Nov
6
Thu
Food & Friends Free Pie Tasting @ Farragut Square Park
Nov 6 @ 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM

FREE PIE TASTING ON THURSDAY
STOP BY FOR A BITE & VOTE FOR APPLE VS. PUMPKIN

Celebrate Food & Friends’ Slice of Life Thanksgiving pie sale. Join the organization at Pie Day for free pie samples and the chance to cast your vote for Apple Pie vs. Pumpkin Pie! The winner of Food & Friends’ “In Pie We Crust” election will go on FLASH SALE from 3:00pm – midnight on Thursday. Your vote will enter you into a drawing to win a full Thanksgiving dinner for 4 plus 2 pies.

WHAT: FREE PIE BITES!

WHEN: Thursday, November 6th | 11:30am – 1:30pm

WHERE: Farragut Square (Corner of 17th & K Street, NW)

You can also participate in the “In Pie We Crust” election on Twitter. Post about your favorite flavor and be sure to include @foodandfriends and #SliceofLifeDC.

Nov
8
Sat
Metropolitan Cooking & Entertaining Show @ Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Nov 8 @ 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Metropolitan Cooking & Entertaining Show

November 8th and 9th

 

MetroCooking DC’s Metropolitan Cooking and Entertaining Show has become DC region’s premier event for the specialty food, culinary, and entertaining community. The 9th edition of MetroCooking DC will be held November 8-9, 2014 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

Join me and Dolci Gelati in the Grand Tasting Pavillion for a two day culinary and entertaining event brings together more than 18,000 consumers to shop, dine and drink. MetroCooking DC engages the consumer market by offering a unique culinary experience featuring appearances by Food Network celebrities, a multitude of DC’s James Beard award winning chefs, tastings from DC’s most noted restaurants, beer wine and spirits samplings, culinary classes, entertaining workshops, book signings, and more. Plus a marketplace full of shopping!  Purchase tickets here: http://www.metrocookingdc.com/tickets/

Nov
9
Sun
Metropolitan Cooking & Entertaining Show @ Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Nov 9 @ 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Metropolitan Cooking & Entertaining Show

November 8th and 9th

 

MetroCooking DC’s Metropolitan Cooking and Entertaining Show has become DC region’s premier event for the specialty food, culinary, and entertaining community. The 9th edition of MetroCooking DC will be held November 8-9, 2014 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

Join me and Dolci Gelati in the Grand Tasting Pavillion for a two day culinary and entertaining event brings together more than 18,000 consumers to shop, dine and drink. MetroCooking DC engages the consumer market by offering a unique culinary experience featuring appearances by Food Network celebrities, a multitude of DC’s James Beard award winning chefs, tastings from DC’s most noted restaurants, beer wine and spirits samplings, culinary classes, entertaining workshops, book signings, and more. Plus a marketplace full of shopping!  Purchase tickets here: http://www.metrocookingdc.com/tickets/

Metropolitan Cooking & Entertaining Show @ Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Nov 9 @ 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Metropolitan Cooking & Entertaining Show

November 8th and 9th

 

MetroCooking DC’s Metropolitan Cooking and Entertaining Show has become DC region’s premier event for the specialty food, culinary, and entertaining community. The 9th edition of MetroCooking DC will be held November 8-9, 2014 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

Join me and Dolci Gelati in the Grand Tasting Pavillion for a two day culinary and entertaining event brings together more than 18,000 consumers to shop, dine and drink. MetroCooking DC engages the consumer market by offering a unique culinary experience featuring appearances by Food Network celebrities, a multitude of DC’s James Beard award winning chefs, tastings from DC’s most noted restaurants, beer wine and spirits samplings, culinary classes, entertaining workshops, book signings, and more. Plus a marketplace full of shopping!  Purchase tickets here: http://www.metrocookingdc.com/tickets/

Nov
11
Tue
DC Central Kitchen Capital Food Fight @ Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center (Atrium)
Nov 11 @ 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM

DC Central Kitchen Capital Food Fight

Nov 11th

Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center (Atrium)

Over 75 of the Washington area’s greatest restaurants will offer tastes of their best dishes for Capital Food Fight guests.  Join Dolci Gelati and many others for a night of fun, eating and drinking all for a great cause to support the DC Central Kitchen.  Purchase tickets here http://capitalfoodfight.org/buy-tickets/

Nov
18
Tue
Sean Brock Introduces Book “Heritage” @ America Eats Tavern
Nov 18 @ 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

On Tuesday, November 18, José Andrés and ThinkFoodGroup will host Sean Brock—the James Beard Award-winning Chef of McCrady’s and Husk Restaurants—at America Eats Tavern to celebrate his new cookbook: Heritage. For $60, tickets include a taste from the cookbook courtesy of America Eats Tavern Head Chef Nate Waugaman, local wines from Virginia’s own Trump Winery, and a signed copy of the book.

