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Delis and their food have fallen dramatically in number and quality over the past few decades, especially in DC. But before you go stockpiling corned beef and pastrami there is good news on the horizon! Chef Barry Koslow (formerly of Tallula and Mendocino Grille) is partnering with David and Nick Wiseman (Roadside Food Projects) to open [...]

Washington, D.C.’s has food trucks with lobster rolls, BBQ, gourmet pizza, Korean tacos and cupcakes and now we’ve got a kosher food truck! Spike Mendelsohn and on-board chef Malcolm Mitchell have teamed up with Sixth & I Synagogue to bring you traditional kosher fare to the streets of DC. The menu is largely community driven so [...]

If you’ve got a sweet tooth and you’re tired of the same old  Passover-safe desserts why don’t you give chocolate-covered caramel matzah a try? I REALLY doubt that there is anything better than chocolate and toffee. Chef David Lebovitz has a great blog about life in Paris which is where I stumbled across this delicious [...]

For us at The Chosen, brunch is easily the most favorite meal of the day. Give us an omelet, rye toast and some bacon (shh, don’t tell Bubbe) and we’re set! Dana Moos, born and bred in Potomac, Maryland was involved in real estate and commercial property management before her and her husband decided to move [...]

We hope you’ve recovered from feasting on all of the soup and the brisket and the latkes and those soft and gooey jelly doughnuts too! Now it’s time to drink some beer. We wouldn’t take up this space discussing any old ale or stout. No sir. We’re talking about the Shmaltz Brewing Company, home to [...]

Happy Hanukkah Everyone! We hope you are enjoying the Festival of Lights and you’ve started collecting some great gifts, too! Now it’s time to prepare the most traditional of Hanukkah fare – the latke. Our frequent contributor, The Bubbe, is here this week to show us how it’s done, in the way only she knows [...]

The holidays are right around the corner and what better way to celebrate, and by celebrate we mean eat, than with a slice of pie. For years there has been a cake vs. pie debate and we always swayed towards cake…until we tasted the pie from Dangerously Delicious Pies. Rodney Henry started Dangerously Delicious Pies [...]

This week we’re proud to feature Soupergirl, a good friend and early supporter of The Chosen. Soupergirl is really Sara Polon, a Potomac native and one-time stand-up comic who now pours all of her efforts into delivering delicious soup to your door or to a pickup location near you. After reading Michael Pollan’s compelling book, [...]

We’ve lamented the lack of good deli in this space before and while recent years have seen the decline of previously good restaurants and some even going out of business, it’s good to know that you can still get a great bagel in this town. The family owned and operated Ize’s Deli and Bagelry, located [...]

Paula Shoyer is a former attorney and speechwriter who enrolled in a pastry course in Paris for fun while living in Europe a few years ago. After being asked to bake for friends, she ended up operating a dessert catering business in Geneva, Switzerland for two years. While in Geneva, she was asked to teach [...]