Dinner with a bear, a silver fox and a noisy Spaniard sounds like the punchline to a good joke. But if you happen to have nine friends with more than a thousand bucks to burn or have a really awesome sugar daddy, you can bid on a private dinner for 10 with Chefs Tom Colicchio, Eric Ripert and Jose Andres on November 10. Bidding on eBay starts at $10,000 — or you can “Buy it Now” for $25,000.

Image courtesy of Bethany L. King Dish of the Week: Paella A few years ago at a Smithsonian Associates talk, Jose Andres spoke about how one of his first cooking responsibilities as a kid was to watch the paella cooking in the backyard. In some ways, paella is an extremely basic dish that has its variations in many cultures – a combination of stock, rice, and whatever proteins and vegetables that happen to be…

Countdown to Westend Bistro It’s almost here. The opening that all the foodies in town have been waiting for. The one that all the critics are getting more than a little excited about. The chef that makes all the ladies swoon with his French accent. Westend Bistro by Eric Ripert at the Ritz-Carlton on Thursday, November 8. Menus have been posted to their web site leaving many, including Don Rockwell posters, mystified. Rather than…

Corrections In last week’s Feed, we mentioned that the unearthing of Eric Ripert’s impending move to D.C. was courtesy of Tom Sietsema in a May 2006 TomChat. We were mistaken, however. The scoop on the story goes to the Washingtonian’s Todd Kliman, who uncovered the story in his chat first (link is unavailable, sorry, you can read his latest chat though). Apologies all around to you Mr. Kliman; you deserve full credit for your footwork….

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…