14 organizations you can volunteer for that are working to combat hunger in and around the District.

From Food & Friends.

Food and Friends — a local charity which delivers food and groceries to HIV/AIDS and cancer patients around the Washington region — is still in need of volunteers with four-wheel drive vehicles to help them make their rounds today.

Image courtesy of www.VoteJoeC.com Dish of the Week: Hoagie bread at Taylor Gourmet The second location of Taylor Gourmet sandwich shop just opened today in the CityVista condo complex at 5th and K Streets NW. While checking out the opening, I most decidedly fell in love with their hoagie bread. The bread comes from Sarcone’s Bakery in Philly, where the bread is picked up each day. With the heft of fillings that can range…

If you’re anything like me, you can come up with a good excuse to eat out pretty much anytime. (Unfortunately, most of these excuses are simple variations on my own personal laziness. Hey, at least I’m honest.) But on March 5, everyone’s got a perfectly valid reason to take in a meal outside of your own kitchen: fighting AIDS, cancer, and other life-threatening ailments. We mentioned it back in January, but it bears repeating:…

Image courtesy of cursed thing Drink of the Week: Bell’s Brewery beers Where: Bourbon, Rustico, The Big Hunt Illinois is a funny place. That their weirdly coiffed (former) governor was impeached this week is only the beginning of the story. They also have some rather complicated alcohol distribution laws that give distributors a ton of power. How does that relate to us? Bell’s Brewery founder Larry Bell decided to get out of the Illinois…