For centuries, cooking has been a game of weeding out the weak and celebrating the strong. The greats—from Joël Robuchon, Nobu Matsuhisa, and Alain Ducasse, to Dominique Crenn, Thomas Keller, and the likes—are revered…
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From NFL Redskins Cheerleading Captain to Japanese Pop-Up Restaurant Chef Sensation
For many kids who grow up around restaurants, they either absolutely love it or want nothing to do with it. For Masako Morishita, the last thing she ever wanted to do was to work…
Doi Moi’s Chef Johanna Hellrigl Gets Real About Working in Restaurants
Johanna Hellrigl grew up with a mutual love for and resentment of restaurants. Being the daughter of chefs and restaurateurs, she was exposed to all angles of restaurant management as a young child. “The…
Top Chef’s Eric Adjepong on Life and the Lessons that Carried Him Through Top Chef
WARNING: Top Chef Season 16 Spoilers Ahead On television, he has just reached the finals of Top Chef season 16. In real life, Eric Adjepong is running events through a mobile dining service with…
In the Kitchen at One of America’s Best Steakhouses
Morning sunlight bathes Bourbon Steak DC‘s cavernous dining room, which seems eerily empty despite the elegant tables and decor. Walking through the restaurant, there’s an premonition of quiet suspense, like a queen awaiting stately…
“I Feel Like a Lot of People Forget that We’re Human Beings”—A Chef’s Account.
“I was always a happy kid, dancing around in the streets.” Jong Son is an established chef in the DC circuit now as the Chef de Cuisine at Tiger Fork and he still retains…
Washington D.C.’s Mi Vida is Writing a New Chapter for Mexican Cuisine
“There was never any other,” Executive Chef of Mi Vida, Roberto Santibañez, says in his charming, lilting tone. “I was always one of those kids that loved cooking. It was my best pastime, my…
Kevin Tien Has No Patience for Micro-Aggression
Chef Kevin Tien, 31, has many accolades under his belt. A two-time James Beard Awards semi-finalist, Tien has also been a semi-finalist for Eater’s Young Guns. In 2017, Himitsu—Tien’s miniscule but mighty neighborhood restaurant…
Rethinking “Brewpubs” in DC
It was the quietest, cleanest kitchen I’ve ever set foot in. If I hadn’t just walked in from a bustling restaurant, I would have assumed it was closed. That is, until I saw the…
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