...after drinking thirteen different cans of energy drinks over the course of a long weekend I am convinced that my opinion is completely awesome and I could—if needed—run completely through the living room wall into the neighboring apartment. And that's the effect that comparing and reviewing 13 energy drinks will have on you, folks.... More
Let Cybele at Candyblog help you build up your arsenal of mostly chocolate and heart-shaped Valentine's Day sweets with her list of 17 Valentine's Day candies.... More
Washingtonian’s annual “100 Best Restaurants” issue just hit newsstands, with Santa-resembling Michel Richard (how festive) on the front cover. Juggling a lemon, no less. His modern French culinary gem Citronelle inside Georgetown's Latham Hotel took first, a repeat from last year, when the magazine first started issuing formal rankings. Before that, Citronelle consistently won four shiny stars on the four-star scale. It’s been a big year for the big man, who opened Citronelle’s baby brother, the jeans-approved brasserie Central off Pennsylvania Avenue. Central didn’t make the magazine’s competitive cut, but their fries ($7 an order) sure wow-ed the magazine earlier, and their burgers won a "best in the city" nod from the Post. That might change given recent competition, which... More
"Imagine a Christmas ham, sealed in plastic and defrosting in the fridge. Imagine the cloudy ham water that leaks out of it and sits in the bottom of the plastic when you unwrap the ham. Imagine it carbonated and sweetened. Imagine putting it into your mouth and manfully fighting the automatic gag reflex." Thanks to The A.V. Club's review of Jones Soda Christmas Pack, I now know what I want to serve at my Christmas dinner!... More
Having visited more than 80 restaurants in Tokyo, Nicolas Sternsdorff compiles a list of his top Tokyo eats across 11 categories (or 12 if you include the worst restaurant he ate at) complete with photos and short descriptions.... More
I knew Mr. B was going to hate Max Brenner, Chocolate By The Bald Man, I just didn't know how he would express his distaste. The stupendous lead paragraph: "If we're not vigilant, who knows what could happen? We could wake up one dark chocolate morning to an East River of cocoa and a Hudson of hot fudge, slices of banana bobbing on its surface. The streets would be paved with bonbons, the skyscrapers bricked with fudge. Calorie counts would skyrocket. And a pox of tooth decay would descend." His take on a congealed lasagna Bolognese: It "could have been the work of that great Italian artisan Chef Boyardee." His 6-year-old nephew Gavin delivered the coup de grace. After eating... More
My favorite beverage review site of all time, Kevin Fanning and Josh Allen's The Knowledge For Thirst, has finally started up again after a painfully long hiatus. I guarantee you've never in your entire life read a beverage face-off quite like the one they just put up of Mexican Coke Vs. Passover Coke. Accept no substitutes.... More
Serious Eats takes a look at the week's restaurant reviews from the various newspapers and magazines around the country. Garden at the Cellar in Boston, Porchetta in New York, Pane Caldo in Chicago, and Zoya in San Francisco, among others. More
Serious Eats's Ed Levine takes a look at this week's restaurant reviews from various major daily newspaper food sections and magazines—Café Cluny, E. Baldi, the Russian Tea Room, and more. More
