The Palate Princess http://thepalateprincess.com Sun, 12 May 2013 09:55:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Top Chef Throwdown: Mike Isabella’s Graffiato vs. Spike Mendelsohn’s We, The Pizza http://thepalateprincess.com/top-chef-throwdown-mike-isabellas-graffiato-vs-spike-mendelsohns-we-the-pizza/ http://thepalateprincess.com/top-chef-throwdown-mike-isabellas-graffiato-vs-spike-mendelsohns-we-the-pizza/#comments Sun, 12 May 2013 02:30:11 +0000 Iris "The Palate Princess" M. http://thepalateprincess.com/?p=3223 Washington, DC is the home to restaurants belonging to two of Top Chef’s most popular former contestants, Mike Isabella and Spike Mendelsohn, and a recent visit to the chefs’ eateries proved that one may need to pack his knives and go (sorry, I couldn’t resist). I dined at Mendelsohn’s We, The Pizza and Good Stuff Eatery and Isabella’s Graffiato and [...]

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]]> http://thepalateprincess.com/taste-of-the-nation-recap/feed/ 0 The Spring Garden Takeover: Bufad Review http://thepalateprincess.com/the-spring-garden-takeover-bufad-review/ http://thepalateprincess.com/the-spring-garden-takeover-bufad-review/#comments Sat, 20 Apr 2013 22:02:50 +0000 Iris "The Palate Princess" M. http://thepalateprincess.com/?p=3141 In the same way Marcie Turney and partner Valerie Safran dominate 13th Street, Michael and Jeniphur Pasquarello seem poised to take over Spring Garden.  The pair already own Cafe Lift and the always-busting-at-the-seams Prohibition Taproom and, now, along comes their newest venture–a pizza spot called Bufad that sits on a corner a few steps from [...]

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]]> http://thepalateprincess.com/the-spring-garden-takeover-bufad-review/feed/ 2 Flavors of the Avenue Preview http://thepalateprincess.com/flavors-of-the-avenue-preview/ http://thepalateprincess.com/flavors-of-the-avenue-preview/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:34:23 +0000 Iris "The Palate Princess" M. http://thepalateprincess.com/?p=3110 One of the major perks of being a food writer is the scores of media passes, tickets, and invitations I get on a regular basis.  Obviously, I cannot attend all of the culinary events to which I get invited, but every now and then an event so epic comes along that saying no isn’t an option. [...]

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