Kraut Rocks, an unconventional marketing campaign aiming to “change people’s outlook on kraut” has recruited three H St. restaurateurs (along with two others in Chinatown and Old Town Alexandria) to creative innovative kraut-based dishes and feature them throughout September.

Chef Teddy Folkman watches himself in an episode of The Next Food Network Star. Teddy Folkman, D.C.’s latest representative on the reality food television circuit, was sent home from The Next Food Network Star in last night’s episode. It was the fourth episode of the season—he outlasted three of the ten fellow contestants, but didn’t make it to cook in Rachel Ray’s studio in episode 5. The ouster wasn’t a product of poor cooking,…

Capitol Lounge, fixture of the Capitol Hill bar scene, launched a revamped, Teddy Folkman-created menu over the weekend. Folkman, who can be seen on TV competing to be The Next Food Network Star, accepted the Executive Chef role at the Lounge after helping owner Joe Englert in launching H Street Country Club’s Mexican-themed menu. Their goal is to “raise the bar,” providing gourmet bar food to the staffers and Hill denizens that frequent Pennsylvania Avenue….

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…

Opening tonight is H Street Country Club, the much anticipated, long awaited indoor mini-golf course/Mexican eatery in Northeast. We’ve heard rumors about the DC-themed holes bordering on two years now. Chalk up their logo, which says “Est. 2008,” to overzealousness. Even the hard hat tour in February 2009 showed a place still in development; there wasn’t a blade of fake grass in sight. Last night we had the chance to be among the first to…

Teddy Folkman (Photo by inked78) For the poor guy who was told that Granville Moore’s chef Teddy Folkman was going to open a Granville Moore’s in New York… he’s not. And go figure, he also wasn’t on an Alaskan cruise or fishing in the Caribbean. Those were just some of the excuses made up by staff for Folkman’s recent six week hiatus while he filmed the next season of the Food Network’s The Next…