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WaPo Food Gets BoGlo Editor
With all the turmoil and upheaval at the Post's food section over the past couple of years, we were waiting for news that Tom Sietsema and Walter Nicholls would just take the thing over and rule it a la Tenacious D's two kings in City Hall. This is not the case, though. WaPo announced (good get, fishbowl!) that Boston Globe food writer Joe Yonan will be the new editor for the food section. We here at DCist are doing the new editor dance.
Before writing for the Globe food section, Mr. Yonan attended the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts, and was an editor for the Globe's news and travel sections. He's written some pretty good stuff, including this piece on cupcakes, a long column on umami, and a recent column on Boston's food carts. I can't find a picture of Mr. Yonan floating around anywhere, but he does have a soothing voice. He was born in Albany (pronounced all-BIN-e, for you Yankees), Georgia and raised in San Angelo, Texas. He kept it weird at the University of Texas at Austin until his graduation in 1989. Joe will start shaping the Post food section on October 1, and we can hardly wait. Welcome to Washington!
Eamonn's is Open
For all of you waiting for your fix of things fried, you can stop. Eamonn's Dublin Chipper from the good folks at Restaurant Eve is finally open! DCist stopped by Wednesday for a lunch review, but you'll have to wait until next week for our first look at the place. In any event, Eamonn's is bustling for both lunch and dinner, and the upstairs bar, PX, will be open on September 7. Bar Chemist Todd Thrasher says he has fourteen new mixed drinks ready to go, so be sure to have something to eat before trying one of each.
ps7 to Open This Month
Peter Smith, formerly of Occidental and Vidalia, plans to open his own restaurant, ps7 sometime later this month. Thanks to a link from new ps7 General Manager Danny Boylen (2006 RAMMY winner for best G.M., formerly of Notti Bianche), I realize now that people are talking about a new restaurant and not the latest version of Photoshop. The menu gives us a good dose of Continental cooking with Asian influences, but thankfully doesn't go all IndeBleu on us.
Small Bites
The Funniest Thing You'll Read All Week
Local blogger Jordan Baker busts out the funny juice and drenches us with it. Witness the Food Network set to "We Didn't Start the Fire," and laugh your ass off. Money line: "Oil once around the pan, Sandra Lee was once a man." Go now.
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…
Trader Joe's West End is open. Go get drunk on three dollar wine and organic milk.
Don Rockwell Closes "Ray's the Classics" Thread
As of 12:13 today, Don Rockwell closed the Ray's the Classics thread on his site after a rather cryptic reference to Soviet type rules? It also appears some posts are missing. Is there anyone out there up on what happened? Was there libel? Was Al Qaeda posting there? Or, is it just one the increasingly frequent instances of heavy-handed moderation on the local gastronaut landing pad?
Photo from flickr user dbdbrobot.