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Fit
Hang in There
Your memory’s maybe a bit fuzzy on the exact sequence of events from last New Year’s Eve. But bet you can’t forget the next morning, when you had to pay the price — an...
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Food & Drink
Burning Desire
Ever since Neanderthals discovered fire, people have been gathering around flames to seek warmth, companionship and whatever was cooking over the coals. Even without mastodon ...
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Food & Drink
Wholly Smoked
Secondhand smoke isn’t so bad when it’s delivered by your waiter. Experimental chefs and mixologists all over the District are infusing meals and cocktails with pleasing v...
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Fit
Getting a Leg Up
There’s a lot of fowl play going on these days. That’s because local chefs have discovered that turkey — so often relegated to the Thanksgiving table or between slices o...
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Food & Drink
Sweet Re-treat
You know you’ve reached adulthood when you’re the one handing out candy on Halloween. If there’s still a part of you that wants to hunt for sweets with hordes of sugar-a...
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Fit
Developing Just Desserts
Give up ice cream? That wasn’t a possibility for 45-year-old Asher Radkowsky, whose sweet tooth rebelled when he tried to quit cones for good. But the vegetarian was trouble...
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Food & Drink
Oktoberfest Surprises
Big, frothy steins of brewskis get all the play during Oktoberfest. (Cue images of lederhosened Germans partying in Munich in late September, or American frat boys gulping dow...
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Food & Drink
Fancy Food Work
At chef RJ Cooper’s ambitious new tasting menu restaurant, the adventure begins before you even take a single bite. To get there, you go down a quiet side street near th...
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Food & Drink
Campfire, Rewired
Cooking while camping can feel like a “Top Chef” Quickfire Challenge. Your prep table is a boulder, sticks double as utensils, and the “stove” keeps bi...
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Fit
The Real Ironman
Think you’re too out of shape to try a triathlon? Meet 25-year-old Brian Boyle of Welcome, Md. Seven years ago, a car crash left him with massive injuries — collapsed ...
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Food & Drink
French-Kissed
The history of rock ‘n’ roll is paved with classic partnerships: Lennon and McCartney, Jagger and Richards, Bono and the Edge. So, when record-exec-turned-restaura...
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Food & Drink
Southern Spell
New England has a long-standing love affair with maple syrup, but below the Mason-Dixon Line, it’s all about sorghum syrup. Made by boiling down the juice from sorghum c...
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Food & Drink
The Right Stuffing
Chef Richard Sandoval is an empire builder. The Mexican maestro already owns Masa 14, Zengo and La Sandia here in the D.C. area — as well as numerous Latin-themed eateries around the world — but apparently that’s not enough. He want...
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Food & Drink
Summer Steals
While stores are busy pushing notebooks and Halloween candy, local restaurants haven’t forgotten that August is still summer. Some of the District’s coolest eateries have ongoing seasonal specials: chilling cocktails, summery salads and d...
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Food & Drink
Pure and Simple
Abraham Lincoln earned a lot of nicknames in his day: the Great Emancipator, Honest Abe, the Rail-Splitter. Now he has a new one: Restaurant Muse. The iconic commander in chief has inspired Lincoln, a downtown eatery on a mission to unite diners from...
