Ellinida

I (somewhat) recently spent a week in Costa Rica where I sampled food in three cities — Tamarindo, La Fortuna, and the country’s capital city, San Jose.  I found a few gems along the way but was generally unimpressed by the fare.  The country, however, is amazing in other ways.  This having been my...
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What is this Urbantag, you ask?  It’s a cool website and iPhone app (soon coming to an Android near you) that provides a single platform to share places with people you trust, ensuring that your favorites are always available, social, and current.  It works by creating “maps” or lists of restaurants or other establishments that...
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It’s been a long time since I’ve had pork rinds, and longer, since I’ve had good ones.  So you can imagine how surprised I was to see these “black sheep” of the fried snack world served up anywhere else but a dive bar or the Mexican grocery store I frequented when I lived in...
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Hello readers.  Forking DC has been a little quiet lately as I’ve been traveling and getting ready for a new day job.  (I’ll soon be reporting about my adventures forking food in Costa Rica and Kentucky. Stay tuned!) As I’m settling back into the DC food scene, I thought I’d share some highlights in...
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I was invited to check out Chevy Chase Capital Grille’s special “Plates” lunch, also available at the Tyson’s Corner location. For $18, diners choose one plate from each of three categories. My friend and I chose the asparagus soup and mixed greens salad from the first category. (The third option in this category was...
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