Can it be that spring has finally sprung? A promising indicator is some of the new items on the menu at The Daily Dish, one of my favorite local restaurants. I participate in a recent media dinner to check out what’s been cooking with this Silver Spring restaurant and catering company. The Daily Dish is […]
Summer House Santa Monica: Beating the Winter Blues
March 6, 2015 · by · Leave a Comment
Another snowy day has hit the DC area, and we’re all feeling a bit weary of the cold and the annoying interruptions to our regularly-scheduled activities. I’m channeling the sunshine by writing about dinner at Summer House Santa Monica, a new restaurant at Pike and Rose center in North Bethesda. This is a place that […]
Trapezaria: A Meal that Sizzles
July 12, 2014 · by · 4 Comments
I am not sure why the Fourth of July, a holiday about independence, also came to be about backyard barbecues. Many Americans spend the day consuming mass quantities of hot dogs, baked beans, barbecue chicken, and strawberry shortcake. Since the theme is freedom, this year we decide to take the meaning in another direction and go […]
Nantucket’s Reef: Here’s the Skinny
March 17, 2014 · by · 2 Comments
I suffer from an ailment that plagues me nearly every day. It isn’t painful, but it does bring on pangs…of hunger. This ailment is food envy, and I feel it most often on weekdays as I browse through other people’s photos on Twitter and Instagram. Photos of tantalizing doughnuts, exotic sandwiches, and food truck delicacies […]
Soom Foods Sisters Turn Fantasy into Reality at Chop’t
February 10, 2014 · by · 4 Comments
We have a fantasy in our family. We are going to open a kosher restaurant focused primarily on chicken wings. Really, really good chicken wings. Oh, and hot and crispy French fries. It’s not totally out of the realm of possibility, but the likelihood is that this will never happen. Truth is…I can’t imagine working […]
Republic: No Reservations about the Takoma Park Newcomer
January 25, 2014 · by · 1 Comment
This new trend of restaurants not taking reservations? I am not a fan. Yes, I have arrived at Rose’s Luxury before 5:30 pm to ensure we get a table without an hours-long wait. In fact, I’ve done it twice. But it’s not my preference. On the other hand, when my husband and I decide […]
