Month: July 2014

In this era of struggling economies and financial uncertainty, UCB sketch group SCRAPS asks an important — perhaps the MOST important –question. What if pizza were used as currency?

GCDC’s cheese sandwiches are no longer limited to the grilled kind. The Pennsylvania Avenue NW spot, just a block from the White House, recently debuted fromage ice cream sandwiches. Or, as I’d like to call them, “chilled cheeses.” Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your tastes), the treats don’t incorporate anything so exotic as a stinky […]

And you thought the “speakeasy” trend was on its way out? Not quite. This week, chef Spike Mendelsohn of Good Stuff Eatery and Bearnaise and Vinoda Basnayake of Kabin opened The Sheppard, the latest glamorized interpretation of a Prohibition-era drinking den. The Dupont spot gets its name from Senator Morris Sheppard, who authored The Sheppard Bone-Dry Act of 1917 that banned […]

With so many competitions to keep track of last weekend—the World Cup, Wimbledon, Tour de France—there’s one you may have missed. Winners of the U.S. Open Beer Championship were announced, and local brewery DC Brau won two gold medals. The Public, DC Brau’s assertively hopped American pale ale, dominated out of more than 100 submissions in the pale ale […]

You’ve probably had an oyster shooter. Now, behold the dumpling shooter. You heard right: a dumpling sinking in alcohol, meant to be simultaneously drank and eaten. It’s one of several booze-soaked food items that require an ID at Chaplin Cocktail Bar, which opened last night. The shooter pictured above is the sole cold offering: a steamed shrimp dumpling […]

An apple a day keeps the sex doldrums at bay.

According to a new study, women who eat one to two apples a day experience better overall sexual function as well as higher arousal and satisfaction than women classified as having “no regular apple consum…