right out of the oven, that they don't need any food-porn, food-stylist manipulation. You can even submit photos of your Domino's pie to try to prove the chain's point. That's all well and [...]
Fall officially begins tomorrow, which means it's time for apples and squashes and pears and figs and pomegranates. As my last gasping attempt to hold onto summer, I uncovered the smoker on Saturday afternoon and grilled up these buffalo patties that I bought from the FreshFarm Market by the White House on Thursday. They're very [...]
Over on City Desk, City Paper photographer Darrow Montgomery has the above picture available for download in four different sizes. Get your copy now so that someone can stroll by your cubicle and utter that famous phrase, "Is that a banana on your desktop or are you just happy to see me?"
