The Cradle of Culture
It is said that a person from Karabakh swears on 3 things
his mother’s milk
the Koran
and bread…
International culinary consultant and food historian Amy Riolo explores the history of Azeri cuisine through her freshly pressed cookbook: The Cuisine of Karabakh; Recipes, Memories, and Dining Traditions from Azerbaijan’s Cradle of Culture. It is a cook book meant to trace the roots of those dealing with the diaspora of Karabakh, Azerbaijan. At the Culinary Historians of Washington, D.C. monthly meeting on May 6th, Riolo gave its members just a taste of Karabakh’s historically influenced cuisine.
Trucko de Mayo
Saturday, 5/5, 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Local food trucks all come together for Trucko de Mayo, a free daylong festival to benefit ECO City Farms and Common Good City Farm. Dozens of trucks will sell their food, so you can mix and match bites, listen to live music or hang out with beer, all in the name of a good cause. RFK Stadium, Lot 3, 22nd St. NE (at E. Capitol St.); curbsidecookoffdc.com
Guest Post by Sara Hundt: Forks & Knives
Minty-lemon lentils with spinach.
Rice stuffed tomatoes, coupled with butter lettuce wraps.
Rice stuffed tomatoes again..because they just look so damn delicious.
There is not that much that can force me into a kitchen. Sure, the idea of whipping up a tasty meal for friends or family sounds nice but at the end of the day, I am not the most dexterous with cooking spices and what-not.
After reading Forks and Knives, written by T. Colin Campbell, PhD and Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr, MD, I found myself surprisingly taking any opportunity I could to test out some of the many tantalizing recipes in the book. Whether it was the ease of the recipes, the fact that Campbell hails from my alma mater, Cornell University, or the simple plea by the authors to revert back to a simpler, healthier, more FLAVORFUL way of cooking, for at least a summer I was hooked on Forks and Knives.
Think Pink
Blossom Bake&Brew
The Blossom Bake & Brew will combine live music and art installations with cherry-inspired pie and, of course, locally crafted beer. The festival benefits the H Street Main Street business district; and partners include Chocolate City Beer, Dangerously Delicious Pies and Listen Local First. Purchase tickets here from Scoutmob.
The Art of Tea
“When tea is more than a drink and the tea ceremony is understood and practiced to foster harmony in humanity, promote harmony with nature, discipline the mind, quiet the heart, and attain the purity of enlightenment, the art of tea becomes teaism.”
The Book of Tea by Okakura Kakuzo






































