For some, finding that perfect wine and food pairing can be an overwhelming and intimidating task. Sure, you can always fall back on that “trusty” rule of white wine with white meat and red wine with red meat, but is that really the best that you can come up with? How about replacing those two thoughts with two new ones that are just as easy to remember? Next time you are trying to pick a... more ›

As wine quickly edges out beer as the top alcoholic beverage of choice by Americans, depending on your source, it seemed only natural to add a wine column into our mix of other food and drink related topics. Every other Wednesday, to mirror Eating In, we will bring you information on wine trends, news, events in the area, and any other pertinent information to your ever-increasing wine consumption. For our first installment we want to... more ›

If it weren't for our life as an -ist, we're not sure we'd ever leave our apartment. Fortunately, to fully -ist, one must seek out the new, the fresh, and the unknown. Brand new, or just new to us, that's what we're all about this week. more ›

Vince Scheuerman, eat your heart out. This morning, DCist's inbox contained a press release announcing an upcoming party kicking off a campaign to adopt a city song for Washington. The effort calls itself, "Come to Washington: A Song for the City," and it's thrown its support behind "Come to Washington," a treacly bit of civic pride penned by Lincoln Ross, a longtime D.C. musician whose past work has included stints with Count Basie and Donald... more ›

Charlie Palmer Steak has already received serious accolades from the Washington press (three stars from Tom Sietsema and one of the D.C. area's 100 best restaurants from the Washingtonian, for example) but the "very expensive" price point can often put people off. The restaurant's $20.05 lunch menu, which gives you a choice of an appetizer, an entrées (from a list of two), and a dessert at Restaurant Week prices is one easy way to enjoy the restaurant's meals without breaking the bank. But after debuting their new line of wines -- custom created to compliment Charlie Palmer's cuisine -- CPS announced a better (if significantly more expensive) offer. For the rest of April, they're offering a five course tasting menu for $115. Note that Charlie Palmer typically offers entrées in the $25-$35 range, which makes the tasting menu a little less attractive. That is, until you get to the kicker: the price is not only inclusive of wine, but the final course features Wagyu, the super expensive beyond-prime beef that often costs over $100 a pound. Normally, Wagyu entrées at CPS costs above $40, making the price of the April prix-fixe menu extremely attractive. more ›