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Super Bowl Smackdown VIII: 2 sandwiches, 1 winner
A gooey meat-and-cheese-stuffed behemoth overtakes a cauliflower-packed pizza crust.
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Learning to love, or at least understand, Tex-Mex
A Mexican cookbook author and TV personality explores the hybrid cuisine of the Lone Star State
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College Bowl, Bordeaux edition
One way to motivate a younger audience: Hold an international competition for the best and brightest.
Recipes
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Look Supper Club hopes to get a second glance from K St.
After several attempts to attract new customers to the space formerly home to Teatro Goldoni, owners have again reinvented the K Street mainstay.
R.J. Cooper remains at Rogue 24 for ‘foreseeable future’
The modernist restaurant will continue to operate as the chef and his partner battle in court.
Food advocates for the poor see morsel of hope in farm bill
Program that encourages purchase of fresh produce at farmers markets seen as chance to also battle obesity.
Super Bowl Smackdown recipes
The Food section tradition of recipe face-offs started with a battle over chili and has led to several game-day-worthy dishes.
La Colombe will start serving coffee Monday. Maybe.
The Philadelphia-based roaster is still awaiting final inspection before opening.
Super Bowl party snacks
Prepare an impressive game-day spread with recipes for salsa, wings, chili and more from our Recipe Finder.
Tapas: Small bites of Spanish design
The exhibition at the former Spanish Ambassador’s residence examines the humor and humanity in culinary design.
The art of tapas
A new exhibition explores Spanish culinary design and the elevation of food as an art form.
The cooking soothes; the location surprises
Osteria Marzano brings expertly made pastas and pizza to an Alexandria office park.
Pass the paspalas, please
Cookbook author Aglaia Kremezi shares secrets of the Greek egg dish that celebrates pork.
Chef shutters Osteria Elisir, looks to reality TV
Investors in Enzo Fargione’s comfy downtown restaurant decided to cut their losses.
An artfully composed salad
The Weeknight Vegetarian takes a chef’s cue and arranges a meal of leeks, beets and walnut.
Affordable Bordeauxs to try
Two worthy white wines are tossed in for a change of pace among this week’s recommendations.
Shopping Cart: Kosher bacon, Just Mayo
Cured lamb belly that’s blessed by a rabbi; and a new plant-based alternative to egg-dairy mayonnaise.
Food events: Barbecue food truck face-off
Five food trucks will compete at Living Social’s 918 F Street.
Food Videos
Go team green! A veggie sandwich for the Super Bowl
This video will make you hungry. See how Washington Post Food editor Joe Yonan, inspired by chef Roberto Donna and a favorite sandwich shop, turns pizza dough into a panino and stuffs it with cauliflower, romesco sauce and more.
How to make the lightest gnocchi
Marjorie Meek-Bradley, Executive Chef at Ripple in D.C., explains how to make gnocchi, a classic wintertime dish, lighter for the summer.
Backstory: The Washington Post Cookbook
A compilation of readers’ favorite recipes has finally arrived.
The Post’s mumbo sauce taste test
Mumbo sauce pairs best with fried chicken from Chinese takeout spots, according to many D.C. natives. But high-end restaurants are now trying their own recipes. The Washington Post newsroom does a blind taste test to see which mumbo sauces takes the top prize.Editor's Choice
Introducing Recipe Finder 2.0
We’ve upgraded how it looks — but more importantly, how it works. Planning your meals just got easier.
Tom Sietsema’s 40 favorites
The Washington Post restaurant critic reviews the dining rooms you should know.
Washington Post cooking class list, 2013-2014
There are more than 180 cooking classes in the Washington area to tempt you into the kitchen.
A Washington Post cookbook, at last
Out in stores and online, it features recipes that span more than 50 years of Food section coverage.
The big chill: A freezer guide
Use this guide to learn the best ways to take your food from freezer to table.
Farmers market listings
The Washington Post Food section’s 2013 listing and map of farmers markets in the area.
The whole scoop on ice cream
This might be the help you’ve been waiting for: base recipes, current standards for various frozen desserts and tips for serving and storing.
Nourish recipes
Search more than 100 healthful entrees, all clocking in at less than 500 calories, from Stephanie Witt Sedgwick.
Food Features
Tom Sietsema
Added to the empire: Curry Mantra 3
First Bite: Despite its name, the third of Asad Sheikh’s restaurants is no imitation of its siblings.
The Fainting Goat menu, built for regulars
First Bite: Shrimp rolls and meat pies beckon at James Barton’s new U Street corridor restaurant.
Cast-iron reasons to head for Mount Vernon Triangle
Alba Osteria opens with a crowd-pleasing menu and Amy Brandwein in the kitchen.
New name, new tastes at Muze
The Mandarin Oriental’s casual restaurant reboots, but it could use a design update, too.
Pleasant, but where’s the whimsy?
Michel Richard’s NYC outpost is missing some of the fun of his former Washington landmark.
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