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Seasons 52, an innovative fresh grill and wine bar that changes its menu to reflect the season’s harvest, will begin hiring upwards of 100 employees for its newest location – and first in metropolitan Washington - at JBG Companies’ new North Bethesda Market on February 28, 2011. The restaurant seeks to secure the area’s most professional, upbeat and friendly team members who can share their passion for fresh, creative cuisine while delivering an outstanding dining experience for guests. Seasons 52 offers one of the industry’s most comprehensive benefits packages to employees from day one. All new employees receive two weeks of paid training and full-time team members are immediately eligible for medical and dental insurance on the first day of employment. Other benefits include access to life insurance, participation in the employee stock purchase plan, food and beverage allowances, meal discounts, referral bonuses and even pet insurance. Seasons 52 is also known for its exceptional training program as the company believes in promoting from within. Seasons 52 enjoys increased demand, thanks to its unique approach that is right for the times, by combining seasonally inspired foods, award-winning international wines and live entertainment nightly, all in a casually sophisticated setting. Additionally, Seasons 52 will be expanding its presence around the D.C. metro area with its late-summer 2011 opening at Tysons Corner Center in McLean, VA. The North Bethesda location will mark the company’s 17th restaurant nationwide. Job seekers are encouraged to apply in-person from 8:00 am until 6:00 pm, starting Monday, February 28 at the restaurant site, 11414 Rockville Pike in North Bethesda, across from White Flint Mall. For more information on available job opportunities, visit www.Seasons52.com/careers.

Last year, with the return to the Reagan Building, the show had its first sold-out date, on Saturday , with Sunday coming very close. Producers felt that the crowds - and the layout - were areas for improvement this year, so they have cut back on the number of tickets available both days, increased the level of the wines, added both beers and some spirits, and in general increased the overall quality of the show. I recommend checking out the list of exhibitors on the Website - www.dcwinefestival.com - as well as the other activities that are part of this year's event. For example, if the Grand Tasting isn't your style, check out the seminar schedule - there are 12 of them this year, and guests do not have to purchase a Grand Tasting ticket in order to purchase a seminar ticket. The Vintner Week dinners I posted above are individual dinners in restaurants, something completely new this year; Friday's night's Grand Cru Wine Lounge is much smaller and more exclusive than the Grand Tasting. The Website features details on all of the activities, AND - there's a $10 price break for Saturday and Sunday tickets which only goes through this Friday.

WEEK OF VINTNER DINNERS LAUNCHES THE 2008 WASHINGTON D.C. INTERNATIONAL WINE & FOOD FESTIVAL EVENT RETURNS TO RONALD REAGAN BUILDING AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTER, FEBRUARY 29-MARCH 2 WASHINGTON, DC (8 February 2008) - The Ninth Annual Washington D.C. International Wine & Food Festival, which returns to the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center (1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW) from February 29 through March 2, added a new signature event in 2007, with a Grand Cru night serving as the weekend’s elegant kick-off party on Friday night. This year, things get even more exciting, with a full week of vintner dinners being held in the District’s top restaurants, featuring wineries that are in town to participate in the Festival over the weekend. The Washington D.C. International Wine & Food Festival Week is designed to highlight the extraordinary talent of the local culinary community beyond the Festivals traditional chef demos. Several top local chefs with be paired with outstanding vintners for dinners created to showcase the best of food and wine. In addition, many of these dinners will involve not just a restaurant’s chef, but also the sommelier – a role whose importance on the DC dining scene has increased dramatically in recent years. Wine & Food Festival Week participants are: Monday, February 25 • Café Trope-Chef Howsoon Cham 202.223.9335 o Four Vines Winery • OYA-Sommelier Andrew Stover 202.393.1400 o Amity Vineyards Tuesday, February 26 • Bangkok Joe’s-Chef Aulie Bunyarataphan 202.333.4422 o Moet Hennessy USA, Rodney Strong Vineyards and others • PS 7s-Chef Peter Smith 202.742.8550 Wednesday, February 27 • Butterfield 9-Chef Michael Harr 202.289.8810 Thursday, February 28 • Equinox- Chef Todd Gray 202.331.8118 o Adelsheim Vineyard • Rustico Restaurant-Chef Frank Morales and Beer Director Greg Engert 703.224.5051 o Blue Moon Brewery and Dogfish Head Craft Brewery A limited number of reservations are available for each and must be made in advance, calling the individual restaurants directly. Tickets for the Washington D.C. International Wine and Food Festival can be purchased by calling 1-800-343-1174 or by visiting www.dcwinefestival.com. Public show hours are 2-6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. One-day ticket prices are $85 per person prior to February 22/$95 each after that. A $2.50 handling fee is added to all Grand Tasting tickets ordered in advance. Grand Cru tickets are $175 and must be purchased in advance. Seminar prices vary. No refunds allowed. Picture ID required. No one under age 21 allowed including children and infants in strollers.

