Brainfood Grill-Off - Tickets Still Available

Attention all food lovers: there's still time to get your tickets to tomorrow's Brainfood Grill-Off.

Brainfood, a DC-based non-profit that uses food and cooking to teach healthy living and life skills to DC youth, is hosting its third annual competition tomorrow, June 11th, at the Decatur House from 6:30-9:30. This is a high spirited event in which top local chefs - including Tony Chittum (Vermilion), Cedric Maupillier (Central Michel Richard), Shannon Overmiller (The Majestic), Bryan Moscatello (Zola), and The Next Food Network Star finalist Teddy Folkman (Granville Moore's) - will team up with amateur cooks and Brainfood graduates to compete against one another in a grilling showdown. In addition to the grill-off, there will be hors d’oeuvres, an open bar and a live auction. Tickets are $75, all of which goes to Brainfood's after-school and summer programs.

Slurp Soup for a Good Cause

When chilly weather arrives and gray, icky sweater season is upon is, there's nothing better than a warm bowl of soup after a long day of slushing through the cold. Now, there are no shortage of options around town for this bastion of comfort food, so why not get your dose while also supporting a good cause? For the enitre month of November - National Diabetes Month - the menu at Oceanaire will feature a heart-healthy version of beef barley soup (pictured at right), the proceeds of which will be donated to the Capitol Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) to support research aimed at curing diabetes and its complications.

This is the eighth time that the popular downtown seafood spot has dished out a soup to benefit JDRF during National Diabetes Month. Kudos to Oceanaire and Chef Rob Klink for supporting a great mission with great food.

Benefit Dinner at Colorado Kitchen

Fried chicken AND a good cause? Sign me up.

Chef Gillian Clark (at right) of Brightwood’s delicious and quirky Colorado Kitchen will be hosting a Fried Chicken Benefit Dinner on Wednesday, June 25th. Similar to CK’s immensely popular Burger and Fried Chicken Night (which happens the first Tuesday of every month), for just $25 diners get a bowl of soup, that delicious fried chicken, bacon-laced collard greens, cornbread, and even a fancy beer.

Proceeds go to support mental health care for veterans, the Washington Peace Center and the Social Justice Scholarship Fund.

Doors open at 6. Make reservations by emailing david.thurston78@gmail.com.

Colorado Kitchen
5515 Colorado Ave NW
202-545-8280