Do you like beer? How about oysters? Well, consumed together they are among the finest gluttonies the world has to offer. We are partial to the Anchor Bar in Old Town Alexandria, the place where we first experienced the pairing. But this weekend offers a great opportunity to experiment for yourself. The Chesapeake Oyster & [...]
One by one, we’re running through the 50 restaurants that made the cut on this year’s Young & Hungry Dining Guide. If you have visited the day’s featured restaurant, let us know what you think. If you’re planning to visit for the first time, tell us about your meal when you return. If you haven’t [...]
This Aug. 3 story from the New York Times just crossed my path. I'm hoping you haven't seen it, either. It's a hopeful tale about the Chesapeake Bay and its long-suffering native oyster population. Reporter Henry Fountain writes that large experimental reefs, designed by researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science at the College [...]
I should have known better than to order oysters after our waitress at Moon Bay Coastal Cuisine didn't know that bivalves could be harvested from waters all over the world. She thought they all came from Maryland. I ordered six anyway from the seafood restaurant inside the dizzying Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center. I [...]
