"You really think so?" Joan Nathan asks this earnestly when I use the words 'food world luminary' to describe her. more ›

The most wonderful season of the year is upon us. No, I'm not talking about Christmas, Hanukkah or even Festivus. For food nerds, December and January is prime time to enjoy one of the most fleeting of winter fruits, the Meyer lemon. And since the produce section of the grocery store is only going to get bleaker as the months go on (hello, unripe blueberries from Argentina), now is the the time to take advantage of this little bit of edible sunshine. more ›

Cooking on Thanksgiving sure can be a hassle, even if you aren't hosting anyone or need to keep a whole bunch of picky children satiated. Do you go the traditional route and prepare a turkey? What's going to taste good? Where does one even start? Should you just go completely insane? Well, it's pretty late for you to be asking these questions -- but DCist is here to help. Our staff has a few ideas for the overwhelmed home chef's Thanksgiving meal, no matter the size. more ›

What's so special about doro wat -- the chicken stew served by just about every Ethiopian restaurant around here? For us, it's the stew's heady sauce of red hot pepper and peppery ginger, blended with a dozen other spices, heated and working in harmony, and pounded into a paste called Berberé. It lingers on the tongue. Iit doesn’t seem very hot until after you swallow, when a pleasant slow burn slides all the way down. more ›

à ê î õ û Don't get us wrong. DCist loves our vegetables. We love our vegetarian friends. We even went to an all-veggie dinner at the new hotness in Shaw, Vegetate, this last weekend. Sometimes, though, all you need is a huge slab of roasted meat. Brazil to the rescue! As usual. D.C. is nary a month away from the opening of Fogo de Chão, a "southern Brazilian-style" churrascaria (Portuguese for "meatatorium") downtown. What... more ›

DCist caught up with Bittman to find out if he is sharpening his knives and his skills to compete at the Capital Food Fight against Greggory Hill of David Greggory, Morou of Signatures, Katsuya Fukushima of Café Atlantico, and last year's winner, Ris LaCoste of DC's 1789. more ›

MONDAY: >> We've been hearing an awful lot about certain journalists who've spent superfluous time in jail for ideals they supposedly believe in -- but, before you make any contributions to that gravy train, why not hear from Marie-Helene Carleton, who'll be in town discussing the travails of her filmmaker partner Micah Garen, who was taken hostage in Iraq in 2003. Even if you're an avid news junkie, there's still a lot you don't know... more ›

Cookbook fanatic? Kinkead's fanatic? Simply a food lover? Head to Best Cellars Dupont this Saturday for the 2 p.m. signing of Kinkead's Cookbook: Recipes from Washington D. C.'s Premier Seafood Restaurant by Chef Bob Kinkead himself. The book offers more than 120 recipes from his Kinkead's repertoire. We are eager to try our hand at some of these. Recreating Kinkead's cuisine at home will definitely make the dinner guests return for more...unless we burn it in our less-than-state-of-the-art kitchen of course. The event also offers food and wine tastings. more ›

Still looking for a way to help the tsunami victims? Instead of waiting for an ex-President to contact you, consider attending a live jazz and food sampling fundraiser at the U Street Northwest Sala Thai. According to the Washington Business Journal: more ›