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Category Archives: DC
“The Don Rockwell Idiot Kit” – Coffee and Coffee Equipment for Complete Novices, Mail-Ordered from Qualia Coffee in Petworth
I cannot recommend The Don Rockwell Idiot Kit enough for people who know absolutely nothing about coffee, but wish to become experts with a minimal amount of work. Read that entire thread, especially the first post, and get on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Coffee, Coffee Beans, Coffee Equipment, Independent Coffee House, Mail Order, Petworth
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All Purpose, Shaw
I went to All Purpose this weekend at around 7 PM – the restaurant was fairly full, but with no wait, and there were seats open at the bar. Let me start out by giving the highest possible praise to … Continue reading
Johnny’s Half Shell, Adams Morgan
Twelve years ago, in 2004, the great Ann Cashion won the James Beard Award for Best Chef – Mid-Atlantic Region: Ann was, and still is, the *only female* to win the award from Washington, DC, and is a legendary, beloved … Continue reading
Kyirisan, Shaw
I was worried last Thursday – which was shortly after all the “Autumn Dining Guides” had been released – that Kyirisan was going to be packed, so I got there around 6 PM, and was surprised to see an empty … Continue reading
Kinship, Mount Vernon Square
It was my first night off the 3-month-long, “Walking Dead” Diet, and where better to spend it than where I had last gone three months before: Kinship? I had texted with Eric earlier that day, and knew he was leaving … Continue reading
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Kinship, Mount Vernon Square: The First Six Months of 2016
Between January and June, I went to Kinship fourteen times, and developed a strong sense of how the menu changed to reflect the seasons (primarily), and the creative mind of the chef (secondarily). It would be fruitless to recount each course from each meal, … Continue reading
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Tagged Fine Dining, Modern American, Mount Vernon Square
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Boundary Road, H Street Corridor
I’ve been to Boundary Road three times recently – nothing is easier for me than turning right out of Union Station, and heading east to the H Street Corridor when I step off the Amtrak from New York City - and on … Continue reading
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Tagged H Street Corridor, Mead, Modern American
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The Dabney, Blagden Alley
I went to the The Dabney right when it opened, and liked it well enough, but what I experienced there this week was a restaurant that has started to come into its own – the entire experience being at a … Continue reading
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Tagged Beers, Beverage Program, Blagden Alley, Cocktails, Convention Center, Local and Seasonal, Modern American, Wines, Wood-Grilled Oven
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Tail Up Goat, Adams Morgan
How to tell the difference between the two from a distance, on an island overrun with both: “Tail up goat. Tail down sheep.” Such is the origin behind the name of Adams Morgan’s hottest new restaurant, Tail Up Goat – … Continue reading
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Tagged Adams Morgan, Bread, Charcuterie, Fermentation, Modern Alpine, Modern Mediterranean
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