You’ve had cake. You’ve had brownies. You’ve had truffles. But, have you ever had… These?! Behold: Dark chocolate red wine cake truffles with coconut, and milk chocolate stout brownie truffles with crushed peanut butter pretzels. I wanted to make something special to give to all the people I love for Valentine’s day. I came up…
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Mandu’s Danny Lee Wins Cochon 555 DC!
Do you like pork? Love food? Want to support a culinary movement? Then Cochon 555 is right up your alley. Tonight’s winner — Danny Lee from Mandu, congrats!! What exactly is he the winner of, you ask? Cochon 555 features 5 local chefs utilizing 5 heritage-breed pigs to create up to 6 dishes using any and…
Dark Chocolate Cabernet Cookies
Wine? Chocolate? Cookies? What’s not to love! Yes, that’s right, there is Cabernet sauvignon wine in these cookies! And you really can taste it. The cookies are very soft — the added liquid from the wine makes them that way. Almost cake-like even… They’re great with ice cream 😀 Oh, and you have an excuse…
We Drank the District, Did You?
April 6, 2013: It’s a beautiful, sunny, lightly breezy Saturday. I grabbed my sunglasses and headed for the metro, ready for to enjoy the day and have some fun. Where was I going? Drink the District: Wine Edition– a 1-day all-you-can-drink wine event hosted at Yards Park (near Nat’s Stadium). I was helping out for…
Taste of DC 2013!
Last weekend was the 2nd Annual Taste of DC! This 3-day festival takes place on America’s Main Street– Pennsylvania Avenue! This year, the whole festival was fenced in from 9th to 14th streets. It was great! (For those who went last year, you’ll remember that the festival was not closed in. Why the change? Well,…
Chesapeake Crab & Beer Festival!
Yesterday I went to the Chesapeake Crab & Beer Festival with a group of friends! It was sunny (maybe partly cloudy), temperature in the 80s, and a nice breeze– PERFECT weather for an outdoor festival. It was right on the National Harbor! What a COOL area! Very touristy, but so cute! The VIP ticket got…
Foodie Event #2 of the Weekend : Alexandria’s Food & Wine Festival!
After a wonderful Friday evening at Toast of the Town, I was excited to continue my foodie weekend at Alexandria’s Food & Wine Festival on Saturday! I went to both of these events with my friend from Taste of DC, Hallie. I’ve always been a foodie, but since working at Taste of DC, I’ve become obsessed with…
Foodie Weekend! First up: Toast of the Town!
What a Foodie-filled weekend for the DC metro area! Toast of the Town on Friday, Alexandria’s Food & Wine Festival on Saturday, and the Safeway BBQ Battle Saturday & Sunday!! I didn’t make it to the BBQ battle this year; however I did go last year. Highlights for me were some AMAZING BBQ pulled pork,…
The Fetching Foodie 