The reception will take place in the front bar and private dining room in a passed bite/drink format. The restaurant will remain open for business should guests decide to stay for dinner (price not included in ticket).

What: Sean Brock cookbook party at America Eats Tavern

When: Tuesday, Nov 18 from 6:30—8:30pm

Where: America Eats Tavern (1700 Tysons Blvd inside the Ritz Carlton at Tysons Corner; McLean, VA) *By Metro – Silver Line to Tysons Corner

How: To purchase tickets, visit https://nvite.com/BrockatAmericaEats/brockatamericaeats

Dec
3
Wed
Fairmont Hotel Tree Lighting Party @ Fairmont Hotel Crystal Garden
Dec 3 @ 5:30 PM – 10:30 PM

Fairmont Washington, D.C. Georgetown is pleased to announce its 11th annual tree lighting ceremony in the hotel’s Crystal Garden and lobby beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 3, 2014.  Filled with thousands of tiny white lights, shimmering trees, and over 30 animated reindeer, the Crystal Garden and hotel lobby are the perfect venues for a holiday celebration.

Autria Godfrey, Emmy Award winning news Anchor of Good Morning Washington and ABC7 News at Noon, will serve as the Master of Ceremonies to officiate the tree lighting festivities.

Families will take the chill off with complimentary hot chocolate and cookies as they listen to the award-winning Georgetown Visitation Madrigals perform holiday classics. Children will enjoy decorating holiday crafts by American Girl.  Members of the United States Marine Corps Reserves will be on hand to perform a presentation of colors, and Santa Claus and Rudolph will make a special guest appearance.  All families will receive a photo with Santa to take home too.

During the ceremony, children will have the chance to trim two holiday trees in the hotel’s lobby

The ceremony, which is free and open to the public, will benefit The U.S. Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots Program, a non-profit organization that collects toys throughout the holiday season and delivers them to needy youngsters.  Those attending the event are encouraged to bring an unwrapped toy to be donated. Additionally, monetary donations are accepted on the organization’s website, www.ToysForTots.org.

Fairmont Washington, D.C., Georgetown has partnered with Virginia Linen Service for the ceremony.  They are generously providing two trees for children to decorate, and will make a monetary donation to the Toys for Tots during this year’s ceremony.

Located at 2401 M Street, NW, Fairmont Washington, D.C., Georgetown is convenient to the finest museums, theaters (including the Kennedy Center), shopping and dining.  Close to two metro stations, it is five miles from Reagan National Airport and 33 miles from Dulles International Airport.  At 415 rooms and luxury suites, The Fairmont Washington, D.C. offers a wealth of facilities while maintaining an air of tranquility insured through the design of intimate spaces, plenty of natural daylight, and a cascade of plants both inside and out.

Fairmont’s 11th Annual Tree Lighting @ Fairmont Hotel
Dec 3 @ 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM

FAIRMONT WASHINGTON, D.C., GEORGETOWN HOLDS

11TH ANNUAL TREE LIGHTING

TO BENEFIT TOYS FOR TOTS

Fairmont Washington, D.C. Georgetown is pleased to announce its 11th annual tree lighting ceremony in the hotel’s Crystal Garden and lobby beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 3, 2014. Filled with thousands of tiny white lights, shimmering Christmas trees, and over 30 animated reindeer, the Crystal Garden is the perfect venue for a holiday celebration.
Families will take the chill off with complimentary hot chocolate and cookies as they listen to the award-winning Georgetown Visitation Madrigals perform holiday classics. Children will enjoy decorating holiday crafts by American Girl. Members of the United States Marine Corps Reserves will be on hand to perform a presentation of colors, and Santa Claus and Rudolph will make a special guest appearance. All families will receive a photo with Santa to take home too.

