My girlfriends took me out to a French place in Dupont called Bistrot du Coin for my 29th birthday. It. was. awesome. Good food, good wine, and lots of fun. To start I had the Salade Frisée aux Lardons. It was, in a word, delectable. I think it's also called Salad Lyonnaise, but don't quote me on that. Salade Frisée aux Lardons contains bacon (holy ( Read more... )

We've started hitting up our local Farmer's Market every Friday afternoon. If you're in the Centreville area, it's located on Trinity Parkway, which is right off of Lee Hwy/29. It is across the street from the Lifetime Fitness club.

Today, $31 bought us two pounds of grass-fed, hormone-free Piedmont beef, 1 and 1/2 pounds of oxtail (from the same ( Read more... )