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    Keeping Up with the Culinarians

    Posted by Rick Chessen

      The pace of DC restaurant openings never seems to slow. The conveyor belt is relentless. I’m eating as fast as I can but I can’t keep up. I’ve managed to report on several new places that I’ve loved recently like Seven Reasons, Cielo Rojo, and Mama Chang, but there are so many others that deserve attention. Just in ...READ MORE »

    Posted in Articles | 3 Comments

    Rick Eats (and Ranks) DC’s Best Falafel

    Posted by Rick Chessen

    Posted September 15, 2019 I recently started a strict new diet with a single loophole: I can eat whatever I want for the blog. Which makes it the perfect time to put together my definitive rating of DC-area falafel shops. There’s nothing that makes a diet more bearable than a comprehensive survey of fried chickpea-fritter sandwiches. Stay tuned for next week’s ...READ MORE »

    Posted in Articles, Best of Lists | 1 Comment

    Rick Eats the Holy Land

    Posted by Rick Chessen

    Rick Eats the Holy Land You know how football receivers sometimes have to make catches across the middle even though they know they’re going to get pummeled? That’s how I feel about this post. I just got back from Israel. And if you know my readership, you know that (1) a lot of them go to Israel regularly (I was last there ...READ MORE »

    Posted in Articles | 6 Comments

    A Visit to Mama Chang (aka Why Bethesda Can’t Have Nice Things)

    Posted by Rick Chessen

    Mama Chang, 3251 Old Lee Highway, Fairfax VA (reviewed June 12, 2019) I just got back from dinner at Mama Chang in Fairfax. Let me start with the good news. Mama Chang is terrific. There’s a reason Tom Sietsema recently crowned it his #1 new restaurant in DC. While I may not place it quite that high, I have no ...READ MORE »

    Posted in Articles, Restaurants VA | Leave a comment

    The Democratic Food Primary

    Posted by Rick Chessen

    Now that a solid majority of the American people are running for the Democratic presidential nomination, it’s time to assess the field. You’ve probably seen the candidates’ positions on the issues of the day, from climate change to health care to Ted Cruz’s beard. But where are they on food? I don’t mean things like food safety or food security, ...READ MORE »

    Posted in Articles, Featured | 6 Comments

    Virginia is for Amoo’s

    Posted by Rick Chessen

    Amoo’s, 6271 Old Dominion Drive, McLean VA I came home from work last Thursday and suggested we drive to McLean for dinner. My kids’ first reaction was confusion. Dinner in Virginia? On a weeknight? You’d think I’d just asked them to hook up the Conestoga to set out for the Dakota Territories. But I held firm. The Persian restaurant Amoo’s had been ...READ MORE »

    Posted in Articles, Restaurants VA | 2 Comments

    Best Bites of 2018

    Posted by Rick Chessen

    I love year-end retrospectives and “best of” lists. That used to include the montage Facebook puts together as my “Year-End Review.” But for some reason Amazon, Apple and Netflix started showing me the exact same montage, so it’s lost some of its punch. Which means I had to make my own year-end review. I just scrolled through the food pics on ...READ MORE »

    Posted in Articles, Best of Lists | 5 Comments

    Rick’s Top 25 DC Restaurants — Spring 2019

    Posted by Rick Chessen

    It’s time for a new top-25 list. How do I know? Well, for starters, my current list has two Mike Isabella restaurants on it. Not only have they all closed, but it was the better part of a year before that since I’d set foot in one. More importantly, the current list doesn’t reflect the continuing froth of the DC ...READ MORE »

    Posted in Articles, Best of Lists | 1 Comment

    4 Days in New York City

    Posted by Rick Chessen

    I tend to avoid writing about out-of-town dining, mostly because I’m not that interested myself in reading about restaurants I’ll never visit. If there’s an article in Food & Wine about a charming little cafe on the shores of a bucolic lake in Patagonia, I’m already turning the pages looking for the next article. New York City is different. A lot ...READ MORE »

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    Our State Fair Is a Great State Fair

    Posted by Rick Chessen

    Minnesota State Fair, 1265 Snelling Ave North, St Paul MN Disneyland bills itself as the “happiest place on earth.” And yet I’ve never heard anyone say the food at Disneyland was amazing. Ipso facto, not the happiest. By contrast, take the Minnesota State Fair, which takes place in St. Paul during the twelve days leading up to Labor Day. There are lots ...READ MORE »

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