DCist sat down with Peter Smith, Executive Chef and Owner of PS 7’s, and Andrew Markert, his Chef de Cuisine, to talk meat in casings.

PS7’s executive sous chef Andrew Markert will compete on the Food Network cooking competition Chopped next Tuesday, January 18 at 10 p.m. The show challenges four chefs to cook a three-course meal with an assigned basket of ingredients; after each course, one chef is eliminated from the competition. This episode will feature marrow bones as one of the central ingredients — for those of you who like offal, it should be an mouth-watering piece of…

On Friday, news broke that Chef Nathan Anda of Arlington’s Tallula and popular neighboring bar/lounge EatBar will be departing. Anda received much acclaim while at Tallula/EatBar and was nominated for a 2008 RAMMY Award in the category of Rising Culinary Star of the Year. The good news is that Anda will be staying with Neighborhood Restaurant Group with plans to open a butcher shop and a new restaurant. Anda’s departure has paved the way for…