It’s Crab Fest time again at the Boathouse so we decided to forget about our last visit for brunch and give them another shot. Service started out pretty good with warm Sourdough Bread coming out first.  The bread was nice and fresh but I didn’t want to fill up too much on bread because we were planning [...]

View last years annual crab weekend posts (complete with words detailing the experience) here, here and here. [...]

Chicken cakes, tomato salad, and cheesy grits Recently I found myself with a ton of cooked meat in the fridge coupled with a real lack of imagination. Normally when there's 3/4 of a rotisserie chicken hanging around, I'd make tacos or toss the meat ... [...]

A small collection of nationwide restaurants that embrace the deep rooted American steakhouse tradition, Del Frisco's most definitely knows its prime grade steak and lucky for us New Englanders, a thing or two about seafood. Be that as it may, there's ... [...]

Artsplosure has been setting up in downtown Raleigh for more than three decades. Designed to showcase artistic expression, it's a great opportunity for locals to see what the community has to offer in the areas of music, pottery, paintings, and natural... [...]

Sunday, June 19th marked my sisters 25th Birthday and a more widely celebrated holiday, Fathers Day! The dual family celebration commenced with a brunch bigger and better than anyone of us expected, followed by a leisurely stroll along the Boston Ha... [...]

While in a recent Indian food mindset, I thought I'd play around with adding Indian flavors to a local specialty - the crab cake. I've had varying success with adding non-traditional flavorings to a mound of fried crab meat but ultimately I think I pre... [...]

I got a call yesterday afternoon from Mrs. EatJXN about coming to eat with her and her hubby (aka EatJXN) at CHAR to try out the new summer menu. I’ve known Mr. & Mrs. EatJXN for a while. Most notably, he and the Mrs. introduced me to my husband, so I REALLY owe them (like [...]

Summer is here, Jersey! It’s time to dust off the grill, uncover the pool, and start saving for the gas price increase. Anyone doing anything fun this summer? I’ll be interning at Zagat three days a week, and I couldn’t be more excited! So that picture up at [...]

I have walked past Circa in Dupont Circle many times, but never stopped in. Now that there is one in Clarendon, it was the first restaurant I thought of when dinner time came around. So last Saturday my family and I really decided to check it out and we really [...]