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Sad to see Laura go, she left her own mark on the Young & Hungry column. Shortly after she left, City Paper announced they are going all digital and it sounded like there were significant layoffs. Seems like it was a good time for a new adventure.

So good, I've watched it twice. Any fans? The first episode is one of the weaker episdoes, but stick with it...episode two is great and really sets the tone for the rest of the series. Episode seven is brilliant. I haven't read the novel yet, but understand that the TV show diverges from the book fairly significantly.

Lewes, DE Back from several days in Lewes. The town seemed a little more lively this year, but by 8pm or so still eeire quiet. For the most part, many of the shops and restaurants have survived. Jerry's Seafood has closed and is being replaced by an oyster bar, and whatever restaurant was located in the large house when you first turn onto 2nd Street is now Bramble & Brine, which appeared to be modernish Southern American. Notting Hill Coffee - Good coffee and excellent sticky buns. Worth a morning visit. Agave - Good margaritas and queso and chips. Their guacs with added stuff are just not great. Pine nuts and goat cheese add nothing to guac and the basic guac itself needs salt and lime. Their veg offerings are not good, the veg burrito was a hot mess and the rice and beans a little undercooked. The fish tacos are tasty in a way overstuffed and messy fashion. Maybe their meat dishes are better? Half Full - This place should be better than it is. The pizzas are pretty much like &Pizza in style but the bottom crust is pale and limp, yet the side and top crust has char...it's like they need to fix their oven temps or somthing. Their style of pizza needs to be crispier and it's not. Touch of Italy - We overlooked this place last time. Vibe is kinda like if Vace had a wood fired oven and small dining area and bar. At the entrance is a small area with a handful of Italian groceries and then a counter with olives, cheeses, and a dessert case, the restaurant area has maybe 8 or so tables and is to the right. Good chewy pine nut cookies. We ordered some fried calamri to go and it was a solid effort (it was packaged in a to-go container so that never helps with fried food) with a pretty good marinara sauce. I'd say this place is worthy of further exploration. Heirloom - The last night we booked a table at Hierloom. We started with a nice cheese board featuring four goat cheeses and it came with numerous chutneys, pickles, dried fruits and nuts. If you like a well presented cheese board, definitely consider their offerings. The blood orange Negroni was a nice cocktail but lacked the bitter punch of a good Negroni, so was it really a Negroni or just a nice cocktail? The Mushroom Scrapple was just ok, the scrapple itself didn't have much flavor other than being "savory" and it did paired well with the french toast, but if you had put the plate in front of me without telling me what it was, would I be like ahhh, a mushroom riff on scrapple? No, not really. The Housemade Espresso Chittara Pasta...well lets say I know that the hot honey thing is all the rage right now, but unless you are watching the movie Elf, pasta should not be sweet. The pasta itself was nicely made and I would consider ordering the pasta again if it was presented differently. The Butter Basted Maine Monkfish was all over the place. The monkfish was nicely cooked although underseasoned...and then it came with sweet potato and cauliflower hash, wilted Baywater Farm arugula, roasted shallots, sautéed oyster mushrooms, crispy celery root, caper cream...and the caper cream was overly salty, so the dish ended up being salty and bland at the same time. I hate to knock a restaurant too hard with all the industry struggles right now, but given the price point and that they tout their James Beard credentials on the menu, I was expecting better. The Station on Kings - For the second year in the a row, by far the best place we visited. The store is super cute with an Instagram worthy modern barn vibe. The food is casual and straightforward but made with high quality ingredients and nicely plated. And the bakery/dessert counter is great. Plus they have a cool little garden center and nice patio seating. I'd say the only draw back is it is on the outskirts of Lewes and not a convenient walk...or else we would have visted everyday. Cape Henlopen State Park - This is truly an excellent state park. Really nice wide, long beach on the ocean side and a cool bayside beach along The Point, especially at low tide. Good walking/hiking trails, I recommend the Gordon Pond nature trail (we saw migrating Tundra Swans, so cool) and the Walking Dunes trail with the Salt Marsh Spur trail, make sure you check out the other worldly Great Dune area (accessilbe via The Walking Dunes trail). Entrance fee is $10 for out-of-state.

