After 35 years of poking fun at world leaders and satirizing hot-button global issues with his incisive editorial cartoons, Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher still approaches each as...

Since I began this column in October 2011, I’ve dined on pigeon, sampled Tunisian street snacks, treated myself to booze-laden cupcakes, and more. I’ve expanded my waistli...

It wasn’t exactly difficult to shake the foundations of the Victorian art world. Using a particularly bright blue might get you branded a revolutionary. British painters Joh...

I never thought I’d write a column in praise of rutabaga, but it was hard not to after tasting it at Beuchert’s Saloon (623 Pennsylvania Ave. SE; 202-733-1384). As one of ...

Birds with human qualities are often Disney characters. The Freer’s “Edo Aviary” — scrolls and other avian paraphernalia from Japan’s Edo era (1615 to 1868) — prov...

Ellen Kassoff Gray and Todd Gray can add a new title to their résumés: cookbook authors. The foodie power couple (he’s the chef, she’s the GM at Equinox and Muse at the ...

Tom Mirenda is passionate about orchids. In addition to managing the plants as the Smithsonian Gardens’ orchid specialist, Mirenda keeps a personal collection of 1,000 orchi...

Recently, a close friend from New York City came for a visit. We were planning our Saturday night out when she asked where we’d be able to eat a great meal in the early a.m....

Bill Streever is intimately familiar with extreme temperatures. To write 2010’s “Cold,” the Alaskan biologist visited some of the world’s chilliest locales. Now he’s...

Stephen Hess found good news where no one would expect to find good news: in the news biz. “People really love being journalists,” says Hess, the author of “Whatever Hap...

Andrew Zimmern is no stranger to D.C. The fearless host of “Bizarre Foods America” comes here multiple times a year to visit Travel Channel’s headquarters in Chevy Chase...

When District Doughnut made its public debut at the Metro Cooking & Entertaining Show in November, the shop earned a dubious distinction. “We were the most ransacked boo...

There’s always something new brewing when it comes to D.C.’s beer scene. This week, three events usher in the area’s latest labels and pours: Anniversary Ale It’s a se...

Sports-venue food in D.C. has improved tremendously over the seven-plus years I’ve lived here. If you know where to look these days, you can get a surprisingly great meal. C...

Besides the president himself, who’s to say what Barack Obama’s favorite foods and drinks are? Well, plenty of eateries, actually, including these three, which have added ...