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D.C. news

M.E. Swing Co. Coffee

September 2, 2010

M.E. Swing Co. is a historic, as well as oh-so-adorable, coffee shop located in the heart of D.C.’s downtown business district. It’s been around for ages, but I hadn’t stopped in until recently and I was quite impressed. The moment you step inside, you can feel right away that this coffee shop is like none [...]

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Project Food Blog

September 1, 2010

Big news! KISF has entered Foodbuzz’s Project Food Blog contest. Voting opens September 20th, so please please vote for me! xoxo

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Enter to win FREE Stoneyfield Yogurt for One Year

August 31, 2010

Right now, Stoneyfield is holding a contest to win one year’s worth of their delicious yogurt. Check out the website for more information. Below, I’ve posted the email info I received from the company. Good luck! As you might know, Stonyfield is an official sponsor of the US Open for the second year in a [...]

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Save DC Food Trucks!

August 25, 2010

So, apparently the glory of the DC food truck may be very short lived. Certain businesses in DC are lobbying for strict regulations that would restrict areas where food trucks are allowed to set up shop-in hopes of driving them out of business. I’m a big fan of any food vendor who offers delicious alternatives [...]

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Is your favorite ice cream tainted with artificial hormones?

August 23, 2010

To find out more, check out Huffington Post’s current article written by food writer and son of the family behind ice cream empire, Baskin Robbins. He critically examines Monsanto’s role in developing, marketing, and manupulating FDA approval of bovine growth hormones that are now prevalently used in commercial dairy production. The article makes a lot [...]

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Egg Recall

August 22, 2010

Currently, there is a widespread egg recall on hundreds of millions of eggs that may contain salmonella. To read more about the recall, click here. For a complete list of recalled eggs, click here. Read here for the situation in your state. According to reports, it seems as though eggs of mostly larger, commercial producers [...]

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Red Hook Lobster Truck Cruises D.C. Streets

August 19, 2010

Has anyone heard of the Red Hook Lobster Pound? Apparently it arrived in D.C. this week. My friend Scott said he just spotted the truck outside his office and the line was “crazy long.” This D.C. food truck is an extension of a NYC store front which boasts the freshest sweet Maine lobster in the [...]

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D.C. VegFest

August 19, 2010

D.C. VegFest will kick off September 11, 2010 at George Washington University. Apparently the free outdoor festival will feature Miss D.C. and a vegan bodybuilder (I’d like to see this!)…should be interesting. For more event details, click here.

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Breathe Post

August 19, 2010

Click here to read my latest post at Breathe Magazine.

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Medium Raw

August 9, 2010

Anthony Bourdain’s (genius!) second book, Medium Raw, A Bloody Valentine To The World of Food and The People Who Cook, is available in book stores now. You can sample the delicious first chapter here at The Splendid Table. Bon appetit!

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