Holi, International Women's Day, Tales Of The Cocktail: This Week In Food Events
Events this week include Holi and International Women's Day celebrations.
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How The Five Guys French Fries Get Made: A Food Republic Exclusive!
At some burger chains, french fries are a side dish. At Five Guys, they're an obsession for customers and employees alike. The Lorton, Virginia–based chain now has more than 1,300 locations around the globe, with rabid fans who swear by the savory burgers and that glorious single side item: hand-cut french fries.[embedImage=https://www.foodrepublic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/FiveGuys-0143-700x1050.jpg] "They're our passion," says…
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How To Start A Food Truck Business
Ed Hardy is the proud owner of a popular chef-driven food truck in the Washington, D.C., area. By that, we mean that Hardy is a chef and he literally drives the truck. Check out his website: Mobile Gourmet Kitchen. And follow him on Twitter: @chefEdHardy.So. Despite all of my warnings and my cautionary tales of…
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2015: Best Drinking Experiences. The Ones We Remember. Southern Edition.
As the fog of New Year’s revelry subsided, we asked some of our writers to share their top drinking experiences of the past year. Here are their picks:Southern Wines (North Carolina and Virginia)This was the year I discovered some really interesting wines coming from unexpected places. As a Southerner, I’ve grown used to the wine…
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True Food Kitchen Comes To NYC; Catbird Seat Names New Chef
We’re always on the lookout for restaurant news here at Food Republic. And news we often receive — we’re constantly pitched on restaurants that have pledged to open their doors in the near future, only to eventually learn about inevitable roadblocks and delays that have us questioning whether we should cover a restaurant during our fall…
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Sam Edwards Makes Virginia Hams On Par With The Priciest Pork Of Europe. His Trick: Peanuts.
A porcine sign marks the spot of Edwards's retail shop in Surry, Virginia. (Photo: Chris Chamberlain.) Sam Edwards III isn’t trying to fool anybody, but he’s no dummy, either. If you were to stop by his modest retail shop in Surry, Virginia, you’d think his operation is just a small country store. A giant sign…
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At Rappahannock Oyster Company, Ryan And Travis Croxton Are Revitalizing Chesapeake Bay Aquaculture
Nashville-based writer Chris Chamberlain profiles chefs and restaurants with particular talents for classic and reinvented Southern dishes. Now, he’s taking his investigations another link up the food chain as he travels to visit with some of those chefs’ favorite farmers, ranchers and purveyors from across the South. In the Food Republic series Southern Grown , find…
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8 New Places To Eat Incredibly Well In The Washington, D.C., Area
Washington, D.C.’s vibrant restaurant scene has been growing at a dizzying pace for the past few years — and it shows no signs of slowing down, as big-name chefs and promising up-and-comers alike have unveiled a flurry of high-profile projects this spring. Here are eight notable new spots to check out in and around the…
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Peter Chang Strikes Again, McDonald's Tries Kale, Ramps Now A Tourist Attraction
Welcome to the afternoon roundup! If it happened in food today, it’s news to us. Here are a few stories that have caught our attention. Peter Chang Watch: Celebrated Szechuan chef Peter Chang is finally returning to Northern Virginia, where he first became famous. His newest restaurant, simply called Peter Chang, is expected to open…
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New Tasting Menu For Kids Includes Fancy Capri Sun, Lil Baller Ice Cream Sundae
The children's menu is all grown-up — at least it is at one Virginia restaurant. Trummer's on Main, in Clifton, recently launched a new five-course "Petit Gourmand" menu, featuring dishes that easily transcend the usual kid-friendly chicken fingers and fries routine. We're talking about things like smoked mozzarella arancini with escabeche and pan-roasted salmon with…
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Original Szechuan Don Peter Chang Is Getting Into The Fast-Casual Game
The famously nomadic cult figure of classic Szechuan cooking in America, Peter Chang, has something remarkably contemporary in the works. Chang's longtime business partner, General Lee, tells The Washington Post that they're planning to open a casual spot that will serve a pared-down version of the celebrated chef's usual repertoire inside an existing Chinese restaurant in…
