Virtue Feed & Grain interior The new Virtue Feed & Grain in Old Town Alexandria is an interesting place. The decor is killer. The chef’s credentials are impeccable. The drinks are unique. The food is a little better than okay. I have to put a caveat on this. I was with six people. Three of […]
NYC: Food and the City 2, featuring ABC Kitchen and Chelsea Market
July 28, 2011 · by · 3 Comments
At the end of “Food and the City” part one (which is the first installment of this blog post), there were fifteen women on a food tour of the Lower East Side. The sequel begins with the women heading to “Book of Mormon” on Broadway. This is a show that the characters of “Sex in […]
NYC: Food and the City, featuring Telepan and more
July 23, 2011 · by · Leave a Comment
Telepan photo from www.zagat.com At face value there are not too many similarities between the girls of Sex and the City and a group of fifteen 50+year olds on an annual trip to Manhattan. But somehow this is exactly what comes to mind as I try to capture the essence of my recent trip. Except […]
Charlottesville: Found- Peter Chang’s China Grill
July 19, 2011 · by · Leave a Comment
I can’t remember exactly where I heard about Peter Chang’s China Grill. The restaurant name appears on my to do list, alongside the word “Charlottesville. ” I peruse my list shortly before a trip to Lynchburg, Virginia, and the Charlottesville restaurant catches my eye. I conduct some online research to jog my memory. What […]
Lynchburg, VA: Branching out at Bull Branch
July 17, 2011 · by · 1 Comment
My husband is from Lynchburg, Virginia, which is hardly the culinary capital of the world. Our visits here usually include dinner at a local Chinese restaurant, which is mediocre at best. But on a recent visit we decided to take some advice from Pamela Redmond Satran in her 2009 Washington Post article about “Fine, Funky […]
Proof is in the Pudding- CLOSED
July 11, 2011 · by · 1 Comment
Do I rule my blog or does my blog rule me? Last weekend I absolutely had to order sticky toffee pudding at Proof because I realized I could then say “the Proof is in the pudding” in my headline. It was was a defining moment. My blog is starting to dictate my menu choices. Of […]
The Source: Re-Source
July 3, 2011 · by · 1 Comment
I’ve been wanting to try the lounge at The Source by Wolfgang Puck for some time. I dined at the upscale restaurant last summer, right before I started blogging. But The Source catapulted to the top of my list again after winning Best Fine Dining restaurant at last week’s RAMMYS. I am nothing if not […]
