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January 25, 2012
Tidbits | The New York Times January 21, 2012Of Mouselike Bites and MarathonsBy FRANK BRUNITHE people who invite us to wallow in food seldom remind us to beware.In the pages of their gorgeously illustrated cookbooks or on their delectably edited TV shows, they assemble and plunge headlong into lavish feasts, oohing as they baste, cooing as they carve and swooning over the side dishes. We respond as...
January 25, 2012
Tidbits | The New York Times January 18, 2012Nine Things You Didn’t Know About TwitterBy PAUL BOUTINTwitter, the minimalist-format social network that claims to have 100 million users, has built its reputation around its simplicity. Members can post to the service only in text messages of 140 characters or less. They can include a link to another site, or to a photo or video. They can repost other...
January 23, 2012
Lynne's Lounge | The Beverage Journal January 2012 By Stephen Kay The cost of running a restaurant or tavern in Washington, DC … many thousands of dollars. The value of membership in the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington (RAMW)? Priceless.Since 1920, RAMW (and its predecessor the Washington Restaurant Association) has been the leading advocate – the voice – of...
January 19, 2012
Members in the News | Washington City Paper Young and Hungry Posted by Chris Shott on Jan. 19, 2012 at 10:00 am Dinner Roll of the Dice: Brian McBride and Robert Weidmaier Eye Atlantic City Brian McBride is frying up some severed shrimp heads, part of an ambitious recipe for a new pasta dish. For a veteran of the restaurant scene in Washington, with its sizeable international population and...
January 17, 2012
Members in the News | The Washington Post Hit with rising food costs, indie restaurant owners cope creativelyBy Olga Khazan, Published: January 11When Jeremy Ashby, executive chef of the restaurant Azur in Lexington, Ky., noticed food prices creeping up over the past year, he was initially stumped. He couldn’t save by buying in bulk, because his 3,500-square-foot business didn’t have enough...
January 17, 2012
Hot Topics | Fox 5 TV DC Food Trucks Facing Battle Over Parking By STACEY COHAN/myfoxdc Published : Friday, 13 Jan 2012, 7:20 PM ESTWASHINGTON - There is a crackdown on one of the fastest growing businesses in the District. Food trucks are popping up on dozens of city streets, selling everything from pulled pork to pecan pies. But there's a food fight brewing.While popular, withbusy, but hungry...
January 17, 2012
Members in the News | The New York Times The Capital’s KitchenPublished: January 15, 2012 For 23 years, D.C. Central Kitchen,the country’s oldest community kitchen providing meals for the poor andhomeless, has taken discarded food and marginalized people and found value in both. It’s a nonprofit that gives new meaning to free enterprise. What started with one refrigerator...
January 13, 2012
Members in the News | Virginia Named One of the 10 Best Wine Travel Destinations of 2012 by Wine Enthusiast~Commonwealth Joins World's Top Wine Regions in Prestigious Listing~Magazine Cites State's Rich History, Natural Beauty, and Wine Makers in SelectionRICHMOND – Wine Enthusiast Magazine has named Virginia as one of the 10 best wine travel destinations for 2012. The article, listed online and in the February...
January 12, 2012
Hot Topics | The Washington Post D.C. cab drivers protest fare hike and other changesBy Maggie Fazeli Fard, Published: Januaryl 11, 2012 There was standing room only at the D.C. Taxicab Commission meeting Wednesday, when city cab drivers and others aired their grievances about the commission’s recently approved fare hike.More than a dozen cab drivers spoke at the two-hour meeting, which was...
January 11, 2012
Members in the News | Restaurant Hospitality 12 to Watch in 2012 Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM, Megan Rowe Who are the next rising stars? Who is poised to break away from the pack? Who has accomplished something really cool? We've found a dozen individuals and duos who fit the bill.Tiffany MacIsaacExecutive pastry chef, Neighborhood Restaurant Group, Washington, DC Why we're watching: She's built a loyal fan base...
January 10, 2012
Tidbits | The New York Times January 9, 2012 Pasta Graduates From Alphabet Soup to Advanced Geometry By KENNETH CHANG Most people eating pasta might enjoy the taste or appreciate the texture of noodles cooked al dente. Sander Huisman did, too — and then he wondered about what mathematical equation would describe the undulating shapes he was eating. ...
January 10, 2012
Tidbits | The New York Times January 9, 2012 The Knife in the Carry-On By MICHAEL T. LUONGO For most business travelers, the post-Sept. 11 restrictions on carrying sharp objects onto planes are minor inconveniences. But for those who work in an industry focused on sharp or dangerous objects, business trips can be prone to problems without proper planning. Transportation...
January 9, 2012
Tidbits | The New York Times Thieves Seek Restaurants’ Used Fryer OilJanuary 7, 2012 By STEVEN YACCINOCompanies that collect used cooking grease from restaurants across the country have turned to all forms of sleuthing in recent years. Private investigators. Surveillance cameras. Rigged alarms. And still, containers full of used fryer oil are slipping through their fingers. For years,...
January 6, 2012
Hot Topics | Greater Greater WashingtonThe Washington, DC area is great. But it could be greater. Experimental real-time transit screens come to Arlington, DCby Eric Fidler • January 5, 2012 If you go into the Java Shack coffee shop near Court House in Arlington, or walk past the Red Palacebar on H Street in DC, you will see a new experimental project from theMobility Lab: Digital...
January 6, 2012
Members in the News | The Washington Post Capital Business Two restaurants chosen for District office building By Jonathan O'Connell, The District government has selected two restaurant operators to open locations in a city office building in the Benning neighborhood of Northeast Washington, in what could serve as a test-run for bringing new food options to the area around St. Elizabeths...