Cracked Eggery Shaw is now open. I've been to the CP location several times and have become a fan of The Bubby - Smoked salmon, fried egg, caper tapenade, cream cheese, everything seasoning. And the cinammon sugar tots are weirdly delicious.

After a resounding 5-1 thrashing of Panama last night the US Men's National Team is one game away from qualifying for the 2022 World Cup. They travel to Costa Rica for the final game on Wednesdsy, where they have never won a World Cup qualifier. However, win, lose, or draw, the US can qualify, as long as they don't lose by 6 or more goals (goal dif being the first tiebreaker). Needless to say after the USMNT failure at T&T in 2017 no one is taking anything for granted. Also, congrats to Canada for an excellent qualification campaign. Their first WC appearance in 36 years (or some crazy number like that)

Agreed, A very good show indeed. Love it when the Hirshhorn uses the interior walls as a giant circular exhibit space.

There is a long bar along the left hand side when you first walk in. However it also where people hangout while waiting for tables and the space is narrow, so if the restaurant is busy it might feel a little crowded or tight. There are a handful of tables in the bar area but they are not great. Really you want a spot in the carriage house or patio. I have no idea what they are doing menu wise for the family menu...best to give them a call.

Little Sesame is expanding their hummus offerings to store sales. They are available at Whole Foods and some smaller chains, like Foxtrot. They have also opened a 10,000 sq ft production facility in Prince George's County. Not bad for a little hummus shop that opened in the basement of DSG.

Petite Cerise social media page (on IG) saying Summer 2022

Whitney Biennial 2022 "The Whitney Biennial was introduced in 1932 by the Museum’s founder, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. Established to chart developments in art of the United States, it is the longest-running exhibition of its kind. To date, more than 3,600 influential and innovative artists have participated in a Whitney biennial or annual. A constellation of the most relevant art and ideas of our time, our 2022 exhibition will be the Biennial’s eightieth edition."

Sietsema: 2 Amys - Still Fabulous After All These Years Sietsema says the Tuscan steak is a weekday thing.

For all the abstract modernist lovers out there: Joan Mitchell "Co-organized by the BMA and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, this comprehensive exhibition follows the career of the internationally renowned artist who attained critical acclaim and success in the male-dominated art circles of 1950s New York, then spent nearly four decades in France creating breathtaking abstract paintings that evoke landscapes, memories, poetry, and music. Joan Mitchell is an extraordinary opportunity to see the work of one of the most significant artists of the post-war era as numerous loans from public and private collections in the U.S. and Europe include works that have not been shown publicly in decades and never in a single exhibition. Photographs of views and other paintings that inspired Mitchell will be shown alongside her paintings, capturing the way she connected to the natural world and to everyday life. The BMA’s presentation also includes many archival photographs, letters, poems, and other materials from the Joan Mitchell Foundation, providing additional context about the development of the artist’s work and influences."

I feel like 2 Amy's has been stepping up its game in recent weeks, especially with the wine bar menu. We arrived at 6:45 last night and they were already out of the pork jowl, vitello tonnato, and tripe salad. Yet we were still able to stuff ourselves with torta espanola with aioli, monkfish liver on toast with watercress salad, the little piggy croquettes with green sauce, tardivo alla romana, and of course the anchovies with bread and butter...and a pizza. But I really wanted to try the pork jowl and tripe salad! (to be fair, the pork jowl was also on the menu on Monday so they may have had limited quantities on Tuesday) PS - They almost always have some cut of the aged beef cooked Tuscan style on the wine bar menu these days. Last night there were three cuts are various price points (can't remember the exact details)

Champions League knockout round begins: Paris Saint-Germain v. Real Madrid (15 Feb & 9 Mar) Sporting CP v. Manchester City (15 Feb & 9 Mar) Red Bull Salzburg v. Bayern Munich (16 Feb & 8 Mar) Inter Milan v. Liverpool (16 Feb & 8 Mar) Villarreal v. Juventus (22 Feb & 16 Mar) Chelsea v. Lille (22 Feb & 16 Mar) Atlético Madrid v. Manchester United (23 Feb & 15 Mar) Benfica v. Ajax (23 Feb & 15 Mar)

