Full disclosure: I am a full-on earthy crunchy hippie. In addition to being, you know, vegan, I make my own granola, I like my cleaning products eco-friendly, recycle […]
FOOD: Brookland’s Restaurant Boom — Where to Eat and Drink [DC]
[The newly opened Brookland’s Finest; photo by Carrie Epps] As I wrote last week, Washington, D.C., is in the midst of a food renaissance. What had started in […]
PROFILE: Fostering Community at Brookland’s Mess Hall Culinary Incubator
From the (many, many) restaurants that have opened on and around 14th St NW, to the dozens of food trucks prowling the city’s streets in search of hungry […]
LIVE: Kelis serves up ‘Food’ and other Tasty treats at the 9:30 Club [DC]
Kelis has proven over and over again that her milkshake still brings folks to the yard, and they came out this past Sunday night to the legendary 9:30 […]
EVENT: Union BBQ’s Master Class on How to Please Plant-Based Eaters
Being invited to summertime barbecues normally fills me with agita. Not because I have anything against cooking and dining al fresco, but because it forces me have to […]
FOOD: Eden Center’s Rice Paper [DC]
About this time last year, I was in the Bay indulging in Vietnamese at the infamous pop-up Rice Paper Scissors. Like an addict on the hunt, I needed […]
EVENT PREVIEW: Union BBQ [DC] — 6/14
What are you doing June 14th? No, wait, don’t answer that: I’ve made your plans for you. From the folks behind U Street Music Hall comes next Saturday’s […]
LIVE: NPR Music Interviews Mannie Fresh In DC
Music, especially hip-hop, is probably not the first thing that comes to mind when you hear NPR. Well NPR’s Microphone Check is trying to change that by making […]
INTERVIEW: Katelyn Sornik of Kate Bakes Bars
[Photo courtesy Katelyn Sornik] There’s something about the nature of the internet that makes the physical world around us seem that much smaller. So, I shouldn’t’ve been surprised […]
Q&A: Nikki Rappaport Sweetens Up Your Day With Cupcakes for Breakfast
[All photos courtesy of Cupcakes for Breakfast] I keep up with way too many blogs – more than I really need to, but once in a while I […]