I've had the travel bug for a while now so I was especially looking forward to my long-awaited trip to Washington DC and Baltimore last weekend. It was wonderful to see some of my good friends from college (except for J who I've known since 5th grade!). Many laughs were had and many foods were eaten. I spent an entire Friday with fellow foodie and phenomenal chef HLi, and we wandered the national monuments and had two lunches... while ducking into four bakeries (!). We even did a blind taste test on me with red velvet cake, along with a taste test on my homemade macarons and some store-bought ones. Mine won but I think the tester may have been slightly biased...
Here's a food diary of some of my favorites eats in DC and Baltimore... You can see my reviews on the food I had,
here!
Since it was two of my friends' birthdays and I had promised another friend I would bring macarons, I made a giant hat box-full of assorted ones. My flavors included passion fruit, coconut, green tea, hazelnut mocha, chocolate sea salt, pumpkin spice, chai, and pink grapefruit with pink peppercorn! I forgot to take a photo until the box was half gone, but others will tell you, the box was so full the lid barely closed when I brought it.
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Paper Moon Diner in Baltimore - Grilled cheese sandwich with smoked salmon |
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The famous one |
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Shake Shack.... haven't been able to stop thinking about this burger... |
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Passion fruit and mojito gelato... the best @Fell's Point, Baltimore |
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My friend's tomato plant! |
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The Sweet Lobby in DC - cupcakes and macarons |
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Oysters and crab cakes at Faidley's in Lexington Market |
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The best gelato at Dolcezza in adorable Bethesda |
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Homemade italian sausage pasta bake |
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Steamed fresh crabs! |
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Chez HLi made us breakfast one morning like a top chef |
We were all so blissfully gluttonous; I'm still reeling from all the delectable foods we tasted. It also made me long to live on the east coast again, just for the proximity of so many major cities.
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Dean & Deluca! |
When I got back I had one day of rest and then my friend Zebo came to see me for the rest of the week. Her visit reminded me why I love St. Louis so much. We frequented all the best farmer's markets, had delicious food and made the most of
city museum (it's the coolest place EVER). I skinned my knee pretty badly running on the giant hamster wheel with 5 of my friends (yes, that is what I said) but it was totally worth it.
And now I must spend the rest of the week catching up on recipes, baking, and working off my little food belly.
Hope everyone had a great weekend!
I will leave you with one of my favorite photos from this trip:
Ah Dean & Deluca. :) Wish I could afford to shop there! Great photos though, and I love the hat box of macarons!
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