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Sweet & Creamy Parsnip Soup

And the Dish

A very satisfying mid-winter soup. Even if it is feeling a lot more like spring, around here! Not too sweet, and a little bit spicy from a healthy dose of black pepper, plus the natural bite of parsnips. It doesn't taste too cheesy, either. The gruyere... »

Arrest in shooting of Lenny Harris, Alexandria community activist

Washingtonpost.com Crime Scene

A 49-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the killing of Alexandria community activist, Lenwood “Lenny” Harris, whose body was found last week in a Fort Washington well, police said Tuesday. Read full article »

Three local breweries win spots at this year’s SAVOR

Washingtonpost.com All We Can Eat

Three local breweries made the cut for SAVOR, the annual craft beer and food festival set for early June at the National Building Museum in Washington. Among the 75 breweries that will be pouring two beers each are DC Brau, Capitol City Brewing Co. in ... »

Police: Alexandria community activist was shot, then dumped down well

Washingtonpost.com Crime Scene

The missing Alexandria activist whose body was recovered from a well in Fort Washington Saturday had been shot to death, authorities said Monday. Homicide detectives have not determined exactly when and where Lenwood “Lenny” Harris, 53, was slain, thou... »

Food in focus: Evening Star Cafe

Going Out Gurus

The Evening Star Cafe, in Alexandria’s Del Rey neighborhood since 1997, recently got a facelift and some new hands in the kitchen, including Jim Jeffords, a former line cook at CityZen. Tom Sietsema reviews Evening Star in his Sunday dining column in T... »

Red Apron Butchery Wins Good Food Award

We Love DC

glover park farmers’ market 7.10.10 – 32 courtesy of laura padgett Locavores rejoice: Red Apron Butchery has been awarded a 2012 Good Food Award in the charcuterie category. Red Apron, a creation of Neighborhood Restaurant Group, was the DC area’s only... »

Go Home Already: Shaky

DCist

In today's Go Home Already: Occupy D.C. thinks hearing is a waste of time, 16 contenders for Ward 5 and Alexandria moves on new waterfront plan. [ more › ] »

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Number of requests for restraining orders explodes in Virginia

Washingtonpost.com Metro

When a former co-worker crept into her home and said “I’ve just come to kill you,” a Herndon woman got one. When a man was chewed out by an opposing attorney in a Fairfax County civil case, the man tried to get one. And when a landlord and a tenant had... »

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