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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Un-Plated Presents: A Zero-Proof Event
Sample booze-less drinks from Coconut Club, Columbia Room, Tiger Fork and more, learn about the growing N/A movement and support Ben’s Friends at Un-Plated’s Zero-Proof on 1/6 As a growing number of people are…
Grit and Kin
At 27 years old, the name Kwame Onwuachi was whispered about with pity and not without a little pettiness. After a successful (but not winning) stint on Top Chef, he opened Shaw Bijou—one of…
Food Doesn’t Eradicate Hunger. People Do.
In Washington D.C., the restaurant industry leader in terms of hourly and full-time pay, benefits, gender ratio, child-care, and scheduling is not one of the finest restaurants in the city. It’s DC Central Kitchen. …
Behind Emilie’s Lines
Pulling back the curtain on the mess and the magic of opening a restaurant. Edited by: Leona Burlew I first met Kevin Tien when I interviewed him in November of 2018 about his plans…
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…
The Restaurant That We’ve Been Waiting for Since 2017 is Almost Here
It’s been on “Most Anticipated Restaurants” lists around the DMV area since 2017 but PennyRoyal Station has yet to open. For those familiar with the restaurant world, delays to opening a new space are…
Female Disruption and Wood Fired Ovens
This article has been edited with updates about the menu and restaurant renderings—4.24.2019 It was a whirlwind week for Chef Amy Brandwein, who had just wowed a series of discerning palates in New York…
This Restaurant is Taking Sustainability to a Whole New Level. And It’s Not Even Open Yet.
It’s a bleak future that is first described in Saveur’s 2017 article entitled “What Dinner Might Look Like in a Future of Global Warming and Rising Sea Levels.” A future where “…tuna are extinct,…
Daru Will Bring A Spirit-Forward Indian Establishment to Washington D.C.
“At first, we wanted to name it Daruwalla but we decided to go with Daru because it’s easier to pronounce and sounds a little cooler.” In Hindi, a native language of India, the word…
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