” Eating Everything _______” is a bold new series centered around exploring food culture, through cooking and education. Cooking the same foods at home is soooo passe.   Growing up, I always ate the same food; every grocery store trip yielded the same results. On Sundays after church, we’d unload plastic-covered paper bags filled with […]

Be it chocolate chip, ginger snaps,  double chocolate, sugar or M&M’s, historically,  a cookie has been known to make even the darkest days brighter with its undeniable charm and delicateness. So I know what you’re thinking: the best part about eating a cookie is about biting into the chewy, gooeyness and perhaps, the visual tearing […]

  Ambar Capitol Hill has something going in D.C.   Have you been?   A quick search on Google, and you’ll see Ambar isn’t holding the #1 spot among D.C. critics –though, Tom Siesta adores the Clarendon location.   It is, however, applauded amongst tourist and locals.   Washingtonian championed  Ambar as #1 on Trip Advisor. […]

  For most becoming a half-decent cook is like becoming a superhero without a superpower; you feel you’re missing some God-given gift. We’ve all watched the shows, Master Chef and the like. Home cooks without prior formal training execute dishes worthy of praise from globally-recognized, renowned chefs and restaurateurs like Gordon Ramsay and Joe Bastiniach. You […]

If I had a dime for all the people who, when asking if they like Chick-fil-a answered “Heck no”, I may only have enough coins to drop in a gumball machine with no return of a gumball. Very few can deny the southern charm of Chick-fil-a; it’s addictive and contagious. Even if not the original […]

Deep down we all want to retaliate against our given right to spend more money eating out while dining less at home. Then life turns into a vortex of responsibilities and deeply rooted routines: avoiding Sallie Mae calls, sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic for an 8-5,  choosing between paying bills or going broke on your own […]