Special to The Washington Examiner
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Vanessa Lim: East meets West
Alexandra Greeley
Published: Wed, May 15, 2013
Rarely do you find a chef/restaurant owner who so successfully transforms herself from a student from Malaysia to chef to restaurant entrepreneur as has Vanessa Lim. And for longtime Washingtonians, they will remember fondly the fuss and enthusiasm over the opening on 19th Street NW of Oodles...
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Lara Stuckey: Queen of cakes
Alexandra Greeley
Published: Wed, May 1, 2013
Dreaming up wildly elegant cakes, outrageously delicious cupcakes and other luscious baked goods defines baker extraordinaire and McLean native Lara Stuckey. After all, who else would name her bakery Fluffy Thoughts Cakes? Located in a corner store in McLean, Fluffy Thoughts commands...
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Richard Brooks likes it hot!
Alexandra Greeley
Published: Wed, Apr 24, 2013
Working over a wood fire in Washington's summer heat is really hot stuff. But one of the coolest chefs in D.C. does just that: Richard Brooks, executive chef of Georgetown's old-timer, Old Glory Bar-B-Que. Even if he must mop his brow every few minutes, Brooks loves the smoke and the thrill of...
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Beverly Bates bakes
Alexandra Greeley
Published: Wed, Apr 17, 2013
Running one pastry kitchen would overwhelm most of us. Running three must take grit, savvy and creativity, and that about sums up Beverly Bates, baker par excellence and pastry mastermind for chef Jeffrey Buben's Bistro Bis, Vidalia and -- the newest -- Woodward Table. And now recognized for her...
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Hearty Ed Hardy at Bistro Vivant
Alexandra Greeley
Published: Wed, Apr 10, 2013
Richmond native Ed Hardy made a radical career choice: After working as a staffer in several congressional campaigns, he quit the political life and became a full-time chef. "I was once in politics," he says, "but now I sleep better at night." And now, as the chef de cuisine of McLean's Bistro...
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Q&A: Chef Nick Palermo at Angler's Inn
Alexandra Greeley
Published: Wed, Apr 3, 2013
Working in a bucolic country setting must be a dream job. Add to that the delight of assembling a classic French menu with American flourishes and that is how executive chef Nick Palermo of Old Angler's Inn spends his days. And the irony: Palermo found the job on Craig's List just about two...
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Anthony Piscioneri: Hot dogging it
Alexandra Greeley
Published: Wed, Mar 27, 2013
It takes a talented chef with great humility to tackle the challenge of creating haute hot dogs -- that is, serving hot dogs decked out with more than drizzles of mustard and relish. Just such a guy is Anthony Piscioneri, executive chef of DC-3 (a hot dog eatery on Capitol Hill) and a sometime...
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Noriyuki Kudo: Going fishing
Alexandra Greeley
Published: Wed, Mar 20, 2013
Wearing a short ponytail and wielding a knife, Noriyuki Kudo is not a samurai warrior but instead the executive chef of D.C.'s hottest sushi place, Yo! Sushi, located on the ground floor of Union Station. Instead, the knife he sharpens daily he uses to skillfully slice the freshest fish -- and...
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Dolcezza gelato master Robb Duncan chills out
Alexandra Greeley
Published: Wed, Mar 13, 2013
If you have a sweet tooth and love the soothing chill of a scoop of ice cream, you might want to take over Robb Duncan's job. As founder, recipe developer, gelato taster and business mogul extraordinaire, this young man can look over the past decade and smile with pleasure: He has married his...
