Dining and Drinking

Belvedere Square's Demi to close, but Crush remains open

2012-05-21 06:07:00

Tae Strain, the executive chef at Crush, is leaving the Belvedere Square restaurant. Saturday is Strain's last day at Crush, which will remain open. But Demi, his separate project on the lower level of Crush, will close after this Saturday's service.�...

Annapolis Summer Garden opens theater season with 'Anything Goes'

2012-05-21 05:36:29

Summer arrives early in the state capital with the opening of the Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre's 46th season of presenting "theater under the stars," which begins May 24 with Cole Porter's classic "Anything Goes." The musical, the updated, 2011 Tony...

Wine in the Woods marks 20th festival year in Howard County

2012-05-21 06:49:00

When the first Wine in the Woods festival was being planned in 1992, Ellicott City restaurateur Fernand Tersiguel suggested organizers add enlightenment to their goals for the event. This weekend, as the wine festival marks its 20th anniversary in...

Lunch for $10 or Less: Corned Beef Factory

2012-05-20 12:33:34

The Corned Beef Factory in Highlandtown is just over two years old, a mere infant compared to the revered decades old corned beef establishments that have made Lombard Street in downtown Baltimore a destination for generations of corned beef and...

Preakness infield party still raucous, but tamer than years past

2012-05-19 17:57:00

There were still drunken 20-somethings. Still crowds making a ruckus. And people throwing up after one too many beers. But this year — unlike at recent Preakness Stakes when infield crowds gained a reputation for debauchery and rowdy stunts like...

Downtown is a nightmare after dark

2012-05-19 06:30:00

The under-reporting of disturbances and violent crime at the Inner Harbor is legendary ("TheSt. Patrick's Day brawl," May 16). I have been living downtown in the Central Business District for the past six years at one of the nightly hot spots —...

Restaurant Review: Kettle Hill ably rides the farm-to-table wave

2012-05-19 00:00:00

If you want a glimpse into the near future of contemporary American dining, head down to Power Plant Live, where a promising new restaurant named Kettle Hill has put down stakes. It's a farm-to-table restaurant for the century's second decade. If the...

The Pons brothers' Country Life Farm is thriving, thanks to a special horse

2012-05-16 00:00:00

If you were among the millions who turned on their television May 5 to watch the Kentucky Derby, or were one of the thousands lucky enough to be at Churchill Downs racetrack the previous day for the Kentucky Oaks, you would have seen two horses in the...

Aspirational asparagus

2012-05-18 16:38:14

Overcooking is what kills asparagus for most people. Memories of gray, limp and pungent spears follow wary eaters like ghosts from a nightmare. But when treated right, asparagus is a versatile and complex vegetable. Its flavor profile can switch from...

Devon Horse Show is Pennsylvania's crown jewel

2012-05-18 11:07:07

Kentucky has the Derby. Maryland, of course, is home to the Preakness Stakes. And Pennsylvania boasts the Devon Horse Show and Country Fair, an annual celebration of all things equestrian that dates back well over a century. "It started as a one-day...

Howard County Briefs

2012-05-18 00:00:00

Flea market, book sale Shepherd of the Glen Lutheran Church sponsors this event from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 2 at 14051 Burntwoods Road in Glenwood (rain date is June 9). Vendor spaces are free, tables are available for $5 and setup time is 7:30 a.m....

Where to find Prigel's ice cream

2012-05-16 04:57:00

If you can't get to the Prigel Family Creamery, here are some stores that carry Prigel's ice cream: Graul's Markets in Annapolis, Cape St. Claire, Hereford, Mays Chapel and Ruxton Eddies of Roland Park and Charles Village markets Gunpowder Bison...

Soul and funk : The group's sound was more than just " disco ." There's a misconception about defining the Bee Gees music, it's more accurate to say disco became a name for the style of music they had been migrating toward.

2012-05-21 08:48:38

Natasha Bedingfield did the tribute to the late Donna Summer, singing Summer's 1978 disco hit "Last Dance" while photos of Summer played behind her.

2012-05-20 21:11:00

West Town Tavern

2012-05-20 15:52:00