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Food Blogger Happy Hour: Photos

Here are some photos from the recent food blogger happy hour.  Thanks to the Black Squirrel for welcoming us to their new second floor space, which was absolutely fabulous (I heart your calamari).  Stay tuned for more info about the next food blogger happy hour on December 2nd.  Meanwhile, visit the URLs of the bloggers featured in these photos.

Food Blogger Bake Sale: Photos

The DC Blogger Bake Sale at 14th and U Farmer's Market was a huge success, with over $400 raised for Martha's Table.  Thanks to Adventures in Shaw and Thrifty Cook DC for an excellent job planning and organizing.  

DC Food Blogger Happy Hour: November 4

 

The next dc food blogger happy hour is November 4th at the Black Squirrel, one of my favorite bars in Adams Morgan.  The Black Squirrel has a killer beer list and tasty bar food.  The crispy calamari is a personal favorite. 

Come and meet fellow food bloggers (we'll be on the second floor).  Please RSVP in the comments and help get the word out by posting the photo above. 

Not sure what this is all about?  Check out photos from our last rendezvous at CommonWealth and Poste.

Thanks to the planning committee: Modern Domestic, Gradually Greener, Capital Spice, Capital Cooking, and the Beer Spotter.

Spooktacular DC Food Blogger Bake Sale for Martha's Table

Do you find yourself staring longingly at your computer screen, wishing you could try the delicious concoctions baked daily by DC food bloggers?  Wish no longer.  Come to the DC Food Blogger Spooktacular Bake Sale at the 14th and U Farmer's Market and you can actually try some of the mouth-watering treats that you read about every day. 

We're having a bake sale, and all of the proceeds go to Martha's Table. 

Macheesmo is making snicker doodles.  Modern Domestic is making whoopi pies.  Adventures in Shaw, the mastermind behind the bake sale, is making heath bar cookies and some other goodies.   Thrifty DC Cooks is making rice crispy treats and caramel apples.  State Dinner is making chocolate chip pumpkin bread.  And there are more food bloggers that I have yet to mention --stay tuned for more updates coming via Twitter.

Want to know what I'm making?

Food Blogger Happy Hour: Photos

Yup, those are hard boiled eggs, encased in meat, battered, deep fried, and served with tasty dipping sauces.  Scotch eggs are what they are called, and I shared a few with some fellow bloggers at the DC food blogger happy hour last night at CommonWealth Gastro Pub in Columbia Heights.  

Reminder: Food Blogger Happy Hour, October 7

If you haven't already, please drop an RSVP in the comments, so we'll know how many people are coming.

Yes, the rumors are true: there's another food blogger happy hour planned. It looks like we'll be doing this on a regular basis (First Wednesdays!). The next happy hour will be October 7th at CommonWealth, "the people's pub" in Columbia Heights.   In case you missed it, the last food blogger happy hour was tons of fun.  Food bloggers mingled, talked shop, ate truffle fries, and put faces to URLs. In October, we'll drink beer, raise our glasses, be merry, and eat Scotch eggs like movie popcorn. 

Thanks to Capital Spice, Gradually Greener, Modern Domestic, We Love DC, and Beerspotter, for working out the details.  Let us know if you are coming by leaving a comment on any of our blogs.  And thanks to flickr user mccun934 for the photograph in the flyer.

{p.s., please feel free to post this flyer on your blog.}

Food Blogger Happy Hour: September 2

 

I often find myself talking about food topics, like walnut oil or the new chef at restaurant so and so.  As I’m talking, I see people’s eyes start to glaze over.  Seriously?  You don’t think walnut oil is interesting?  I do.  That’s why I’m looking forward to the upcoming DC Food Blogger Happy Hour.  It was Gradually Greener’s idea, and I was all… “yes please.”  Modern Domestic will be there too.  When I tweeted the happy hour idea Capital Spice was, “we’re in,” and Beets and Bonbons was “just let me know when and where.” 

The when is September 2nd (6pm) and the where is Poste Brasserie.  All we need is YOU.  Yes, we’re calling all food bloggers (and friends of food).  Please come.  The more the merrier, so post this info on your blog and get the word out.  Also, let me know if you are coming so we have an approximate head count.

photo: flickr user rogersmj