Rachel Tepper
- Location
- Washington, District of Columbia,
- Title
- Quirky but not Clinical
- Bio
- I'm a 20-something Washingtonian with an affinity for the offbeat.
I love to write. My personal heaven would involve a buffet. I find tiny dogs distressing.
Please feel free to leave comments either extolling or berating my writing abilities. All are welcome.
Thank you for visiting.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Between Heaven and Earth
May 20, 2011 09:33PM - U.S. Royalty Dishes on Organic
Eating at the Sweetlife
Festival
May 05, 2011 09:55AM - Things are Hot at Hot N Juicy
April 27, 2011 01:19AM - Restaurant Review: Himalayan
Heritage in Adams Morgan
April 05, 2011 11:51AM - Spotted: Disco Fries at
ChurchKey
March 24, 2011 12:48PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Oh dear me, that looks
delicious. Kudos to you
for
transforming your children
in…”
August 11, 2009 11:01AM - “This looks
lovely...
Now I want
dessert. At 10 o'clock in the
morning. I see
not…”
August 11, 2009 10:20AM
Rachel Tepper's Links
MAY 5, 2011 9:55AM
U.S. Royalty Dishes on Organic Eating at the Sweetlife Festival
Last weekend, Jon and I took in the sights and sounds at
Sweetgreen's Sweetlife Festival, a day-long music event with a
roster that included The Strokes, Girl Talk, Lupe Fiasco, and more.
We sat down with local scenesters U.S. Royalty to talk about the
festival's message and their own eating h/…
APRIL 27, 2011 1:19AM
Things are Hot at Hot N Juicy
Behold,
the glory that is seafood in a bag! What sounds like
food-poisoning-waiting-to-happen is how food is served at Hot N Juicy, a Louisiana
transplant on Connecticut Avenue serving up steamed crawfish,
shrimp, and a slew of other items. The common denominator is, of
course, that eve/…
APRIL 5, 2011 11:51AM
Restaurant Review: Himalayan Heritage in Adams Morgan
Last week, my friend Andy and I grabbed a bite to eat at
Himalayan
Heritage on 18th Street in Adams Morgan before catching a
performance of China: The
Whole Enchilada, which currently stars my friend, the
irrepressibly funny Ben Demers.The whole evening, as it turned out, was pretty theatrical/…
MARCH 24, 2011 12:48PM
Spotted: Disco Fries at ChurchKey
Things I'm powerless against: French fries, cheddar
cheese, and sausage gravy. These 'disco fries' are pure, greasy,
goodness, and you kind of feel bad after you enjoy
it—not unlike disco. Whatever, I admit to loving
me some Bee Gees now and then. And damn it, I'll happily chow down
on these/… 
Last
weekend in New York City, a few friends and I crossed land and sea
in a journey to Flushing, Queens, a place enveloped in foreign
smells and the chattering sounds of strange dialects. We felt like
wayward Americans mistakenly landed in some Asian outpost,
stumbling past stalls overflowing/…
FEBRUARY 25, 2011 12:22PM
Last Week in Drinks (and Drinks and Drinks)
Between shooting videos for work and going out with friends, the
last week has been a boozy one, to say the least. I always bring
along my trusty Canon Rebel, so check out this visual chronicle of
the last week of my life in drinks.
In no particular order, these are my…
In no particular order, these are my…
FEBRUARY 18, 2011 2:16PM
Wine Bottling is Fun/Hurts My Arms at Keswick Vineyards
Earlier this month, my friend Arthur and I trekked down
to Keswick, Virginia to help out with a wine bottling at
Keswick Vineyards.It was a lot more of an in-depth process than we thought, but it was a pretty awesome time. I thought I was just there to film, but I/…
FEBRUARY 9, 2011 2:20PM
The Feast: Oyamel's Day of the Dead Taco Features Fresh Masa, a Healthy Conscience
A few weeks ago, Oyamel's Joe Raffa showed me how to
make the eatery's taco de
acelgas, a meat-free taco with swiss chard, potatoes, and a
sofrito of tomatoes, onion, and jalapeño. Check out
the above video I made for The Feast.Here's a snippet from the accompanying article:
Part of the… Read full post »
FEBRUARY 2, 2011 1:31PM
The Feast: Sausages at Againn, Jokes About Male Anatomy
Last week, I stopped by Againn gastropub in downtown D.C. to
catch up with chef Wes Morton, who showed me how to make the
restaurant's sausages for The Feast. Check out the below video to
see how it went. Here's a snippet from the accompanying
article:"In this installment of Eat… Read full post »
JANUARY 27, 2011 1:45PM
The Feast: Porky Baked Beans for Superbowl Sunday from Butcher's Block
This
Superbowl Sunday, chef Robert Wiedmaier's Butcher's Block is
offering a special game day menu. For The Feast, I caught up with
chef Chris Watson (who heads the kitchens at Wiedmaier's Brabo and
the Butcher's Block) to talk about his baked beans, which will be
available on February 6.Click/…
JANUARY 25, 2011 5:35PM
The Feast: Oscar-Inspired Eats in D.C.
