Biscuit Bash, a biscuit-themed friendly cook-off benefiting D.C. Central Kitchen and Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry campaign, returned to Art and Soul's patio last night. For its second year, the fundraiser sold out quickly (obviously, word got out that this is a can't-miss delicious event for an awesome cause!) prompting the organizers to close off the restaurant for the evening to allow more people to attend. Chef Hamilton Johnson of Vidalia, whose biscuit took the top prize last year, returned to defend its title. Otherwise all the restaurants and chefs biscuit bashing yesterday were new to the friendly competition. This year, Vidalia's biscuit was slightly less messy, though is was ...
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Recap: Art and Soul’s Biscuit Bash
Last night, Art & Soul in the Liaison Capitol Hill Hotel kicked off patio-season with a friendly biscuit competition benefiting Hospitality High, a preparatory high school for D.C. students interested in the hospitality industry. Good thing I recently traveled to Raleigh, North Carolina, to brush up on my (American) biscuits because biscuit means two completely different things in France and in America. In France, biscuits are typically sweet, more like cookies. In America, they're more like bread. Either way, I would have enjoyed any event named biscuit bash!! With the assistance of students from Hospitality high, five chefs battled it out for the title: Jason Gehring of Menu MBK; ...
