Comments on: Five Challenges We Wanted to See on Top Chef, D.C. http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2010/09/five-challenges-we-wanted-to-see-on-top-chef-d-c/ A Heaping Helping of Food News, Science and Culture Sat, 18 May 2013 18:34:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Delights and Prejudices » News Feed: September 10 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2010/09/five-challenges-we-wanted-to-see-on-top-chef-d-c/comment-page-1/#comment-2989 Delights and Prejudices » News Feed: September 10 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:16:36 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=6677#comment-2989 [...] Top Chef’s missed opportunities in Washington, D.C. [Smithsonian] [...] [...] Top Chef’s missed opportunities in Washington, D.C. [Smithsonian] [...]

]]> By: Christine http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2010/09/five-challenges-we-wanted-to-see-on-top-chef-d-c/comment-page-1/#comment-2984 Christine Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:56:19 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=6677#comment-2984 Create a menu themed around sustainable seafood from local fishermen! http://ocean.si.edu/ocean-and-you/sustainable-seafood/ Create a menu themed around sustainable seafood from local fishermen! http://ocean.si.edu/ocean-and-you/sustainable-seafood/

]]> By: Dana Allen-Greil http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2010/09/five-challenges-we-wanted-to-see-on-top-chef-d-c/comment-page-1/#comment-2983 Dana Allen-Greil Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:42:41 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=6677#comment-2983 I love this list! I'm a big Top Chef fan and Washingtonian...I really wished they would have backed off some of the lazy politics and government themes (e.g., "Hail to the Chef!") and explored more of what DC has to offer beyond the feds. I appreciate your thoughtfulness about the hidden culinary treasures that can be discovered in our fair city. However, I have one small disagreement--if you're willing to send the cheftestants to Virginia for Asian groceries your farmer's market suggestion should have been the one in Takoma Park (Maryland). It's open all year, features producer-sellers only, food comes from within a 150 mile radius, and it's got the best variety and atmosphere of any market in the metro area. Now, I'll pack my knives and go... I love this list! I’m a big Top Chef fan and Washingtonian…I really wished they would have backed off some of the lazy politics and government themes (e.g., “Hail to the Chef!”) and explored more of what DC has to offer beyond the feds. I appreciate your thoughtfulness about the hidden culinary treasures that can be discovered in our fair city.

However, I have one small disagreement–if you’re willing to send the cheftestants to Virginia for Asian groceries your farmer’s market suggestion should have been the one in Takoma Park (Maryland). It’s open all year, features producer-sellers only, food comes from within a 150 mile radius, and it’s got the best variety and atmosphere of any market in the metro area.

Now, I’ll pack my knives and go…

]]> By: Jean March http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2010/09/five-challenges-we-wanted-to-see-on-top-chef-d-c/comment-page-1/#comment-2974 Jean March Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:15:45 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=6677#comment-2974 Make and serve great pupusas in a food truck (like the businesses in Silver Spring). Make and serve great pupusas in a food truck (like the businesses in Silver Spring).

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