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It used to be that the biggest worry when hosting a dinner party was where the salad fork went. These days inviting people over to your house for a meal comes with a whole new slew of worrisome considerations — ones that are way more serious than how …

The first time brothers and Montgomery County natives Jared and Arthur Ringel worked together was at Ledo Pizza during high school. In the years since, Arthur went on to cook at Vermillion, Vidalia, and Hank’s Oyster Bar. Meanwhile, Jared gravitated toward the front of the house, most recently managing at HomeMade Pizza Co. Now, the […]

Southern Living intrepid restaurant scout Jennifer V. Cole hit the road to determine the top places to eat in South now. Here are the 10 best new restaurants. Looking for more delicious places to stop down South? Visit Southern Living for 100 of her fa…

When your grandchildren go out to lunch many years from now, they’ll probably still be able to order fast-food burgers and fries, but the meal — and the people serving it — will likely be very different.

Decades ago, McDonald’s was the quintessenti…

Home of the year-round Thanksgiving-themed sandwich and Joe Biden fave Capriotti’s opens its second D.C.-area location in Rosslyn today. The first 100 people in line at 11 a.m. will receive a free Bobbie sandwich (turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing), and the first 50 will also get certificates for free Bobbies for a year. (Which actually translates […]

At the moment, food is highly prestigious. A vast amount of attention is paid to celebrity chefs, dietary advice, new restaurants and cooking shows. We have, it seems, become collectively obsessed with what we eat.

But the question of what we need from food, other than just physical sustenance, is rarely taken up. The issue sounds a bit weird. And yet food is evidently not just ‘fuel’. It offers help with certain of our psychological needs. It has, if you like, therapeutic potential.