My friend and I had been trying to do lunch since October.  I am a food adventurer and she is working on coming out of her food shell.  Eating together is a way to do both—plus it is always fun to try out a new place with someone else. I had been looking for Mexican [...]

[Photo from DC Central Kitchen] What’s better than a music festival?  A music and food festival!  Sound Bites is coming to Washington DC this Sunday, May 19th and bringing together the area’s favorite local music and eats, including a mixology contest.  The event, held inside and outside of the 9:30 Club, will include musical acts [...]

With Memorial Day only a few weeks away, I wanted to bless the culinary inept with a killer slow-roasted pulled pork recipe that is a tangible form of heaven on a plate. I toasted a brioche bun and topped the succulent pork with au jus, sriracha honey barbecue sauce, and homemade pickled ginger apple broccoli [...]

A weekend trip to my parent’s house gave me the perfect excuse to throw a few back at Tired Hands Brewing Company, a local brewery garnering national acclaim. RateBeer, a consumer site, ranked Tired Hands as the second best “Top New Brewers In The World.” Located outside of The City of Brotherly Love in Admore, [...]

[Photo from Grub Street NY] The cronut (a croissant and doughnut hybrid) is coming to NYC! (Grub Street NY) Stop.  A Taco Bell breakfast waffle taco? (Laughing Squid) A list of the James Beard Foundation Award winners.  Congrats, everyone! (James Beard Foundation) And also, congratulations to all of The Munchies: People’s Choice Food Award winners! [...]

The Couch Sessions has graciously agreed to let me share some amazing test kitchen experiences and foodie adventures with you, straight from the City of Bridge. The food isn’t too fancy here in Pittsburgh, more down home European, but there are 3—4 very important food and drink items you can find at almost any restaurant. [...]

For many of us that grew up with any kind of Southern roots, I’m sure you remember your grandmothers and aunts making wonderful down-home dishes that you just don’t find in very many kitchens today. I know for myself it was because when I asked for the recipe they could never give it to me. [...]

I try not to push myself into a food coma, but there have been two times that I’ve done it this year – and I hold Village Voice responsible for both of them.  It was that time again this past Tuesday, May 7 –  time for the Village Voice’s 2nd Annual “Choice Streets” Food Truck [...]

I am a huge fan of dim sum.  I threw my own first dim sum party at some point in graduate school and served my friends an assortment of more than ten different types of small plates that I tried to keep rolling out at intervals over the party time.  And of course, I had [...]

[Photo from Serious Eats] This recipe combines two of my favorites – grilled cheese and tacos! (Serious Eats) The full list of what vendors will be serving at this year’s Googa Mooga. (Grub Street NY) Montreal’s new food truck plan screws over everyone.  (VICE) A study shows that people who Instagram their food might have [...]

Tomorrow, twenty lightning-fast horses will run one and one quarter miles with twenty really hungry people on their backs, racing for the chance to become the winner of the 139th Kentucky Derby. The outcome of the race is always uncertain, but if you’re watching it, you will undoubtedly be drinking a mint julep. This drink [...]

My parents were swinging through the DC area on their return trip from Florida to Connecticut for the summer.  Knowing me, my parents arrived with a ton of fruit including five mangos.  I love mangos, but they were all in the same stage of ripeness, which meant, unless I ate until I was sick, I [...]