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By Betsy Craig, CEO and co-founder of MenuTrinfo® We've all read the headlines about restaurant patrons having an allergic reaction after being served food items contaminated with the cause of the reaction. While in a majority of cases these reactions have not been fatal they can be life threatening. According to a 2007 study by the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN), there were 63 food allergy–related fatalities between 1996 and 2006, with half involving restaurants. While it's true that much has been done to educate kitchen and wait staff on safe food-handling...

It’s going to be a yummy weekend in Shaw! Dino’s Grotto begins Sunday Brunch ! Now that three weeks have passed since opening Dino’s Grotto in Shaw, and the kitchen and staff have settled in nicely, Chef/Managing Partner Dean Gold is beginning his popular Sunday Brunch this weekend at noon on June 8 . Thereafter, Brunch will run every Sunday from noon to 4pm . *Special tastes for Shaw residents, this Sunday Only! If you show an ID, a phone bill, etc. that proves you’re a neighbor, you can partake of free nibbles (Trotter Tots, Mozzarella in Carrozza, and “shots...

Soccer fans take note, this June and July Richard Sandoval’s popular Washington restaurants Masa 14, El Centro D.F. on 14 th Street and in Georgetown, Ambar and Zengo will celebrate the 2014 FIFA World Cup with festive food and drink specials. Each of the participating restaurants will offer Caipirinha Tradicional, Caipiroska Tradicional, Corona and Corona Light, house red and white wine and margaritas for $5 each. Additionally, Masa 14 and Ambar will offer food specials in addition to their regular a la carte lunch, dinner and happy hour menus for those dining at the bar during the...

By Claire Willis, Director of Culinary Nutritionists at MenuTrinfo® Recently, the RAND Corporation (“a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decision making through research and analysis,” according to their website) has proposed implementing healthy dining standards for restaurants. This would require foodservice establishments to have a percentage of their menu items (on both adult and kids menus) meet certain nutritional criteria. Their reasoning behind this would be to help curb the obesity epidemic in the US by having healthy options at each and every...

The Bombay Clu b, located one block from the White House , is renowned as a power dining location featuring authentic, gourmet Indian cuisine , and on Sundays from May 18 th to June 14 th guests are invited to partake in a culinary adventure exploring dishes from different regions of India. This unique dining experience will be artfully prepared by Executive Chef Nilesh Singhvi , who previously worked for the exclusive Taj Group of Hotels , the leading luxury hotel chain in India. In India, he was afforded the opportunity to work with master chefs of Kashmiri, Avadhi and South Indian cuisines...