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Lower Your Electric Bill-Best  New Green Energy Choices for MD-DC-VA-Pa
I wanted everyone to have access to an energy choice that CITYPEEK Patti has changed to.  I have joined, Viridian Energy. We are adding value to all BGE and PEPCO customers by saving you money every month on your utility bills. With energy deregulation we ALL have the right to choose our energy supplier and Viridian...
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Back to School-let's eat!
Helen's Garden is open til most likely mid-September. Recently stopped in and made a fantastic meal out of tapas menu: scallops sauteed in a brown sugar butter, Korean beef which was perfectly prepared, a house salad with a sweet soy vinaigrette and house made nuts infused with rosemary and seared tuna steak. I cannot...
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Metro Dining in Annapolis & Bonefish Grill delights
Metro Diner Café-Although considered a diner by many standards - breakfast served all day, burgers, shakes, fries - the staples you would find on a typical blue-plate diner’s menu, Metro Diner Café is far from just another diner or café, for that matter. Its menu boasts a more modern flair, from...
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CITYPEEK Wine Tasting Report-July 2010-Husic, el Cota Rioja
CITYPEEK Wine-lovers blog- By popular demand-here is a recap of some recent wines sampled and loved at some recent outings by self-taught, chief sipper, CITYPEEK Patti. First please note, wine choice is a seasonal sport--my palette changes with seasons with heavier wines like big Cabernet and Shiraz' saved for colder...
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FOOD FIGHT- Local Reality Chef Contest begins in Baltimore!
With the onset popularity of TV Chef competitions like TOP CHEF, HELL'S KITCHEN and THROW DOWN with Bobby Flay to cooking with CHARM CITY CAKES or IRON CHEF comes another soon-to-be regional hit-- Welcome-The Mason Dixon Master Chef Tournament taking place over 16 weeks with 32 Executive Chefs competing at Truffles...
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Bobby Flay  looks to expand restaurants in the area!
First we had a throw down with Baltimore's RODNEY HENRY of DANGEROUSLY DELICIOUS PIES- Now, Bobby's Burger Palace is looking to expand in the Baltimore-Washington DC region! Bobby's Burger Palace (BBP) presents 10 signature burgers inspired by Chef Bobby Flay's extensive travels throughout America and love...
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Soft Shell Crab Week-Maryland has no oil spill trauma
with the Gulf Coast oil spill threatening much of that nation’s crab catch it’s worth noting that Baltimore will remain crabbier than ever. Downtown chefs are embracing Downtown Partnership of Baltimore’s second annual Soft Shell Crab Week. Thirteen of the region’s best restaurants will add savory...
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TOP CHEF DC 2010-Chefs Announced
Taste the culinary power on the seventh season of the No. 1 food show on cable, Bravo's Emmy and James Beard Award-winning series "TOP CHEF: Washington D.C". The 17 new chef'testants come face to face in the nation's capitol for the ultimate power play that will determine just who has the chops to become TOP...
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CITYpeek Scoop-Crabcakes, Ritz-Petit Louis celebrates, hop up on our social media marketing wagon
So, as a born-Marylander-I do love to chat about crab-- crab cakes that is. When I have a good one, I like to share. This winner came from a surprising spot, not a crab house, not an independent, not a seafood restaurant, but a hotel flagship. Winner of favorite crab cake of the month is The Yard open all day) & ...
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Eating Healthy in Ocean City

Eating Healthy in Ocean City

Dining out in Ocean City offers a lot of opportunity for good eats; Thrasher’s French Fries, Boog’s BBQ, and Dumser’s Ice Cream. But what if you want to eat Healthy? How can you navigate your way through Maryland’s Best Beach and stay on your healthy eating program? Well, I recently did just that...