Archive for Richmond Dish
dana cowin approved
Dana Cowin, editor of Food and Wine mag, listed Richmond’s own Pho So 1 in “where i’m coming from” in the July issue. See her shout out here. Way to go, RVA!
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the best hangover food – vietnam 1
Well, after a lovely but hot day with friends at the Central Va wine festival (followed by sushi and sake and which may have involved a wasabi eating contest), I had a bit of divine punishment meted out this Sunday morning. By 10 am I was starving and …
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stuzzi
First order of business: an announcement. Rhubarb compote is back at Bouchon! Yep. The BEST dessert in RVa is back. Why a blurb about Bouchon in a post about Stuzzi? Because we wound up there Friday night after an attempt to dine at Stuzzi. Here’s how …
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Zeus Gallery Cafe aka Obnoxiousness On Display
I am blogging, which means that I either loved or hated something, and in this case it is the latter. Get ready Richmond, I am going to burst your bubble and do some calling out. I like the concept of Zeus Gallery Cafe which reminds me of this place in…
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one year
On this my one year wedding anniversary, I want to pay tribute to the creative and executive body behind (and brag about) the menu at my wedding reception. Lisa Benusa at the Mill at Fine Creek met my request for a multi-course, seated, vegetarian dinn…
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the wine loft
the wine loft, which bills itself as “a sophisticated wine bar” and which has large square tiles in the bathroom that are black faux alligator (the interior reminded me of a cheap hotel trying hard to be chic and contemporary) must be too sophis…
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libbie and grove
Friday night began at Cafe Caturra for a cafe au lait for hubs and an unoaked chard for me. We nibbled on the “breads and spreads.” Grilled bread drizzled with olive oil was served with three dips: herbed goat cheese (my fav!), tomato basil chutney (a …
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eurasia
howdy lovely readers. i apologize for my absence, but the diet, etc. (fyi. i have been verrryyyy good on the diet.) anyway, on friday we went to eurasia cafe and wine bar. ok, i’m not really a fan of suburbia or restaurants in suburbia or restaur…
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thoughts from center stage
dear richmond, i am ok with y’all not dressing for dinner. i have become accustomed to casual dress at nice restaurants. but, for the symphony? give me a break! granted, i`m from texas and to this day my 84 year old grandmother will put on full on make…
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the food bloggers nemesis
I take my responsibilities as a food blogger very seriously (ok, I lied. I just love to eat and tell other people what I think) but there is one side effect that is commensurate with food blogging… weight gain. I was embracing the curvy until i…
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chocolate and drama
As I watch Bravo for my daily dose of drama, I must mention that I am noshing on the yummiest chocolates EVER from Spice Rack Chocolates. My favorite is the celtic smoked sea salt and white pepper. I love the texture of the salt and pepper as the…
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urban farmhouse vs. the lamplighter
I consider myself somewhat of an expert on coffee and coffee shops. I used to work as a barista in college (Go Red Raiders! even though you fired my beloved pirate coach) and one day I hope to own my own place (although more of a human coffee and pastr…
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ma ma wok. aka: ma ma wok, no run away
i had it on a very good source (who grew up in china and whose parents run a chinese restaurant) that ma ma wok is THE place to go for authentic chinese food in richmond. i was surprised when we pulled up in front and it was not the hole-in-the-w…
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the shape of things to come and daily cuteness
spring is springing?! merrick and paisley enjoying the new smells now that the snow has melted
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the republic, a fake out, oilio and shutter island
first off, woohoo for nice, sunny, snow-free weather!saturday lunch found us at olio. our first time, although i have wanted to stop by to check it out since the wedding of the owners (still the same owners? not sure) was featured in richmond bride bac…
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balliceaux and the naming of a phenomenon
balli- so good for drinks, but i’ll get to that later. first, my version of the garcia effect: NAGATFT, or never as good as the first time. this is a food phenomenon that i have encountered over and over. here’s the lowdown: i go to a restaurant and or…
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a change in blogging tactic
ok. So while the original design was to keep this a strictly Richmond restaurant focused blog, I am morphing the concept. I have been majorly neglecting it because we have been holed-up during the snowmageddon and I have been cooking or we have been ea…
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Anokha
I love Indian food. As in… I could eat it almost every night. We usually bounce around from Indian restaurant to Indian restaurant. No more. We now have an Indian restaurant home! Anokha is upscale Punjabi-style Indian with a mor…
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Bouchon
I’ve thought about starting a food blog for a while. I was inspired to commit some time to so doing after dining (for a second time) at Bouchon, a Provencal bistro in Shockoe Slip (in the space that once housed Pomegranate). Everything we …
