Monthly Archives: January 2009
Shh… Palena’s open on Mondays!
I debated and debated whether or not to share the great secret I experienced this past Monday… Palena, one of my favorite spots in the city, is now open on Mondays with the cafe menu available in the entire restaurant! … Continue reading
Filed under Food, News, Restaurants
Flowers for Sasha
Heavenly Hydrangeas Floral Design has created two new floral designs in honor of our angelic new First Daughters. The playful creations are inspired by the joyful pink and orange CrewCut outfit worn by Sasha Obama at her father’s Presidential inauguration. … Continue reading
Filed under entertaining, Gardening, Home Keeping
In Print: Clips from Food Sections
5. – The Baltimore Sun Michelle Obama’s Birthday Cake Made by Baltmore Chef “Michelle Obama’s 45th birthday cake was mixed, baked and iced in the heart of Baltimore – in a cinder-block east-side building, next to a sheet-metal factory, a … Continue reading
Filed under baking, Food, Healthy, News, Outside DC
Like a Kid at Christmas!
That sums up my behavior after another great trip up the stairs with the mail pile today. This time, it had nothing to do with food – the 2009 David Austin Roses catalogue was buried beneath the tax forms and credit card … Continue reading
Filed under Gardening, Outside DC, shopping
1,536,500 ways to say, “I love you!”
Think personalized M&Ms are so last year? Necco, the New England confectionery company famous for conversation hearts, has one upped the Mars company by offering personalized hearts. What’s the catch? You have to really love that significant other (as well … Continue reading
Homemade Yeast Doughnuts
On Sunday, we had a little brunch (complete with Biden family sightings from our balcony, pictures after the jump) with friends before heading to the We Are One concert. Though I had homemade hot chocolate, plenty of bubbly, grapefruit and … Continue reading
From the Kitchen of: Wolfgang Birk
From Miami’s famous five-star, five-diamond Casa Casuarina (formerly known as the Versace Mansion) to Washington Harbor’s Old Hickory Steakhouse in The Gaylord, Chef Wolfgang Birk is working to see just how far he can take a guest’s experience! Among Chef … Continue reading
In Print: Clips from Food Sections
5. – The Boston Globe Healthy Respect “Peruse the shelves of a grocery store and you will find cereal that contains goji berries, energy drinks made from goji berries, goji berry supplements, and straight-up bags of goji berries. Shriveled and … Continue reading
Filed under baking, Food, Healthy, News, Outside DC
An Inaugural Luncheon
On Tuesday after being sworn in, President-elect Barack Obama along with friends and family will sit down in Statuary Hall to enjoy his first meal as President. The luncheon, hosted by the members of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural … Continue reading
You had me at… the rolls!
Gourmet Magazine was after my heart this month featuring all these beautiful rolls on the February issue’s cover. With these frigid temperature that have hit our region, I’ve been baking up a storm. There’s something about yeasty breads rising over … Continue reading
