Local food and beverage pros earn “Rising Chef” honors from Star Chefs
After visiting more than 125 chefs and artisans in Maryland, Virginia and D.C., StarChefs.com announced their 2014 list of the area’s culinary rising stars.
Chef Spike Gjerde of Woodberry Kitchen
I guess I’ve known Spike Gjerde about eight years now, since a little before the time of Woodberry Kitchen‘s opening in 2007. In my full-time job as alumni director at a local independent school, I was looking for a place to have an alumni gig. My friend Katie Hearn was working for Struever Brothers at …
The Baltimore Food Scene – The House of Cards Version
Last summer, I received a comment on my blog that was so fun. A crew member of House of Cards wrote to say that lots of people on set follow my blog and Instagram. Wait, WHAT DID YOU SAY? I looked the message again. Read it out loud. To myself. Yep, that’s what it says. …
Eater Explores Horse-and-Cart Vendor World in ‘Last of the Arabbers’
The Arabbers. These guys have been around Baltimore City for 150+ years. Some have said that it’s cruel. One friend said to me, “Oh, they must be selling drugs,” but whatever your take on them, they are part of Baltimore’s history. This article “The Last of the Arabbers” by Eater’s David Frey was eye-opening for me. …
My New Favorite Baltimore Restaurants
If you read my blog or follow me on the Insta, you know that I had a definite favorite restaurant in PABU, Michael Mina and Ken Tominaga’s fabulous Japanese izakaya at the Four Seasons Baltimore. Sadly, it closed earlier this year. Coming in November is its replacement, Azumi, from Ouzo Bay owner Alex Smith. In the …
Buzzfeed’s 11 Reasons Hungry Stomachs Need to Come to Baltimore
You see these “lists” all the time. Top places to eat and drink in tons of cities. And when they focus on Baltimore, I am sometimes confused. Sometimes I say things to my computer screen like….”Noooooo. They got this all wrong. They clearly don’t live here…who is this person?” Blah blah blah.
Chef Chad Gauss of The Food Market
Charm City Cook and Baltimore Fishbowl writer Amy Langrehr has come to know a good number of chefs in town since she started writing about food a few years back. In our new series, Chewing the Fat, she’ll interview local top chefs for Baltimore Fishbowl Weekend. First up: Chad Gauss of The Food Market in Hampden. I …
A Brit Chef + A Baltimorean = Deliciousness at The Corner Pantry
A few weeks ago, I attended a media dinner at The Corner Pantry, the new cafe and bakery in Lake Falls Village, the small shopping center at the corner of Falls Road and Lake Avenue. The cafe space had previously been Banksy’s Cafe and I felt bad that I never had a chance to go …
Sobo Cafe – a warm, welcoming delicious option in Federal Hill
I hadn’t been to Sobo Cafe in years. Anna Leventis, a Baltimore native, has owned and operated the restaurant since May of 2012 and I’ve heard consistently positive things about this place, so I thought it was time I visit again. And I’m glad I did. What a gem. Spreads of spicy feta, rosemary hummus, …