It’s been a great end to the year here on the Gut Check, and I’m sad to say that with the end of 2011 I must say farewell.
As my last post, I’m going to capture the highlights of my year with a journey through food-time in photos:
I started here with my farewell to summer, specifically to hot dogs and opened my eyes to all the great diggity dog places NoVA has to offer;
I enjoyed a deconstructed Key Lime Pie a la José Andrés at America Eats Tavern;
I got a free pie;
I made homemade granola for the first time;
I enjoyed one too many chili half-smokes at Ben’s Chili Bowl;
I tried Ethiopian food for the first time;
I made chili-powder-salt sweet potato fries in my own oven;
I got to try José Andrés’ minibar creations at a private event;
I ordered a secret sandwich on a glazed doughnut for which I reached my quota of a lifetime;
I had a very happy Thanksgiving;
I braved the kitchen and made French onion soup in the cold weather;
I ate better-than-Bobby-Flay pad thai;
I welcomed the holiday season with one too many Christmas cookies;
I ate lots of sushi because I had to;
and my first article on sushi got published in the January issue!
I think it’s safe to say it’s been a great year.
-Julia Harbo
Top photo courtesy of Kiselev Andrey Valerevich/Shutterstock.