Hope everyone had an excellent meal on the greatest American food day of the year. It's been a quiet week in food news as it seems everyone was more interested in turkey. DCist Food alum Erin Zimmer has an excellent recipe from Butterfield 9's chef Michael Harr for leftover cranberry sauce muffins. Mmm... Pizza Mania Looks like it's another pizza week in D.C. - everyone is covering pizza. From DCist's review of Pizza Zero,... more ›

As far as I know, I am the only DCist Food and Drink staffer who does not have Restaurant Week reservations. It wasn't because I forgot or because I signed up too late to score a reservation to my preferred destinations. Unlike Adam, I am not a big fan of Restaurant Week, and it was a conscious decision to skip out on what might be considered prime time dining for a cheapskate like me. First... more ›

This Saturday, DC 101 is once again hosting its annual Chili Cook-Off, that popular concert, food and drink festival of gong show proportions that benefits the National Kidney Foundation. Tickets are sold-out, but for those of you who already got yours or are willing to brave the wilds of craigslist to score some, be sure to stop by the judging area and say hello to myself and DCist Food Editor Adam Bailey. Adam will be judging the International Chili Society sanctioned Red Chili contest starting at 2 p.m., because he knows actual stuff about food. I'll be judging the 1 p.m. "Bring Your Own Chili", anything-goes freestyle competition, because all I bring to the table is a willingness to be poisoned by strangers. more ›

The kitchen's closing, and it's last call. In less than one week, I leave my native Washington, D.C. for the San Francisco Bay Area. For someone who loves food and drink, the move means fabulous produce (some, ideally, from the fruit trees in my future backyard), proximity to wine country, wonderful restaurants, and burritos, burritos, burritos! But it also means leaving family, friends, and food memories here in the District. So before I skedaddle, I'm... more ›

The Weekly Feed was pushed back this week because its regular author was tied up with another task. Thanks to DCist Food staffer Jamie Liu for picking up the column last minute. The Proof is in the Pinot Coming up in May, wine enthusiast Mark Kuller is bringing out some fun little tricks with his wine-centric restaurant, Proof, in Gallery Place. The sexy little enomatic from Italy will be dispensing tasting and full pours of... more ›

O.K. Washington shutterbugs, we need to talk. You folks take incredible pictures. Some of them require an hour's set up, some of them are composed with great care, others are snapped to catch a rare moment. They are unique, expressive, and very special to everyone here at DCist. What they aren't, by and large, is of food. Food and drinks might not be as sexy as a macro shot of a beautiful flower, or as stunning as a night shot of our heavenly neighbors, but photos that convey the sumptuousness of Colorado Kitchen's shrimp and grits or the delicate texture of Rasika's palak chaat get some of our motors going just as much. more ›

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This post by DCist Food contributor Jamie R. Liu Clearly DCist was possessed. It takes something extraordinary to get me to wake up at 5:30am on a Saturday. I was wooed by the thought of seafood; my dreams were being haunted by fresh mussels and gorgeous fillets. So I decided to take an exploratory trip to the Maryland Wholesale Seafood Market, which distributes millions of pounds of seafood every year to numerous sources along the... more ›

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By DCist contributor Analiese Bendorf The Big Apple's Harvest Export Attention, all ye who still doubt whether one may dine seriously in DC (and we hope there aren't many of you left), you may soon be tempted to cancel that weekend jaunt to Manhattan. Washingtonian's Todd Kliman reports in this week's online chat that high-profile chef Eric Ripert, of N.Y.C.'s famed Le Bernardin, plans to bring his four-star culinary talent to D.C., where he will... more ›

Although the DCist Food and Drink team would prefer to associate the word "turnover" exclusively with "apple," we also recognize that staff "turnover" is an inevitable fact of the blogging world. Two writers recently left us for print publications, and three others retired from service. In short, we've run low on qualified Food and Drink writers. When we need to restock, it's not as simple as heading to the local Whole Foods for wild-caught salmon... more ›

This weekend, the DCist Food and Drink squad took in the 7th Annual Washington, D.C. International Wine & Food Festival at the Omni Shoreham in Woodley Park. Wine tastings, cooking demonstrations, and food giveaways spanned three ballrooms -- a fitting size for a popular event that had, in previous years, occupied the main convention hall at the new Convention Center. The change in venue didn't amount to a change in tenor. Perhaps because wine-tasting evokes... more ›

We of DCist Food are taking it easy (or at least easier) on the extra-rich, cream-laden, beautifully presented food over the next several days. It seems our epicurean slutiness has come to an end. Let's face it: a week of three-coursing it at D.C.'s best restaurants is a high-speed merge onto the fat-ass freeway. But reminiscing about the best and worst is calorie-free, so here's our chance (and yours) to give a rundown. more ›

By new DCist Food and Drink Contributor April Fulton Mmmm, Stoney Burgers. The mere mention of these large, luscious, beef patties served on a soft roll with American cheese, lettuce, tomato, mayo and extra pickles -- if you ask nicely -- is enough to make Homer Simpson drool. Stoney’s burgers, cheap beer, “super grilled cheese” and its unabashedly ugly dark-wood-panel décor have fueled many a lunch or long evening for government workers, seniors, janitors, hipsters,... more ›

By new DCist Food and Drink Contributor Erin Zimmer As legend has it, when a Waldorf-Astoria guest back in the 1940s forcefully requested the hotel's secret red velvet cake recipe, the hotel gave it to her—along with a hefty bill for the prized information. The miffed guest, whose lawyer supposedly advised her that she had to pay, apparently took revenge by spreading the recipe everywhere she could. Whether the Waldorf-Astoria tale is real or no... more ›

Thanksgiving time in Washington means three things: the annual appearance of Art Buchwald’s column explaining Thanksgiving to the French, the president’s pardoning of a turkey who will inevitably ask why he survived while so many bright flowering young turkeys gave their lives, and alcohol. When DCist drops by family gatherings each year, downing a glass of wine or two is all we can do to keep from throttling our big Uncle Gothamist for hitting on our girlfriend or from tearing out our hair over our crazy Cousin Phillyist’s insistence that the pilgrims served cheesesteaks and Yuengling at the first Thanksgiving. more ›

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By DCist Food and Wine Writer Michael Mugmon. Before putting fork to mouth, DCist considers a restaurant's prospects by examining the quality of its wine list. If it's evident that a restaurant owner cares deeply about the wines served with the food, then it's likely the owner also cares deeply about the ingredients going into the kitchen and the dishes coming out of it. Too often in Washington, a restaurant's wine list reveals the owner's... more ›

By DCist Food Writer Melissa McCart. If you haven't been to Rice, you might have heard that it's tough to find, that it's a bit New York, and that it's too expensive. None of which is true. Though the door is marked by a tiny nameplate on 14th Street between Q and Corcoran, it is more effective to look for a more visible landmark: the bright yellow sign for our favorite jazz haunt-slash-cafeteria, HR 57,... more ›

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Drinking In is a new DCist feature that offers wine pairing suggestions for each Eating In recipe. Look for Drinking In the day after an Eating In is published. more ›

From DCist Food contributor Adam Bailey As you know, the many tentacles of DCist pay no heed to political boundaries. Even Western Ave. at the fair District's northwest edge can't contain us. That's why we're looking forward to the 16th annual Taste of Bethesda. ToB is Saturday, October 1 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Woodmont Triangle in conjunction with the annual Best of Bethesda Day (or, as DCist prefers, Besthesday), so mark your... more ›