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How to Torture Your English-as-a-Second-Language Date

July 19, 2011

Bring him to Empellón for dinner.

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Eat It or Skip It: Washington DC – The Verdict

July 13, 2011

Let’s start out the right way.  With cocktails.

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What is this, The Cheesecake Factory?

July 11, 2011

That was one of the first things I said when I checked in with the host at Jose Andreas’ Zaytinya, for, even though I had a reservation which I was on time for, they handed me a beeper and told me it would light up when a table was ready.  Um, really?  I know you’re [...]

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Againn – Gastropub (?) in D.C.

July 10, 2011

We lucked out and found that one of the restaurants we were most interested in trying – Againn, a decidedly contemporary, upscale, high-brow-cocktail version of a Gastropub -  was literally right around the corner from our hotel.  So this was our later-side Saturday night dinner pick….the last chance we’d have to sit back and relax [...]

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It’s the Summer Fancy Foods Show in Washington, DC!

July 9, 2011

And the girls of FlavorJunkie and Five Finger Foods are there….and we couldn’t be more excited! We got into town this just after noon today and our first stop (of course!) was for lunch.  We headed over to the H Street Corridor to try some Ethiopian food at Ethiopic.  As its only open for lunch [...]

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