In a year full of high-profile restaurant openings, perhaps no restaurant’s opening was more highly anticipated among the foodie crowd than PS 7’s. Why? The Penn Quarter restaurant would pair former Vidalia chef Peter Smith with 2006 RAMMY award winner and former Notti Bianche general manager Danny Boylen. And how couldn’t that be a winner? Not much more than a month after its opening, we’ve heard through the grapevine that Boylen has parted ways…

Rain or shine, this weekend brings opportunities to eat and drink aplenty, particularly if you’re planning on hanging out in the ‘burbs. Taste of Bethesda On Saturday from 11-4 along Norfolk, St. Elmo, Cordell, Del Ray, and Auburn Avenues, sample eats from 50 restaurants around Bethesda. Four tickets are $5. Jason Storch on DC Foodies says it’s a “time when hundreds flock to the streets of Bethesda to sample treats from the local restaurants…

You’ve seen the lists on waiterrant and elsewhere: What Your Drink Says About You. Vodka martini drinkers are classy and old-school. Cosmo drinkers are prissy or passé. Pinot noir drinkers are on the Sideways bandwagon. On less cynical lists, beer drinkers are characterized as creative, tequila drinkers as extroverts, and red wine drinkers as mature and discerning. But what does it say when your bartender questions your choice of drink? In an article in…

If you’re not in the habit of drinking an aperitif before dinner, it’s a fun one to embrace every so often. Like skinny jeans, Rod Lavers, and shag rugs, aperitifs are retro without the kitch, like the two-martini lunch days of yore but less boozy. As you’ve likely noticed of expats at Italian, French, or Greek restaurants around town, an aperitif is part of the every day dinner ritual for many Europeans. “How very continental…

Last Call. . . Take advantage of the final days of summer by treating yourself to a pork sandwich and side of broccoli rabe at the Galileo Grill this Tuesday and Wednesday between 11:45 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Chef Roberto Donna will also feature pork sausage or chicken sandwiches, cold carrot and tomato soup, and an onion, pancetta, and cheese quiche. As fall nears and the restaurant prepares to close for renovations, this may be…

Although District residents may be seguing into fall’s business-as-usual pace, we’re reminded today that, one year after Hurricane Katrina, those who call New Orleans home are still caught up in loose ends and mired in disarray caused by Katrina’s aftermath. Area food folks remind us that people still need our help. As Metrocurean reported last week, local restaurants participating in Share our Strength’s Restaurants for Relief today, which include Evening Star, Tallula and Capitol Grille,…

Tuscany-trained home chef Linda Reck swears her summer acquacotta would not be as delicious had she used Beefsteak tomatoes rather than her favorite Cherokee Purples. In the Tuscan spirit of using local ingredients, Linda believes that this heirloom variety simply tastes better when she uses them as the staple in this classic soup from the Maremma region of Italy. As part of the late-August peak of tomato season, food enthusiasts such as Linda are…

By DCist Contributor, Celeste Dawn Mitchell I never would have noticed Brown’s Caribbean Bakery if I hadn’t seen parade-goers piling in during the D.C. Caribbean Carnival earlier this summer. After a couple of failed attempts to stop by on a whim, a quick phone call called confirmed the sinfully early closing time — 6 or 7 p.m., depending on the day. Once inside, I watched customers stream in for the same grab-and-go dinner: oven-fresh patties…

Food incites emotion. Ask a guy to recall his mother’s most delicious dessert or his favorite meal on his last trip to Italy, and he’ll likely have plenty to say. Perhaps because they’re food-related, shows on the Food Network conjure similar passions—just read any blog comment on perky Rachael Ray, sultry Giada DeLaurentiis or exuberant Emeril Lagasse. It seems that even when we’re not eating their meals, we often respond to the processes and presentations…

In Eating Your Words, former New York Times restaurant critic William Grimes discusses what’s in a sandwich name — be it hoagie, wedge, muffuletta, Cubano, rocket, garibaldi, zeppelin, or spuckie. Region seems to dictate names as much as anything. Grimes attributes the Philadelphia “hoagie” to flapper-era Philadelphia jazz musician Al De Palma — who apparently said, “you had to be a hog to eat it.” During the Great Depression in 1936, he opened up a…