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(Wow!) Cocktail Floats

By Emily Bell

The phrase “cocktail float” might seem like something to run from—ideally right through the window of the T.G.I. Friday’s you half-ironically stumbled into. Except ours is an age of mellowed, melded mixology, where “sophisticated” has learned to relax its perfectionism into a kind of frilly perversion of itself. (Also known as fun.)

The Mother of All Sauces: Ponzu

By Katherine Sacks

At Dakaya, the sauce is the star of a grilled avocado dish. Just four ingredients come together to make this double-take inducing dish: an avocado charred in its prime, a flurry of nori salt, a wasabi kick, and the eminent ingredient, house ponzu.

Peking Duck Takes a Bao

By Korakot Suriya-arporn

Sexy, bronzed Peking duck—with its crisp skin and succulent meat—is the result of millennia of Chinese tradition. It’s also the culmination of Chef Scott Drewno’s three-day process that transports Peking duck from the Ming Dynasty to modern day Washington, D.C.

D.C. Area Rising Stars: Why They Shine

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Artistry and Dogged Work Ethic in the Pastry Kitchen

By Rebecca Cohen

If you’ve been to Washington D.C.’s Rogue 24 in the last three years, you’ve been lucky enough to get a taste of Chef RJ Cooper’s secret weapon. In the pastry kitchen at this very moment (in all likelihood), quietly and persistently slogging away at her never ending prep list, is Pastry Chef Giane Cavaliere.