Brasserie Les Halles recently began serving breakfast on weekdays, from 7:30-11:30 a.m. However, this weekend only - on Sunday, April 8 - breakfast will also be served from 7:30 a.m. 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW - 202.347.6848. I've attached the breakfast menu. Perhaps (and hopefully!). Cheers! LHW_Breakfast.pdf

WASHINGTON DESIGN CENTER HOSTS 8TH ANNUAL CAPITAL COOKS! Washington DC Culinary Event to Benefit DC’s Habitat for Humanity WASHINGTON, DC (April 2, 2007) – Capital Cooks!, a culinary event presented by The Washington Design Center Kitchen and Bath showrooms and HOME & DESIGN magazine, features some of the Washington DC area’s hottest chefs and restaurants serving up their signature hors d’oeurvres in the Design Center’s luxury kitchens. The 8th annual Capital Cooks! takes place on Wednesday, May 2 from 6 – 8 p.m. and benefits Habitat for Humanity. “Capital Cooks! is a unique opportunity for the public to browse The Washington Design Center's incredible collection of kitchen and bath showrooms while sampling delicacies from the area’s finest chefs,” said Ed Collins, general manager of the Washington Design Center. “Capital Cooks! brings together fine food, wine and design to benefit a great local cause, Habitat for Humanity.” This year, Capital Cooks! welcomes a featured celebrity chef, Walter Schieb. The former White House executive chef will whip up meals he served during his time at the White House and share the anecdotal stories behind them. Copies of Schieb’s new book White House Chef: Eleven Years, Two Presidents, One Kitchen also will be available at the event. Some of the top DC restaurants serving up their favorite menu items include: • 1789 Restaurant • Charlie Palmer Steak • Michel Richard Citronelle • Dish • Dupont Grille • PS 7’s • Perry’s Restaurant • Viridian • Willos Chefs will prepare hors d’oeuvres inside the lavish kitchen showrooms of The Washington Design Center and the public is invited sample the creations while touring the fabulous kitchen and bath showrooms. Guests to Capital Cooks! also will receive a special recipe book featuring each chef’s favorite and most popular recipes. Tickets are available for $60 at the door, or $55 for advance purchase. Tickets can be purchased by visiting www.dcdesigncenter.com, or by calling Lisa Block of DC Habitat for Humanity at 202.8224600 Ext. 226. One hundred percent of silent auction proceeds and a portion of ticket sales will be donated to DC Habitat for Humanity. About The Washington Design Center: The Washington Design Center is the mid-Atlantic’s premier resource for home furnishings, décor and building products. The home furnishing showrooms cater to interior designers, architects, and space planners for custom design for their clients. Consumers may window shop and browse a select number of residential showrooms, but must work with a design professional in order to purchase any home furnishings, accessories and fabrics from those residential showrooms. However, consumers may shop direct from any of the Kitchen, Bath & Building Design Center showrooms on the Concourse level. The Washington Design Center is located at 300 D Street, SW in Washington, D.C. Above the Federal Center SW Metro Station, The Washington Design Center is served by the Orange and Blue lines. Kerry Lynn Bohen BWF Communications