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Madrid’s Mercado de San Miguel & a Seafood Paella Recipe
It’s not hard to guess what crossed my mind when I found out we’d be gallivanting through Madrid for a couple of days on the back end of our trip: The f.o.o.d. I’ve been to Las Tapas in Alexandria and...
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Summer’s not over — a few more food events for your calendar
I just got back from one of the best food-focused events I’ve attended in DC — the farm-to-street party at Union Market — the culmination of a great Eat Local First week. What made it great? In my...
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Happy Anniversary to my favorite person!
Happy anniversary to my husband of four whole years! I can’t quite describe the awesomeness that is this man. I mean, I knew he was great when I decided to marry him, but I had no idea how great....
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Virginia wine country — revisited
Isn’t Virginia beautiful? This is a view from the winery we stayed at now two weekends ago, Veritas Vineyards. Perhaps you were among the thousands of people there, too, for the last Starry Nights...
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Europe: five cities, five days (and the food)
I’m back from a whirlwind walking tour of Paris, the Chablis region of France, a factory in Germany, Turin in Italy and the World Expo in Milan. Let’s hit the highlights… Though I minored in French in...
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Tasting the ‘world’s best water’— and still being OK with tap
This blog post originally appeared at BayJournal.com, where I’m on staff, and is appearing here with permission. Twenty-one. That was the number of bottled waters — set as sips before us in glass...
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Bah-bah-bah: spring babies on a farm
Good Friday was coming up and my friend Wendy came a’calling with another field trip idea. Last time, she wanted me to join in an almost irresistible trip to collect and “process” heritage breed...
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Georgia: Cuisine, Culture, Antiquity Tucked Into One Wee Country
My first taste of Georgia was at the table of a Southeast Washington apartment, which I wrote about in this story for The Washington Post. Since then, I’ve become something of a Georgia groupie,...
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A lovely beach vacation (even without ice cream)
When we first moved to Northern Virginia six years ago, I had to look up what OBX stood for after seeing it on so many bumper stickers. Outer Banks, NC — the place seemingly everyone in NoVA (with a...
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Charleston, party of two
The last time we went to Charleston, we had a day-and-a-half and a one-and-a-half-year-old. This time, it was just us kids, leaving the real kids (now ages 1 and 3.5) behind with Grandma and Papa for...
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