Looking to celebrate the recently-released Oscar
nominations for this year? Click
here to check out The Feast's gallery of dinner ideas inspired
by the Best Picture nominees.
JANUARY 19, 2011 10:50AM
Review: Zola's New Tasting Menu a 'Parade of Flavors'
Over the weekend, Jon and I had the good fortune of
dining at Zola. I went without
expectations—my last meal there was about six
years ago, and my clearly drug-addled waiter was removed from the
floor sometime before the starters came. Needless to say, I didn't
walk away remembering the food/…
JANUARY 18, 2011 5:36PM
The Feast: Kushi Owners Talk Sushi Etiquette
Last
week, I sat down with
Kushi Izakaya & Sushi owners Darren Lee
Norris and Ari Kushimoto Norris, and the pair shared with me their
preferred techniques for eating sushi.Check out the below video to find out what you may be doing wrong, and click here for the accompanying post.
View more… Read full post »
JANUARY 7, 2011 3:30PM
A Late Christmas Present: Santa Cookies
Look what I found waiting for me in my room when I
returned from a few days of R&R in Rockville? Santa
cookies!These wonderfully crafted pieces of joy were made my roommate's mother, and just look at them. There's some serious holiday cheer baked into these babies. Thanks to you both!
…
DECEMBER 14, 2010 2:02PM
Spotted: Addie's Mussels at Black's Bar and Kitchen
The dinner items at Black's Bar and Kitchen might give
a mid-twenties professional sticker shock. A particularly
mouth-watering scallop dish clocks in at $29 (whoa doggies!), and I
was a tad concerned when I dined there last night. Low funds plus
poor impulse control around food equals broke R/…
DECEMBER 13, 2010 9:34AM
The Feast Digest: Mmm Mmm Good
As I mentioned in my last post, I'm a food editor for NBC's The Feast, and boy have I been working my tush off. Check out what I've been up to since last week:
DECEMBER 6, 2010 3:12PM
A New Use for Filet Mignon: Vietnamese Spring Rolls
Hi, all. Sorry for the blog
silence—life has been, to say the least, hectic
during the last month. I'm the food editor of a new NBC website,
The
Feast, so check me out! Even though I haven't been blogging, I
have been been eating
delicious things and snapping pictures of them,/…
NOVEMBER 28, 2010 4:42PM
A Foodie's Chanukah Present
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NOVEMBER 12, 2010 2:39PM
Scenes From a Chinese Restaurant: Shanghai Garden
NOVEMBER 11, 2010 4:48PM
Spotted: Whole Rockfish at Italian Pines
For the life of me, I can't figure out why so many
people are turned off by whole fish. Filets are
boring—no crispy skin, no charred fins to gnaw
on, and no gooey eyeballs to pop out. (For the record, I'm not
personally a fan of eyeball jelly, but many diners/…
NOVEMBER 10, 2010 10:09AM
Spotted: Butternut Squash Soup at B. Smith's
When asked to tender a restaurant recommendation to an
out-of-towner, B. Smith's probably wouldn't top my
list of possibilities. The Union Station restaurant itself is
beautiful (the space was originally the presidential railroad suite
in the days before Air Force One), but the dishes are fair/…
NOVEMBER 9, 2010 7:31PM
Spotted: Carnitas, Barbacoa Chivo, and Chicarron Tacos at Taqueria Distrito Federal
First off, let me say that I love this place. Last
Sunday, my brunch-hungry crew stopped at two other spots before we
were finally seated on the open patio at Taqueria Distrito Federal in Columbia
Heights. At Domku, despite
an abundance of clearly open tables, a waitress snootily told us
none/…
NOVEMBER 5, 2010 1:10PM
Spotted: Grilled Red Wine Octopus at Firefly
Yesterday, I had an uncharacteristically large lunch at
Firefly on New Hampshire
Avenue (appetizers, entree, cocktails—the whole
shebang).A standout of my meal: The grilled red wine poached octopus with smoked avocado, olive aioli, and roasted olive gremolata. Octopus can be chewy sometimes,/…
NOVEMBER 3, 2010 9:01PM
Thank you, WaPo!
A hearty thanks to the Washington Post and Lori's A.M. Buzz
for featuring Monday's fortune cookie post in their Breaking News
Blog:"I love this very funny fortune Plight of the Pumpernickel received when she cracked open her cookie after dinner at Shanghai Garden in D.C.'s Van Ness neighborhoo/… Read full post »
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