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Filled, and heartfelt
A Mount Pleasant family’s annual Dumplingfest honors the New Year and a mother’s Korean tradition.
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Soup secrets, from the pros
She wanted to make something worthy of a restaurant, without the need for line cooks and dishwashers.
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For some, it has to be raw
Despite the health risks, devoted fans of unpasteurized milk go to great lengths to get their fix.
Recipes
This week’s recipes
Include Nourish: Quick-Braised Five-Spice Sirloin and Shiitake Stew; and Dinner in 20 Minutes: Salmon in Orange Sauce (Salmone in Salsa d’Arancia)
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Carla Hall previews Sips & Suppers dinner
“The Chew” co-host joins chef David Lawrence on a comfort food dinner.
At La Piquette, the cooking is no joke
Cleveland Park welcomes a fun bistro with expertly made dishes from the owner of Bistrot Lepic.
A dumpling feast for the Lunar New Year
Grace Hong and David Olsen’s Dumplingfest celebration includes about 60 guests and 600 dumplings.
Raw milk’s battle of statistics
FDA, Price Foundation cite studies bolstering opposing views on unpasteurized product’s safety
Meet enfrijoladas, a Mexican tribute to beans
The dish is to enchiladas what a bowl of pasta is to lasagna: easier to pull off for the Weeknight Vegetarian.
Bordeaux in America? Snootyville.
An effort is afoot to move the French wine’s image from the Upper East Side to Brooklyn.
5 great vintages, from $10 to $23
This week’s recommendations come from France, Chile and California.
Shopping Cart: Coconut Bacon
A new vegan, gluten-free topping comes pretty darn close to the mouth feel and smokiness of the real thing.
New chefs for Blue Duck Tavern and Fiola Mare
Changes at the West End favorite and the forthcoming Georgetown seafood spot.
Bluejacket and head brewer Megan Parisi part ways
The three-month-old Navy Yard brewery is making changes to its collaborative brewing team.
Food calendar: Celebrate the Chinese New Year
Chef Peter Chang joins chef Scott Drewno at the Source for a dim sum reception.
D.C. bar star speaks about arrest, looming deportation
J.P. Caceres spent the past month in a Virginia immigration detention facility after incident with cab driver
Craft beer alert: SAVOR returns to D.C. in May
After a year in the Big Apple, the festival returns to the National Building Museum.
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Tom Sietsema’s 40 favorites
The Washington Post restaurant critic reviews the dining rooms you should know.
Washington Post cooking class list, 2013-2014
There are more than 180 cooking classes in the Washington area to tempt you into the kitchen.
A Washington Post cookbook, at last
Out in stores and online, it features recipes that span more than 50 years of Food section coverage.
The big chill: A freezer guide
Use this guide to learn the best ways to take your food from freezer to table.
Farmers market listings
The Washington Post Food section’s 2013 listing and map of farmers markets in the area.
The whole scoop on ice cream
This might be the help you’ve been waiting for: base recipes, current standards for various frozen desserts and tips for serving and storing.
Nourish recipes
Search more than 100 healthful entrees, all clocking in at less than 500 calories, from Stephanie Witt Sedgwick.
Food Features
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The Fainting Goat menu, built for regulars
First Bite: Shrimp rolls and meat pies beckon at James Barton’s new U Street corridor restaurant.
Cast-iron reasons to head for Mount Vernon Triangle
Alba Osteria opens with a crowd-pleasing menu and Amy Brandwein in the kitchen.
New name, new tastes at Muze
The Mandarin Oriental’s casual restaurant reboots, but it could use a design update, too.
Pleasant, but where’s the whimsy?
Michel Richard’s NYC outpost is missing some of the fun of his former Washington landmark.
Why your waiter is fluttering his fingers
Unnoticed by most diners, signals help restaurant staffs serve customers better.
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