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Craig Rogers Of Border Springs Farm Is The Guy To Know For Lamb In The South
Nashville-based writer Chris Chamberlain profiles chefs and restaurants with particular talents for classic and reinvented Southern dishes. Now, he's taking his investigations another link up the food chain as he travels to visit with some of those chefs' favorite farmers, ranchers and purveyors from across the South. In a new Food Republic series, Southern Grown…
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Virginia Is For Food Lovers Now More Than Ever
It was always Thomas Jefferson’s hope that the fertile soils of his home state of Virginia would become a primary supplier for all sorts of food for the rest of the young country. In truth, while the Founding Father and third U.S. president might have been a great statesman and inventor, his wine grape-growing efforts…
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The Riesling Road Trip Is Hitting Up The East Coast This May
Few things are better than a 10-day spring road trip. A 10-day spring road trip in a wine-dispensing truck, though, just may take the cake. Wines of Germany is hosting its second annual Riesling & Co. Road Trip this May, in collaboration with Paul Grieco from NYC’s Hearth and Terroir and wine author and expert…
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5 Spas And Resorts To Improve Your Health, And Eat Well While Doing So
Salamander Resort & Spa is located in Virginia horse country.[/caption] Cancun's Nizuc Resort features chromatherapy showers and meditation gardens.[/caption] Yes, signing up for that gym membership was a smart move. But wellness means more than hitting the elliptical after a 12-hour workday fueled by coffee and Chipotle. You need balance: wholesome cooking, a restorative massage…
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Sam Edwards Tells Us How Virginia Peanuts Are Key To His Legendary Ham
If you're a prosciutto snob or smuggle Ibèrico in your checked bag, domestic country ham is the next haute thing to add to the charcuterie board. Sam Edwards is a 3rd-generation Virginia country ham curemaster based in Surry, VA, a region known for spectacular cured pig. And for the record, country ham refers to ham…
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Eat Well In Richmond, Virginia: Eastern Shore Seafood To One Fancy Arby's
Looking for an indicator of how different — and slightly left field and forward-thinking — the dining scene is in Richmond, Virginia? How about the fact that a local Arby’s serves beer and wine in addition to really decent barbacoa burritos? That’s right, the franchise in the Short Pump neighborhood (great name, eh?) is one…
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Top 5 Emerging Wine Regions
Is there anything more predictable than a California Cab? Or a Malbec from Argentina? If you’re suffering from the sort of drinking fatigue that’s caused by frequenting wines from the same five places, then you may be in the market for something different. If all 50 states in our union make wine, then you can…
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Hilarie Burton Loves A Good Meatloaf
Actress Hilarie Burton has come a long way since her days as an MTV VJ and as an actress in the never-ending story that was One Tree Hill. Burton returned to the small screen last year as top-shelf insurance investigator Sara Ellis on USA's hit series White Collar, which returns to USA for its third…
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Dan's Father's Pisco Sour Recipe
Todd Thrasher wants to make one thing clear: Even though he is famed for his unique and sophisticated farm-to-bar cocktails, "I'm a bartender," he insists. "Not a mixologist, not a bar chef. I'm a bartender. My parents were thrilled with the career choice." Thrasher is the sommelier and cocktail master behind the Alexandria, Virginia restaurant…
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Sampling George Washington's Whiskey
Before you start to get any ideas about our most iconic Founding Father, let’s get one thing straight: George Washington wasn’t a boozehound. And yet, not only was his recipe for beer recently reproduced by the New York Public Library in collaboration with Coney Island Brewing Co. last year, but you can taste the first…
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Foraging For Ramps
Each spring, the brief season for ramps inspires breathless descriptions on blogs and in food magazines, some say to a fault. Still, I was curious to have the full-on hunter-gatherer foraging experience, so I called my friend John Loeffler, owner of the Inn at Gristmill Square in Warm Springs, Virginia. He assured me that the…
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