The ceremony, which is free and open to the public, will benefit The U.S. Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots Program, a non-profit organization that collects toys throughout the holiday season and delivers them to needy youngsters. Those attending the event are encouraged to bring an unwrapped toy to be donated. Additionally, monetary donations are accepted on the organization’s website, www.ToysForTots.org

Fairmont Washington, D.C., Georgetown is located at 2401 M Street, NW, convenient to the finest museums, theaters (including the Kennedy Center), shopping and dining. Close to two metro stations, it is five miles from Reagan National Airport and 33 miles from Dulles International Airport. At 415 rooms and luxury suites, The Fairmont Washington, D.C. offers a wealth of facilities while maintaining an air of tranquility insured through the design of intimate spaces, plenty of natural daylight, and a cascade of plants both inside and out.

Peruvian Brothers Charity Pisco Reception at the Embassy of Peru @ Embassy of Peru
Dec 3 @ 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Peruvian Brothers Charity Pisco Reception at the Embassy of Peru

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Embassy of Peru

1700 Massachusetts Ave NW

Washington, DC 20036

Tickets $25.00

 

Cocktail Attire

Peruvian Brothers Catering: Pan con Chicharron, Pan con Pollo, Pan con Asado, Empanadas

Pisco Sours Courtesy of Macchu Pisco

Live Music Courtesy of Piscura Networking

Dec
5
Fri
Jack Rose Dining Saloon Repeal Day Fete @ Jack Rose Dining Saloon
Dec 5 @ 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM

WHAT:             

Speakeasies + Scotch. Burlesque + Bubbles. Jack Rose Dining Saloon is drinking, dining and dressing like it’s 1933, in celebration of Repeal Day on Friday, December 5. Home to the largest whiskey collection in the Western hemisphere, Jack Rose is celebrating the abolition of the booze-prohibiting 18th amendment with its 4th Annual Repeal Day Celebration: an evening of Prohibition-era cocktails and punches, a special speakeasy-style Dram & Grain, a Pappy Van Winkle-themed happy hour, 1930s-inspired prix-fixe menu, burlesque performances and more, from5 p.m. to close.

Happy Hour becomes “Pappy Hour” from 5 to 7:30 p.m., when Jack Rose will offer the full Pappy Van Winkle bourbon and rye whiskey line-up at special pricing. Already one of the only places in the city to try all six hard-to-find bottlings, this rare offering will allow guests to try the cult-favorite Pappy Van Winkle at a discount. Jack Rose’s regular happy hour specials including half-priced bites and beer discounts will also be available.

And nowhere else in the city can people actually “drink like it’s 1933.” But owner and whiskey expert Bill Thomas has curated a selection of 90+ year-old whiskeys distilled between 1910 and 1930, which will be offered a la carte and in special tasting flights throughout the evening. Whiskey fanatics will have the chance to try rarities like the 97-year-old Sam Thompson Pure Rye Whiskey distilled in 1917, 98-year-old Old McBrayerWhiskey distilled in 1916, and 96-year-old Monticello Special Reserve distilled in 1918. Pricing for these antiquities will range from $80-125 per ounce.

The kitchen is going back in time, as Executive Chef Russell Jones has crafted aspecial 1930s-inspired tasting menu of dishes such as Lobster Bisque, Seared Duck Breast with cranberries and Lemon Chess Pie. The four-course prix-fixe menu will be available for $45 all night in the dining saloon. And for those who need a little late-night fuel, guests can nibble on complimentary “Midnight Snacks” such asPimento and Prosciutto Biscuits and Sweet Potato Bread Pudding at 12am in the dining saloon.

And popular cocktail den Dram & Grain, housed in the basement’s hiddenWhiskey Cellar, will convert into a 30s-style speakeasy complete with historic 1920s and 1930s-era bourbons and rye whiskeys, vintage spirits dispensed from the bar’s signature, handmade four-whiskey draft system, and old-time jazz tunes, transporting guests to the era. 

Burlesque dancers will perform for spectators throughout the evening while cigarette girls will offer a selection of specially-priced cigars. The cozy upstairs Balcony Room will pour bottomless bubbles for only $20 all night.

And guests are of course encouraged to dress to the nines in flapper dresses and swanky suits, donning their most Prohibition-era attire for a chance to win a reservation for two (plus cocktails) at Dram & Grain.

There is no admission fee to the Repeal Day Party at Jack Rose and is open to the public. For more information, please visit www.jackrosediningsaloon.com or call202-588-7388.

 

WHO:             Jack Rose Dining Saloon

 

WHEN:            Friday, December 5, 2014

5 p.m. – close

“Pappy Hour”: 5 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

 

WHERE:           Jack Rose Dining Saloon

2007 18th Street NW

Washington, DC 20009