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Washington food scene blogs

• DC Food Blog
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• Don Rockwell
• Eat.Drink.DC.
• Metrocurean
• Sauce On The Side
• The List Are You On It
• Johnna Knows Good Food
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• Apples and Bananas
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• Dorie Greenspan
• Orangette
• 101 Cookbooks Healthy Recipes
• Figs, Bay & Wine
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Ingredient sources

• Kalustyans
• Grateful Palate
• Marina Market

Culinary interests sites

• Chef2Chef

Excellent political blogs

• The Washington Note
• NotionsCapital

Washington hospitality sites

• Washington Dulles International Airport Hotels

     
 

My favorite markets - Yasaman Persian Bakery

Depending on who's behind the counter, it can be a little daunting shopping at Yasaman. Most of the women who serve are distant and seldom smile. Get over it. You're there for the best walnut macaroons you've ever eaten. more...

Cakes - to order or make beautiful

Easter's coming. Spring weddings are swishing into view. Baking cake for a celebration, cupcakes for school or work? Or need someone else to do it for you? Here's all you need to keep you in cake. more...

It may look like a Big Mac but it isn't.

You think you know junk food when you see it? Betcha you're wrong... more...

Vanilla - expensive but worth it.

Walter Nicholls used to report on food for the Washington Post's Food Section. Now he's plunged more deeply into the subject and with a single focus: to bring the best possible flavoring ingredients to cooks. He's joined the Paso Robles, CA, Cook Flavoring Company. Already he's managed to sway several prime Washington pastry chefs to use its vanilla. more...

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Chew On This: Not sleeping makes you fat

If you're under 21, your brain is still developing. Only 5 percent of high school seniors are getting eight hours' sleep a night. Less than that, grades suffer. Not enough sleep is one of the causes of young driver car crashes. That fact might not convince teenagers who believe in their own invincibility to get to bed in good time.

So tell them, sleep loss also means weight gain. more...

Apple Tarte Tatin

This French classic gets a contemporary make-over from Michelle Poteaux, co-owner and co-chef at Bastille. Easy to do - though perhaps not quite as beautifully as professional pastry chef Michelle has done - it's a star at any party year round. more...

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