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+ "Food, Inc." Hits DC Theatres Tomorrow. + To most of you, the names Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma, In Defense of Food), and Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation) are [...] film will leave you shaken. Pollan and Schlosser (the latter a co-producer) act as guides, leading the viewer through a series of...

+ Foodie To-Do List: Kids' Restaurant Week, CulinAerie Cake Class, Starlight Foundation Soiree + As part of an ongoing effort to alert you, the readers of DC Foodies, to all of the really cool food-related events, classes and [...] for Foodie Families. Take the kids out to dinner knowing that the restaurants are welcoming them - not just tolerating them. A...

+ West End Farmers Market + On the first Sunday in June, I headed out to Alexandria to visit the West End Farmers Market. The market is located in Ben Brenman [...] of farmers markets the world over. The background of the lush green grass that only seems to grow in state funded parks made...

+ Brandy Sangaree: My Favorite New Old Cocktail. + Though I classify myself as very much a beer and wine guy, sometimes it is nice to have a cocktail out on the balcony before dinner, [...] shamefully slim. 'Course, the main reason behind this is a lack of practice. Like most you out there, I don't stock a full...

+ Grouper Tacos and the Deadliest Beer! + Last year I did a post on grilled octopus tacos. A little bit of Greece. A little bit of South Florida. A little bit of a mixed [...] himself. (At the risk of alienating quite a few of you, I've had fish tacos in San Diego and didn't think too much of them....

+ Summer Squash Tart + Although farmers markets have been open in the DC area for months now, until recently most of them were still the same size as the [...] of vendors and not a lot of variety. I returned last Sunday after hearing Garner’s Produce would be selling both English peas...

+ Savor: A Craft Beer Experience. The food, not so much. + Recognizing the burgeoning craft beer market in the D.C. area, along with a public misunderstanding of the role of food with beer, the [...] extremely successful, sold-out premier, Savor came back for a second run this past Saturday. With an expanded selection of...

+ Weekly Blog Roundup + Heard around the DC Foodies blogosphere this week...DCist took a first look at U Street's new restaurant addition, Eatonville. [...] here. The Washingtonian's Best Bites Blog also took an early look at Eatonville, here. Nothing says summer in our region like...

+ Foodie To-Do List: Zapps at Potbelly, Discover Del Ray, Brainfood Grill-Off + As part of an ongoing effort to alert you, the readers of DC Foodies, to all of the really cool food-related events, classes and [...] that come with the po' boys at Johnny's Half Shell, are known for their crunch and their flavor. Potbelly has decided that...

+ Foggy Bottom Farmers Market + On Wednesday, I hopped on the metro after work and headed over to the Foggy Bottom Farmers Market. I had heard both good and bad [...] directly at the metro station, beyond the quaint wrought iron gates that flank the atrium. As I walked closer to the market, I...

+ Weekly Blog Roundup + Heard around the DC Foodies blogosphere this week...The latest food buzz from the Fairmount Hotel in DC's West End isn't [...] coming to 14th St., wrote Metrocurean this week. From the husband and wife team who own Cork Wine Bar, Cork Market is expected to...

+ Scandal in the House of Parker! + Yesterday a friend of mine sent me this article from the Wall Street Journal, regarding some recent impropriety at The Wine Advocate, [...] critic of any kind in his chosen field. By cultivating a reputation for impartiality and incomparable tasting abilities,...

+ Foodie To-Do List: Chocolate, Cochon and Florida Market + As part of an ongoing effort to alert you, the readers of DC Foodies, to all of the really cool food-related events, classes and [...] in Madegascar, Madecasse chocolates are produced bean-to-bar (a rarity) in their home country. Join co-founder Tim McCollom for an...

+ The Perpetual Grill: Leg of lamb, charred garlic and onions, and berry cobbler + Monday was Memorial Day, the official start of the grilling season, blah, blah, blah. Naturally, food writers across the land [...] as we have fire, we will grill. The warmer weather did, however, give me the opportunity to break in my new backyard. The missus...

+ Weekly Blog Roundup + Heard around the DC Foodies blogosphere this week...This week, Arugula Files takes on the love/hate relationship we foodies have with [...] "14th and P is slowly turning itself into quite a foodie destination", notes Brightest Young Things, referencing the opening...