My husband and I host an election party every four years and traditionally serve barbeque. We usually have about forty or fifty friends and family over. I’ve begun planning for this November and am trying to decide where to...

- still a choice, not unlike the Presidential elections. Maybe my friend was ill-informed or lied to me on purpose – after all, she IS a lawyer. Or maybe what I’m saying actually isn’t true. Who knows? My ways...

ordered “Ocean of Garlic” which was a mixed seafood dish with shrimps, squid, mussels and scallops in a salty and very garlicy sauce, also very good. Appetizers were thai spring rolls (very good), pork sate (heavily...

I think the second hand store — a Man for All Seasons — closed and has been replaced by a middle eastern gift shop.

season with S&P right before searing. Should I be doing anything else? I’m trying not to mask these steaks w/ lots of marinade or heavy seasoning. Any tips or advice on successful recipes and/or cooking methods would be...

I am, especially having come off election season. And thankful for DVR.

ought to know. Butterfield 9 (600 14th, NW) keeps turning out beautiful seasonal menus. Quietly elegant. Tosca (1112 F Street)consistently excellent Italian. Take advantage of these if he’s picking up the tab. If Congress is...

Well I agree maybe 30% with the rest of you. The only restaurant that might come close is Applewood, due to the variety of dishes and the electic wine and drink list. Chesnut hardly comes close. I ate here last night and the...

of my own personal volition, but if I was in Ballard and with a crew that was down, I’d try it again. Instead, I’d elect to try Veraci, since I had a slice of take-out pie there that was better than Delancey’s.

A few weeks ago, at the suggestion of someone who knows their stuff, a friend and I dropped in for an impromptu dinner at Chifa and both elected to do the tasting menu. Dinner started with some Oyster Mixtos, which was almost like...

recommendations, I would have NEVER mentioned them if the OP was not looking specifically for late night places... Despite the lack of spit, I liked Don Jorge’s Al Pastor, it was VERY well seasoned and moist. Their asada...

it to be a bar-restaurants not unlike Mickey Spillane’s — with steaks, seafood and pastas, private rooms and a comfortable bar. One major difference? A patio that seats 80 and has a 12-foot-square outdoor fireplace! That’ll help...

Yeah I know that’s why the wedding isn’t until next May between bar exam in July then election season for the fiance.... nightmare, I am trying to get stuff done before finals time this year and then stuff will...

's is more for the “encased meats” - really wonderful sausages with interesting condiments/toppings. HHC – if you do elect to go to Doug’s, I’ve waited as long as 45 minutes just to get in the joint...

planting) than seasonal vagaries. For example, both beets and carrots would be in season, and week after week, we’d get fifteen pounds of beets but not a single carrot. Then we’d get two boxes in a row stuffed with...