Well, this should be a blockbuster. Picasso: Painting the Blue Period "Picasso: Painting the Blue Period is a groundbreaking exhibition that provides new insight into the creative process of Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) at the outset of his career. It is the first exhibition in Washington, DC, in 25 years to focus on the early works of this 20th century icon, just as he was beginning to define himself on the international stage. Focusing on the years 1900–1904, the exhibition tells the story of how the young Spanish artist, then a fledgling painter in his late teens and early twenties, formulated his signature Blue Period style by engaging with the subject matter and motifs in specific works he encountered—by Old Masters and his contemporaries alike—as he moved between Barcelona and Paris. The Blue Period works in the exhibition reveal Picasso’s evolving and sometimes controversial approach to issues of sex, class, poverty, despair, charity, and female incarceration. At the heart of Picasso: Painting the Blue Period is new scientific and art historical research undertaken on the three Blue Period paintings in the collections of the two co-organizing institutions: The Blue Room (Paris, 1901) from The Phillips Collection, and Crouching Beggarwomen (Barcelona, 1902) and The Soup (Barcelona, 1903) from the Art Gallery of Ontario; this is the first exhibition to approach the Blue Period in this manner. These studies form the technical foundation of the exhibition, establishing context for these works with particular attention on the underlying hidden compositions and motifs newly revealed beneath each work. The exhibition’s final section tracks how Picasso revisited and repurposed themes from the three works into the late Blue Period and early Rose Period of 1905–1906. Presenting works from 30 international collections, Picasso: Painting the Blue Period will feature more than 70 paintings, sculptures, and works on paper by Picasso along with works by French and Spanish artists that he studied before and during the Blue Period."

A listicle yes, but a noteworthy list...except for F&W deciding to exclude DC. Food & Wine Best Bread in Every State Maryland Ovenbird Bakery (Baltimore) Bakers & Co. (Annapolis) Virginia Sub Rosa Bakery (Richmond) Althea Bread (Charlottesville)

We ordered Sababa takeout on Saturday night and used the leftovers and some fresh cooked items for Monday dinner, plus all the leftover sauces. rice pilaf with dill and mint (fresh) roasted veg kabobs (fresh) leftover chunk of salmon kabob leftover couple pieces of haloumi leftover chunk of roasted eggplant good way to strecth out leftovers and the leftover leftovers will be today's lunch.

Apparently there is a small but vocal Serbian ex-pat community in Melbourne who show up for all his matches. He would have had some support.

If he hadn't posted on social media that he had received a medical exemption, would anyone have noticed? Perhaps questions would have eventually been asked since he has been outspoken about getting vaccinated. But it seems to me the bravado of that IG post is what led to the double fault (and yes I had to 😁)

As posted on their IG page: Friday Feb 11 - Monday Feb 14 Tail Up Goat goes pop up steakhouse featuring Tail Up riffs on steakhouse favorites. Reservations go live January 14th.

What did you end up getting?

Based on the description, I think this is in the old Chef Geoff's space.

I might have a soft spot for art instillations in remote places, especially in the desert. Georges Lentz Cobar Sound Chapel The Cobar Sound Chapel will be a marriage of nature, music and architecture, an immersive walk-in sound installation in the shape of an intimate 5x5x5 metre concrete cube (at first sight somewhat reminiscent of a James Turrell building), set inside the existing 10-metre-high water tank. The whole aesthetic of the Cobar Sound Chapel, with its rusty graffitied steel and exposed concrete, will feel much rawer however than the aesthetic of Turrell's work. More importantly, its purpose will be quite different - the cube functions above all as a 'MUSIC box', with the sound colouring the atmosphere of the architecture, and vice versa. String Quartet(s) will be playing each day in the middle of the day (Day Music), expanded into a 24-hour soundscape with increasingly quiet, star-dappled sounds taking over as the night approaches (Night Music). In the Australian Outback, the Cobar Sound Chapel Quenches the Soul (NY Times) Soundscape in a weathered water tank rocks outback NSW (Financial Review)

The fried chicken at Parker's is excellent... arguably better than their bbq.

Any other Expanse fans? The final season drops on Dec. 10 via Amazon Prime. Set roughly 200 years in the future, The Expanse deals with the social, political, and military world as humans have colonized Mars, the asteroid belt and various large moons of Jupiter and Saturn...all with a space alien twist. The show is based on novels written by James S.A. Corey, the pen name for the collaboration of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck.