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Created by the Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts, the annual Julia Child Award will be "presented to an individual who has made a profound and significant difference in the way America cooks, eats and drinks." WaPo article here. -
I did not hear a price during the initial description, but if others did then it may have been my error...sorry. She did ask "you know it's for two?" when I ordered it, which I did acknowledge, but it was an entirely normal-sized sole. My hurried initial note probably counts as "damning with faint praise". I thought the pintxos and tapas were very nicely done across the board. The assortment of heirloom tomatoes they used were both gorgeous and delicious, and the jamon croquette was nicely executed, if a bit thin on ham and flavor compared to Jaleo's version. If you stick to the small items and desserts, and maybe a tumbler of txakolina, it'd be a delightful evening.
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Win: pintxos. And an appropriately Spanish beverage list. Lose: the "morcilla" resembles nothing you'll find on the Iberian peninsula: strangely absent the rice that normally stabilizes the forcemeat, and cooked apparently without any attempt to crisp up the casing; a rubbery bag of runny clots, simply awful. Breathtaking: $64 for one whole sole. Not surprised that a special would be priced a bit higher, and I wasn't really expecting to pay the 26 Euros that a good sole meuniere cost me in France last month, but at 2x the price of most of their other entrees, the sticker shock was huge.
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I love a really good dal makhani (the slow-simmered dish of black lentils in butter) when I find one...the version from Passage to India, in Bethesda, has been reliably outstanding. And after last night, I have to add to that list the one from Diya, which is now cooked dum pukht style in a dough-sealed clay pot. Totally killing it.
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Claimed to be the oldest open-air fish market in the country (1805), pre-dating NYC's considerably larger (and still mainly wholesale) Fulton Fish Market (1822). http://wtop.com/dc/2015/07/heres-the-plan-to-restore-d-c-s-historic-maine-avenue-fish-market-video/
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See, this is what happens if you don't brush those spiders off in time.
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Well, this one might test Don's ship-of-Theseus guidelines a smidge. After 90 years of operation, most of them in the Turner Lab, they relocated the Dairy Salesroom to the Student Union building in April 2014 and also renamed it the "Maryland Dairy". Looks like they've discontinued Chesapeake Wild Berry Ripple (no relation to the, uh, wine beverage), the special flavor concocted to commemorate the state's 350th birthday in 1984. Has the administration no sense of history? Damn...that was a really good ice cream.
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One of the high water marks for visual storytelling...packed with so many incredible moments, beginning with the first dissolve from the Paramount logo into that mountain peak. Walking into Marion's bar. That shot where Indy peers through the lattice window while waiting for the sage to interpret the inscription. The map room sequence. The silhouettes of the diggers working surreptitiously into the sunset. And always so gorgeously contrasty. No wonder Time magazine's headline was something like "at last, a MOVIE movie!" And then it turns out that prodigy Steven Soderbergh has used his own creepy modified version for years as a Spielberg masterclass in staging. If you don't mind slightly polluting the experience of having seen only the finished film, I recommend reading the transcript of the 1978 story conference between Lucas, Spielberg, and screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan. It's hard to reconcile what a great storyteller Lucas used to be with his later work, when he started down the spiral of Howard the Duck and ultimately the SW prequels (I make a small exception for Willow, which was sweet but half-baked).
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In case you missed it, NPR's joyful piece last week on the incipient restoration of the heirloom Bradford Watermelon variety, continuously grown since the 1800s by the family that developed it: "Saving the Sweetest Watermelon the South Has Ever Known" From the description, this sounds like the watermelon equivalent of Wagyu...and like the perfect rind for pickling. And while we're on the topic, a brief history of the watermelon in the Americas.
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WBJ reports they've just gotten the interior demolition permit, so this sounds like it's still a ways off.
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Today is Ardbeg Day 2015, the official release date for Ardbeg's "Perpetuum" (although some MoCo DLC locations appeared to be showing declining inventory weeks ago), in celebration of their 200th anniversary. Ardbeg had previously released Perpetuum a couple of months ago in a higher-proof "Committee release" version available only at the distillery. No age statement. Several sites claim that production was limited to 1,100 cases, although one rumormongerer on Reddit claims that LVMH directed their master distiller to develop this blend now known as Perpetuum in a batch of 180,000 liters. It would be easy to discard the report as unsubstantiated rumor, but one must remember that Ardbeg's total production volume is already in excess of 1 million liters per year. Also note that Ardbeg registered five or six different names on label designs with TTB at the same time...it is unknown whether this reflects uncertainty over the final name, or the possibility that the same whisky may see future releases under another name.
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They're going nationwide. And unfortunately, steamrolling some icons in the process.
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Finally, the danger to wallet and waist size expands down the coast to our fair city. Eater had reported in late February that an opening was planned for late April or early May. According to their Twitter feed, the Boston location opened in early May, but no updates have mentioned DC since their preview at the annual Sakura Matsuri festival. Can anybody around Georgetown glean an update for us?
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See my post of October 19, 2014. I guess it's sort of "Maryland elote".
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What's the word for "skewer" in Spanish? For a good chuckle, read Pete Wells' review of Javelina.
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Lovehockey - thanks for sharing so many tales of the building and its inhabitants. Not that the regular tours aren't very well done, but yours is special! If only our feet would allow another hour or two of checking out the corridors...
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Agree that Uncle Albert was a better secret when he was hidden behind the trees. I too miss The Awakening's delightful former location at Hains Point, but it wasn't authorized as a permanent public artwork. Where are your friends coming from, and can you rattle off a couple of their interests? If visiting the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington Cemetery for the Changing of the Guard, tell them to pick a spot near the rightmost end of the viewing area (i.e. if you're facing the river). The guards approach from around the south end of the building, and the ceremonial inspection always takes place at that end, near the corner of the path. This year's Smithsonian Folklife Festival is later than in past years, smaller (only one theme: Peru), and will overlap July 4th weekend. The often-overlooked Folger Shakespeare Library, which is also hosting *the* exhibit on ship clocks and longitude all summer, on tour from the British National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. Pair with Capitol or Library of Congress visit. Free admission. Take them to a free Millennium Stage performance at the Kennedy Center. Smithsonian Folklife performers the week prior; high school jazz musicians on July 4 itself (click on "Millenium Stage performance" to see full schedule) Performances usually start at 6PM, or sometimes a little earlier. Walk the tidal basin by day and visit the FDR and Lincoln Memorials, but my favorite time to visit the Jefferson Memorial and Washington Monument is after dark. Washington, especially...although the daytime tour of the interior is popular interesting, there's something special about walking up to it when the sky is black and looking up at the starkly illuminated hand-hewn stones. Slightly underappreciated art museums in town: the Phillips Collection (for its collection), the Kreeger (as much for the building as for the art). The Marine Barracks Evening Parade (Fridays), or the 3rd Infantry Twilight Tattoo (Wednesdays except July 1). If they're not from the coast, lunch al fresco from the stalls at the Maine Avenue Fish Market. Since they're likely to need to make *some* use of Metro while in town, keep an eye on the WMATA website for limited-edition commemorative SmarTrip card designs. At the moment, they only have two available - the Obama 2013 inauguration design, and the Silver Line opening design - but there have been some fun ones in the past, and they're the same price as the boring regular SmarTrip cards.
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"DC..." in this construct: iamb, trochee, or spondee? Discuss. [illustrate with appropriate Thurber cartoon]
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It's curtains for Shoo-fly. "Shoo-Fly To Close In Belvedere Square" by Richard Gorelick on baltimoresun.com
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Me plus one, please!
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Serbian food and dessert a la carte, Saturday May 9 2015, 11AM - 7PM. St Luke is located west of Potomac village on River Rd directly opposite Norton Rd, just past the much larger Antiochian Orthodox church. http://svluka.org/SvLuka/misc/stgeorgepicnic.aspx https://www.facebook.com/events/795627363856335/ For what it's worth, the accidental Potomac/Bethesda annual cultural festival tour of Orthodox Balkan states continues next weekend with the Romanians' turn, on River Rd a little west of Bradley Blvd.
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And now, for the other shoe: "The 2015 James Beard Award Winners"
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There's apparently a void of Ethiopian options north of Burtonsville, until you get to Tigi's (8459 Baltimore National Pike), which is sort of hidden in the second row of a very nondescript shopping center off Rt 40, a few intersections east of US 29. But this is a nice option to have even from a bit farther away. It would be tempting to accuse Tigi's of presenting slightly Americanized Ethiopian, but really in the best way possible. It's not dumbed down. The flavors are there, almost unusually clear, and this is less about wanting more stewing time and more about their light hand with the niter kibbeh. It shows in their mesir wat, where the ginger doesn't simply fade into the background. It really shows up in their style of raw kitfo, where the spices sort of dance around instead of hiding behind a rich buttery film, and the condiments are served on a side plate. It's totally nonfancy. The decor is sort of generic lunchtime cafe. But this would be a good starting point if you're trying to introduce a finicky diner to Ethiopian cuisine. We were also surprised to find a decent little Turkish market a couple of doors down. Picked up some sweets, and a couple of tetrapaks of viÅŸne (sour cherry) juice.
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"The Man Who Spent A Year Studying Xiao Long Bao" http://www.smartshanghai.com/articles/dining/the-man-who-spent-a-year-studying-xiao-long-bao
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A possible break in Pappygate? "A Franklin County grand jury indicted nine people Tuesday in connection with Kentucky whiskey thefts dating back to 2008, possibly including the notorious heist of 65 cases of Pappy Van Winkle Family Reserve. The charges of engaging in organized crime, which is the equivalent of racketeering, were handed down against Buffalo Trace Distillery worker Gilbert Thomas Curtsinger, two other distillery workers -- including one who worked for Wild Turkey, Curtsinger's wife and father-in-law, among others." http://www.courier-journal.com/story/money/2015/04/21/stolen-bourbon-barrels-lead-indictments/26123133/
