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.

Last night, Ba Bay played host to a pre-Taste of the Nation banh mi smackdown to raise money for Share Our Strength, an organization that fights childhood hunger. The competition pitted chefs from Ba Bay, Dino, Lyon Hall, Proof, PS7’s and The Source against each other to see who could create the best banh mi.

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…

Restaurant Week is risky business. In order to secure a spot at the best restaurants during the prime 7 p.m. dinner hour, you’ll have to book two to three weeks in advance. But even the most careful planning and meticulous research will not guarantee a perfect meal. Like the best things in life, Restaurant Week is high risk, high reward. Which is to say, when it’s good, it’s really good; and when it’s bad, it’s…