Dispatch From the Franchise Expo! Y&H's colleague Lydia DePillis reports from the International Franchising Expo and has some newsy franchise news: Jimmy John's will be opening a location at 14th and L streets NW and another "about eight blocks southwest of that." (Which would mean it'd be around the Corcoran Gallery of Art, right?) Yogenfruz [...]

In this week's Washington City Paper cover story, Mike Paarlberg profiles Ma Young-Ae, a former North Korean spy who runs Pyongyang Soondae, a restaurant on Little River Turnpike that offers a more northern approach to Korean food. The story of Ma's defection and anti-Pyongyang activism is worth a read—be sure to pick read it in [...]

The Calbi Korean BBQ truck These eerie, elegant, silent videos on Los Angeles' food trucks speak volumes about the richness of the city's street snacks — and the dearth of decent offerings we still have in the District. Take a look at the vids after the jump and try not to drool with resentment.