Perhaps you went to Red Sea? It’s a fantastic place in Adams Morgan. Personally, I’d like to suggest Bukom Cafe – West African style food. Tremendous.

, that will give me more time to get just the right meat at the market. I think he didn’t approve of my substitution of chicken thighs for his dried African game meat. Of course, I’m not altogether sure I’ll...

, rarely talked about on this board such as Jerry’s Seafood in Lanham, great rib joints such as Johnny Boy’s in La Plata, roast beef sandwiches at Hodges on North Capitol St.-all of these rarely mentioned here that...

I feel so lucky. Our FM in Brattleboro, VT is fabulous for a town of 10,000. Yes, there are lots of stalls selling knitwear and pottery and prepared foods, but those foods are great value — for example, two different...

participation but the topics would be interesting to read about. One of Marcus Samuellson’s books—his new one focuses on modern African recipes while his old one on modern Scandinavian seen at his restaurant, Aquavit...

digkv, I have to address some of your claims. Lasagna alla napoletana does indeed use tomato sauce, ricotta, and fior di latte (etc.), NOT bechamel, which is used up north. I don’t know where you are, but there are indeed...

Ok, I like TJ’s, but having read all these posts so far, I think a lof of it boils down to the TJ’s that is near you, where you live and how it’s run. The one I shop at (North Cali.) is very well organized,...

Magic Hat #9. A wonderful apricot-ish beer that i can only get when i’m back east. On the west coast, it’s got to be Mac and Jacks African Amber. The only thing that bothers me is that you can only get it on tap. No...

. The third was just a plain green salad with arugula. I also made a large vat of sort of tajinesque North African chicken. I thought the fritters could be the starch for the chicken dish and so did not serve bread or rice or...

in the South African "Independent Online."

You must be able to get them in an African Grocery in Brooklyn! I remember one right around the corner from Brooklyn Tech. they were still wrapped in the leaves! peace, jill

stone). Step Three This step takes approximately one half hour. 300 grams white flour 1 6" stick cinnamon, broken in three 2" pieces 1 round tablet Mexican chocolate (Ibarra and Abuelita are two brands readily available North of the...

do. The mistake I think you’re making is looking for the same kinds of places you find in NYC. Nope. We have different wonderful things. Unbelievable Asian food, (particularly Hakka, Szechuan, Vietnamese) wonderful African...

are an odd choice, but Michelin has always been extremely unreliable when it comes to non European food (the only possible exceptions are North African in Paris and Indian in London). Both the London and New York Nobu have a...

The last one was a joke (sort of). I understand that there any many Michelin starred restaurants located in Germany-Austria (and apparently some great ones in NYC too). I personally have had bad experiences with this cuisine in...