Cookie and Kate: Healthy Apple Muffins

October 27, 2022

By Cookie and Kate It’s apple muffin time! You all really seem to love my banana muffins, pumpkin muffins and carrot muffins and the blueberry muffins in my cookbook. Today, apple muffins are joining the club. Like the others […]

Cookie and Kate: Dark Chocolate Mini Peanut Butter Cups

October 20, 2022

By Cookie and Kate Do I have your full attention? Excellent. These homemade chocolate treats are essentially grown-up, homemade Reese’s peanut butter cups. I make my peanut butter cups with […]

Embassy Chef Challenge: China, Mexico, Philippines, Pakistan Winners


After a two-year hiatus, attendees of the Events DC 2022 Embassy Chef Challenge kicked off the inaugural International City Food Festival Oct. 13 at the Kogod Courtyard, as they traveled […]

Creamy Roasted Pumpkin Soup from Cookie and Kate

October 13, 2022

By Cookie and Kate Meet my favorite pumpkin soup recipe. It’s super creamy (thanks mostly to the pumpkin, with a little help from coconut milk or cream) yet plenty healthy, too. […]

L’Avant-Garde Coming to M Street by Way of Michelin-Starred Chef Gilles Epié

October 6, 2022

Michelin-starred chef Gilles Epié’s soon-to-open L’Avant-Garde at 2915 M Street NW will serve “le vrai” (real) French cuisine in a suave setting. Epié is excited to have moved to a […]

Wild Thistle Kitchen: Apple Butter Muffins

September 29, 2022

Apples are a true sign of fall in Virginia. We are surrounded by so many beautiful orchards and every year we head to one of our favorites and come home […]

Business Ins & Outs: Lutèce Gets Top Praise; Empty 7-Eleven, Sara’s to Get New Tenants 

September 26, 2022

Congrats! New York Times Praises Lutèce A terrific culinary shout-out — and well deserved for owner Zubair Popal and family — for the bistro at 1522 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Last week, […]

Wild Thistle Kitchen: Fig and Burrata with Prosciutto Crostini

September 22, 2022

Fresh figs are such a special seasonal treat. They actually have 2 seasons, one in early summer and another in late summer-early fall depending on the region. I find in […]

A Culinary Tribute: Queen Elizabeth II’s Scotch Pancakes

September 15, 2022

By Jennine Rye and the Staff of Tasting Table If you love digging into a warm stack of freshly made pancakes, then you might have something to learn from the […]

Mapping Georgetown: Booeymonger Tales

September 12, 2022

Grab a Sandwich — maybe a Patty Hearst or a Tuna Turner? We’ve got some Booeymonger stories for you! A few years back, The Washington Post described Booeymonger’s history and […]