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Rhone1998

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  • Birthday 04/11/1972

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  1. I’ve never been but my wife is raves about the food and service there. She says only downside is a fairly limited menu without many vegetarian options.
  2. What are people loving for Ethiopian these days? Bonus points for recs that are an easy drive from Union Station. We're picking someone up from the train station friday night and promised Ethiopian food, but I'd rather not trek it up all the way to Silver Spring. Thanks!
  3. Don, curious if you paired a wine from their list with the gnocchi? I would be at a loss to make a good match especially as I really don’t know Italian wines.
  4. We are hosting several vegetarians this year for the first time, and so need to make some adjustments to our usual routine. It's all good! Haven't made any final decisions yet but we are leaning toward making this Mushroom Wellington recipe, in addition to some sides (vegetarian sides are a lot easier). Anyone tried it?
  5. Besides Qualia, which other local roasters do folks recommend for mail subscriptions?
  6. It's been a long time since we were in that area, but when we were in San Sebastian we wandered into many wine bars and small restaurants that just caught our eye walking down the street (crowded with locals is a good sign) and never once left disappointed. So my only advice to you is to leave one or two slots on your meal itinerary empty and hit up whatever place strikes your fancy in the moment.
  7. Le Diplomate? Definitely fun and lively, with consistently decent food (pre-pandemic at least). They also have a variety of different seating options depending on your party's preferences.
  8. I have two bottles from two different years, and they are markedly different colors. I've never had Rivesaltes before and honestly have no idea what it's supposed to look like.
  9. I’m thinking of opening this bottle up to celebrate with some friends. Questions to those of you more knowledgeable than I: does it need to stand upright for a period of time before opening? Will it need to be decanted?
  10. Hello DR hive, I’m looking for a pizza place, in DC or Montgomery County ideally, with a patio suitable for a party of 10 to 15 people. Bonus points if it’s got heat lamps since the weather might be cold when we head there. Thanks for any suggestions.
  11. Who knew, China grows coffee? This is from my biweekly delivery. I’m no good with coffee descriptions, but it’s pretty tasty to me.
  12. I know, right? But it works if you give it enough time. I started the dough about 9pm, let it proof on the counter until about 1 or 2 pm the next afternoon, with 4 stretch and folds every 30 minutes at the end. Then in the refrigerator until late the following morning for baking.
  13. I've been doing the whole sourdough thing, really starting to get happy with the results (though I am still terrible at the final shaping stage...the bread winds up rising to a decent shape but I still struggle to get it from a blob of dough to an actual round loaf before putting it in the oven). I have settled on a version of this recipe except I use a 2:1 ratio of regular white bread flour to whole wheat flour, and I cut the hydration back to 70% from 80% (I can barely handle the 70% version). You get a tighter crumb that way but I still like the way it turns out. My latest loaf.
  14. I think how the virus is contained is only half the equation. The commercial real estate market is a huge piece of this as well. If businesses suddenly wake up and realize that they can save a shit ton of money by cutting their physical footprint and letting employees who can continue to work from home, that’s going to totally transform our downtown areas, obviously to the extreme detriment of restaurants and other businesses that depended on the people who worked in those spaces.
  15. For what it’s worth, I was curious about this and texted the lady whose condo we rented about her availability for the rest of the summer. She says she has one week left, from August 29 to September 5. This is a very nice, modern two bedroom condo on the ocean side in Rodanthe. If anyone is interested I’m happy to put you in touch with her.
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