…but she did find her way into Roberto Donna’s wood-fired oven at Al Dente in Washington D. C. — that fed me some of the best Italian food I’ve had in some time.
The only thing missing was two turtle doves.
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Two Tried and True: JAPANEIRO and SWEETS RAKU
Sometimes, you just want an old reliable.
Or, if not a particularly “old” reliable, a relatively new one that you can trust to deliver the goods as well as the last time you were there.
And when the craving hits for a hunk o’ hunk o’ burnished beef (and you don’t wish to brave the Strip on a weekend’s eve) there’s nothing like Kevin Chong’s menu at Japaneiro (above) — one of the true treasures of local gastronomy.
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The Last Time I Saw Alsace – Part 2
A few days in Strasbourg is the perfect introduction to the glories of Alsatian food and culture. But to properly immerse yourself in the wonders of this Franco-Germanic region, you need to head to the wine country, where, within an hour’s drive of the big city, a steady succession of postcard-perfect villages await you with open arms, hearty cuisine, and more delicious white wines than you can shake a stick at.