Someone asked me this weekend whether any recent restaurant meals have been disappointing. I mostly demurred because I’m still in pandemic mode when we all agreed not to say anything critical about restaurants just trying …READ MORE »
Someone asked me this weekend whether any recent restaurant meals have been disappointing. I mostly demurred because I’m still in pandemic mode when we all agreed not to say anything critical about restaurants just trying …READ MORE »
I was smitten with Venezuelan-born Chef Enrique Limardo’s cooking the first time I ate at his first DC outpost, Seven Reasons, back in 2019. His food was gutsy and flavorful, not precious and muted. He …READ MORE »
I’m back. I didn’t know I was taking a blogging sabbatical but that’s how it worked out. Things just kept coming up — volunteering in Poland with World Central Kitchen, my son’s wedding, new episodes …READ MORE »
The New York Times is trying to kill me. I don’t know what I did, but obviously it was something that hurt them a lot. Because their new list of the 50 top US …READ MORE »
Pro-tip: eating at home is not the same as eating in peace
An early and short post this week because I’m off on a cross-country road trip that will take me to some of my favorite …READ MORE »
Late Summer BLT (homemade, but if you stop by I’ll make you one)
It’s late August and that means it’s time for those familiar signs of summer’s end: good tomatoes, county fairs, and outraged Facebook posts …READ MORE »
Yep, six months off and I’m back already. When I adopted “the best things I ate this week” format I probably should have thought that one through. But posting every other week doesn’t really work. …READ MORE »
Um…hey…how’ve you been? Great to see you again. I think it was last February, if you can believe it. Yeah, time does fly during lockdown. Or does it stand still. Either way, it’s been a …READ MORE »
Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza, 7776 Norfolk Ave, Bethesda MD (posted February 12, 2020) (Mini-Review)
Since this is a mini-review, let me cut to the chase. The newly-opened Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza is good. Not drive-thirty-minutes-out-of-your-way …READ MORE »
Cielo Rojo, 7056 Carroll Ave, Takoma Park MD (Open Tuesday-Sunday for lunch/brunch and dinner; closed Monday) (Reviewed July 31, 2019)
It all started last Saturday morning when I was trying to figure out what to …READ MORE »
Nada 11886 Grand Park Avenue, North Bethesda MD
I was a kid when Chi Chi’s opened its first restaurant in 1975 in my hometown of Minneapolis. They billed themselves as the “Home of the Chimichanga” and …READ MORE »
Frankly…Pizza!, 10417 Armory Ave, Kensington MD
Frankly…Pizza! is my favorite pizza in the DMV. That won’t surprise longtime readers, who may remember one of my very first posts in October 2016 ranking the Best Pizza …READ MORE »
True Food Kitchen, 7100 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda MD
True Food Kitchen is hard not to like. Believe me, I tried.
I walked into the newly-opened Bethesda location like Anthony Bourdain walking into Applebee’s. I already knew …READ MORE »
Here’s how much I love Mexican food: I even like bad Mexican food. Set me in front of a sack of Taco Bell tacos and I’ll tear through them like Joey Chestnut on the Fourth …READ MORE »