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Chef John Currence — the James Beard award winning chef coming to Old Town — shared his Oyster Madeleine recipe with us for the holidays . . .

November 27, 2019

We have to wait awhile for Chef John Currence to be creating cuisine in Old Town but we can still enjoy one of this James Beard award winning chef’s recipes now. Chef Currence was kind enough to send along a holiday recipe for us! It’s got oysters which Miles loves and is excited to try!Read the Post

Grateful for Chef Sebastien Rondier Roasted Duck ร  l’Orange Recipe AND that Brabo is Open Thanksgiving for Dine In or Carry Out . . .

November 20, 2019

Super grateful that Chef Sebastien Rondier of Brabo has shared his famed Roasted Duck ร  l’Orange recipe with us! Growing up in southwest France Chef Sebastien didn’t have the traditional American Turkey Day dinner so many of us are used to — he had duck. So on Thanksgiving at Brabo you can enjoy turkey orRead the Post

Chocolate Peppermint Pie Recipe from the Honorable Allison Silberberg

November 14, 2019

As y’all might already know, our friend, and former mayor of Alexandria, Allison Silberberg married us. We affetionately call her Rabbi! Here’s a treasured family recipe for Chocolate Peppermint Pie & picture she shared with us! xxx If youโ€™re not already, be sure to follow our adventures on social, and sign up for our newsletter!

Bastille is open Thanksgiving and if Chef Michelle wasn’t working she’d have this Sweet Potato Soufflรฉ on her table! Here’s the recipe & their Thanksgiving menu . . .

November 13, 2019

First Course Pumpkin-Maple bisque GFBeets and squash salad with goat cheese GF Slow roasted beets, butternut squash, toasted pumpkin seeds, arugula Caesar saladRomaine hearts, Radicchio, Parmesan, croutons, hard-boiled egg, lemon anchovy vinaigrette Faux-gras terrineDuck liver patรฉ, served with fruit chutney, cornichon, crispy baguette, frisรฉe Shrimp beignets, remoulade aioli Entrees Slow-roasted organic turkey โ€œDodineโ€Cornbread & confit meat stuffed turkeyRead the Post

Chart House in Old Town — Great Brunch & Happy Hour with a River View

July 18, 2018

Last Thanksgiving we decided to host family aboard our new boat for brunchy hors d’ oeuvres and drinks before venturing to an Old Town restaurant that would do all my Turkey Day heavy lifting. Problem was we had some elders in the mix and our spot had to be close to the marina. Vola’s wasn’tRead the Post

Old Town Restaurants Open Thanksgiving Day . . . Gobble Gobble

November 3, 2016

Would your Thanksgiving be a little happier if you went out to eat this year? No cooking. No cleaning up. Just feast with yourย loved ones and let someone else do all the work in one of Old Town’s fabulous restaurants! Confirmed as open onย Thanksgiving plusย information they currently had available . . . Bastille 3 coursesRead the Post

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๐“˜'๐“ถ ๐“™๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ท๐“ฒ๐“ฏ๐“ฎ๐“ป-๐“œ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ฎ โ€” ๐™– ๐™ฌ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง โ€ข ๐™๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ข๐™–๐™ ๐™š๐™ง โ€ข ๐™จ๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ๐™จ๐™š๐™š๐™ง โ€ข ๐™ก๐™ช๐™ญ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง โ€ข ๐™ก๐™š๐™ž๐™จ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š-๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™– โ€ข ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ก๐™š๐™ซ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ž๐™จ๐™จ๐™š๐™ช๐™ง โ€” ๐“๐’พ๐“‹๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐“‚๐“Ž ๐’ป๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“‰ ๐“๐’พ๐’ป๐‘’ ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“‰๐’ฝ ๐“‚๐“Ž ๐“‡๐‘’๐“‰๐’พ๐“‡๐‘’๐’น ๐’ฝ๐“Š๐’ท๐’ท๐“Ž ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐‘œ๐“Š๐“‡ ๐“ˆ๐“Œ๐‘’๐‘’๐“‰ ๐“๐’พ๐“‰๐“‰๐“๐‘’ ๐’ป๐“Š๐“‡๐“‡๐“Ž ๐“…๐“‡๐’พ๐“ƒ๐’ธ๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“ˆ. ๐‘พ๐’† ๐’๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’Š๐’ ๐’‚ ๐’”๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’-๐’Š๐’”๐’‰ ๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’…๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’•๐’๐’˜๐’๐’‰๐’๐’–๐’”๐’† ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ถ๐’๐’… ๐‘ป๐’๐’˜๐’ ๐‘จ๐‘ณ๐‘ฟ, ๐‘ฝ๐’Š๐’“๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’‚ โ€” ๐’‚ ๐‘พ๐’‚๐’”๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’•๐’๐’ ๐‘ซ๐‘ช ๐’๐’†๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’ƒ๐’๐’“๐’‰๐’๐’๐’… ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’‚ ๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’’๐’–๐’† ๐’„๐’‰๐’‚๐’“๐’Ž ๐’‚๐’๐’ ๐’Š๐’•'๐’” ๐’๐’˜๐’. ๐“˜ ๐“ต๐“ธ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ ๐“ฑ๐“ธ๐“ถ๐“ฎ๐“ถ๐“ช๐“ด๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ป ๐“ฌ๐“ธ๐”ƒ๐”‚ ๐“ผ๐“ช๐“ฌ๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ญ ๐“ผ๐“น๐“ช๐“ฌ๐“ฎ. ๐ˆโ€™๐ฆ ๐š ๐›๐ข๐  ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐œ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐“˜ ๐“ช๐“ต๐“ผ๐“ธ ๐“ฌ๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฎ ๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“พ๐“ช๐“ต๐“ผ ๐“ฒ๐“ท ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐”‚๐“ญ๐“ช๐”‚ ๐“ฝ๐“ธ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ท๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ผ๐“ฑ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ผ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ต. ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด! ๐’œ ๐“…๐“๐’ถ๐’ธ๐‘’ ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“๐“… ๐“Ž๐‘œ๐“Š ๐’ป๐’พ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐’ท๐‘’๐’ถ๐“Š๐“‰๐“Ž ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡๐“Ž๐’น๐’ถ๐“Ž. ๐‘จ๐’๐’… ๐’‘๐’“๐’‚๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’„๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‚๐’“๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐’๐’Š๐’—๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ โ€” ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’‚๐’–๐’•๐’Š๐’‡๐’–๐’๐’๐’š, ๐’”๐’๐’๐’˜๐’๐’š, ๐’‘๐’–๐’“๐’‘๐’๐’”๐’†๐’‡๐’–๐’๐’๐’š, ๐’“๐’๐’š๐’‚๐’๐’๐’š...

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