Potenza (Washington DC)

Pizza oven
Salami room
Cappellini D'Angelo al Pomodoro
Pappardelle alla Bolognese
Tiramisu

Georgetown Cupcake (Washington DC)

Red velvet
Chocolate with vanilla frosting
Vanilla with chocolate frosting
Chocolate^2 and chocolate^3
Vanilla with vanilla frosting




Brasserie Beck (Washington DC)

Beet salad
Steak tartare
Waiter with Le Creuset pot full of steaming mussels
Aforementioned mussels

Zaytinya (Washington DC)

Hommus (chickpea puree with garlic and tahini), htipiti (roasted red peppers) and tzatziki (yogurt and cucumbers with dill) with pita bread
Crispy brussel afelia (brussel sprouts, coriander seeds, barberries)
Hamachi sashimi
Crispy skirt steak with green chile zhoug sauce
Trio of desserts. There were a lot of apricots involved, but the baklava ice cream was the best.

Teaism (Washington DC)

Salty oatmeal cookies

Potbelly's (Washington DC)

Halfway through my sandwich and root beer float...

Otto Enoteca Pizzeria (NY, NY)


Mario Batali and John Besh with the one and only Emily Wu; clam pizza; truffle, egg, and guanciale pizza; proscuitto pizza with arugula tomato salad


RN74 (SF, CA)

Flatbread with fingerling potatoes, epoisses, rosemary and fleur de sel
Hamachi sashimi
Grilled jumbo shrimp and asparagus
Haricots verts with sliced almonds
Chocolate praline bar

Seoul Garden (NY, NY)

Beef dumplings; kimchi pork soondubu and seafood soondubu

Arizmendi Bakery (SF, CA)

Original location @ 9th & Irving, but a new one is about to open in the Mission. Yay!
Breadsticks (in progress)
Breadsticks (finished)