Bourdain Is Coming…

Bourdain is coming! Bourdain is coming!
Actually, to be specific, Bourdain already came, saw, and was molested by Jose Andres. Or, at least, that’s what the commercials currently being shown on the Travel Channel imply. (A key moment? Andres pushing Bourdain’s head, pimp-style, into a carton of peaches at the Penn Quarter farmer’s market and shouting, [...]

TIME: Out of Step, Out of Touch

I got an email this morning. “This morning” is a misnomer, actually: it showed up in my inbox about 10 minutes ago. “TIME Picks the Best Food Trends of 2008″ it happily proclaimed, and then shot me over to time.com to take a look at their brilliant insight. And by “brilliant” I mean bass-ackwards.
To give [...]

Bethesda Sushi Wars, Part 4: Aji Nippon

Do you recognize the name Aji Nippon? Despite the fact that I’ve been prowling the streets of Bethesda on my own for over 10 years now (ohhhh, I’m having an “old” moment), I had never even really noticed this gem of a sushi restaurant. Tucked into the corner next to the Post Office on Arlington [...]

Bethesda Sushi Wars, Part 3: Maki Maki

I’ve been terribly remiss in my sushi-reviewing duties here in Bethesda, a problem since when I’m not looking the sushi places have been multiplying. Two reviews this morning, part of the ongoing Bethesda Sushi Wars, in which I try to suss out which sushi place (of at least eight) in Bethesda is the one most [...]

Veggie Tales: Eating Local, Days 2 and 3

Ok, so things seem to be back on track. Tuesday, my second day, saw me return entirely to local eating; for lunch I had, well, nothing really because I was so jacked up on coffee (bought from Quartermine Roasters, based in Rockville, MD), but when I got home I took those delicious bunches of arugula [...]

Mambo Italiano: Olazzo

I don’t know how many people who come to this blog (40 of you came yesterday! Wow!!) are actually from DC, but if you’re from around here you know the past two days have featured some seriously craptacular weather. It’s cold (good: it’s October); it’s steadily raining (bad: I hate being damp and I left [...]

Bethesda Sushi Wars, Part Two: Tako Grill

And we’re back for part two of Bethesda Sushi Wars. It’s taking me a little longer than I would like to do this six-part series, but you must understand that I do not have much in the way of monies (and I’m travelling to London and Amsterdam this December) and sushi is expensive, especially if [...]

Bethesda Sushi Wars, Part One: Matuba

So you’ve all heard my rave review of downtown DC sushi bar Makoto, but I don’t often drive myself down MacArthur Blvd. to get lunch there, especially by myself. But sushi is one of my favorite things to eat — it’s light, it’s very healthy (especially now that I’ve acquired a serious taste for sashimi, [...]

Dim Sum Yum Yum

Hello, everyone! I hope you all had fabulous Labor Day weekends with burgers and hotdogs and some form of kickball. Work sucks, doesn’t it?
So last night I was watching No Reservations as usual, because if I can’t travel all around the world to eat then Anthony Bourdain will have to do it for me. Last [...]

Makoto: Oishii!

It’s been far too long since I’ve been here (actually, I wonder if there’s any point in going alone tonight… I’m in the mood for really good sushi…), but Makoto Restaurant, on MacArthur Boulevard, is one of the top sushi spots in DC and somewhere definitely worth visiting.
The first thing that sets Makoto apart from [...]