The Source chef Scott Drewno has already snagged the prestigious title of D.C. Chef of the Year. Now he's picked up two more honors to add to his collection: at the American Institute of Food and Wine's 5th annual "I Love Crab Cakes!" competition on Monday at Phillips Seafood at the Southwest Waterfront, Drewno's riff on a BLT sandwich won him both the people's choice award and top honores from the judges' panel of D.C. chefs and food journalists. more ›

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We can’t trip over a Facebook status message without being reminded that today is Earth Day. Local food blogs The Arugula Files and FoodieTots are using the occasion to promote Blog for the Bay day, an effort to get local bloggers to link to a Chesapeake Bay Foundation petition urging the EPA to take action to meet a goal of cleaning up the bay by 2010. They also suggest posting a favorite story, memory, or crab recipe related to the Chesapeake Bay while you're at it, so we'll take the initiative to endorse one of our favorite local summertime activities: a trip to the Maine Avenue Fish Wharf, followed by a picnic in East Potomac Park. Ask the right vendor for a dozen mediums and, 20 minutes and less than $20 later, you’ll have a bag full of 20 steamy, spicy little guys. It's all more than enough to make us want to do our part to save the Bay and save the crabs. Then eat ‘em. more ›