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17 February 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Fat Tuesday (February 21) Mardi Gras Krewe Food & Folklore

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Eatonville Restaurant’s Food & Folklore dinner series presents MARDI GRAS KREWE this Fat Tuesday – February 21. The prix fixe menu includes: –GATOR GUMBO SHOOTERS –CRAB CAKE with CREOLE AIOLI –CAJUN CHICKEN JAMBALAYA …and a KING CAKE SURPRISE! N’Awlins native MISTY BROWN will be our guide to Mardi Gras or Carnivale celebrations in the Caribbean [...]

01 February 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Highlights from Food & Folklore with Lucy Anne Hurston – Zorafest’s Grand Finale

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Zorafest 2012 took a final bow with Lucy Anne Hurston, special guest for Food & Folklore. She was introduced by Food & Folklore’s former host (now full-time designer) Brian Evans. Hats, fans, stories, and costume changes. Lucy always takes the cake. Eatonville looks forward to seeing her again next year!

27 January 2012 ~ 0 Comments

WUSA9′s J.C. Hayward and “Dee” Brown, the Woman Behind Eatonville Restaurant’s Winning Coconut Cake

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Decoyise “Dee” Brown joined J.C. Hayward in the WUSA9 kitchen today with the 2011 prize winning coconut cake. After the broadcast, Eatonville Restaurant got calls and walk-ins for coconut cake. Needless to say, the cake we brought to the studio was gone in minutes. Only 5 days left before entry forms are due (February 1, [...]

24 January 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Lucy Anne Hurston Separates Fact From Folklore for Zorafest Food & Folklore at Eatonville (January 29)

Lucy Anne Hurston Separates Fact From Folklore for Zorafest Food & Folklore at Eatonville (January 29)

Sunday, January 29 at 6:30 PM Eatonville Restaurant’s Food & Folklore series presents “Fact or Folklore” with Lucy Anne Hurston.   It’s always a party when Zora’s niece Lucy Anne Hurston is in the house.  Zora Neale Hurston’s life and Zora’s stories often intertwine.  Even fans may embellish.  Lucy will set it straight expelling misconceptions [...]

18 January 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Hats & Fans, Arts, Food & Folklore….Must Be Zorafest! (Jan. 28 – 29)

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THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED Eatonville Restaurant’s annual Zorafest! is coming up January 28 – 29.  If you can’t make it to the Zorafest in Eatonville, Florida, Eatonville Restaurant is your next best stop.  Here’s what’s happenin’: Saturday, January 28, 11 AM – 4 PM – Craft Fair and Market in the upstairs loft of [...]

05 January 2012 ~ 0 Comments

DC Restaurant Week at Eatonville (January 9 – 15)

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It’s a brand new year, and time for the winter installment of D.C. Restaurant Week (January 9 – 15, 2012). Eatonville Restaurant is serving a three-course menu for lunch and dinner with traditional customer favorites like Southern Fried Chicken and Fried Green Tomatoes, and more recent restaurant favorites like Jerk Marinated Tofu and Red Velvet [...]

22 December 2011 ~ 0 Comments

The Magic of Making a Prize-Winning Cake – Eatonville at Macy’s

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Decoyise Brown, the 2011 Makes-Me-Wanna SHOUT! Coconut Cake Challenge winner, shared her techniques and tips for baking her winning coconut cake at Macy’s Home in Bethesda, MD (Saturday, December 10, 2011). Eatonville Restaurant‘s Executive Chef Oji Jaja and Pastry Chef Gregoria Contreras provided the baking logistics including breaking open a fresh coconut with a few [...]

17 December 2011 ~ 0 Comments

A Holiday Food & Folklore with the AIWF (higlights)

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Eatonville Restaurant and the Washington, DC chapter of the American Institute of Wine and Food (AIWF) hosted a holiday Food & Folklore buffet dinner in December with Dan Searing, celebrity mixologist and author of Punch:  75 Recipes Spanning Four Centuries of Wanton Revelry.  The AIWF was founded in 1981 by Robert Mondavi, Julia Child and [...]

17 December 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Ring In the New Year Eatonville Style – New Year’s Eve Dinner with music by NeoGroove Movement

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Ring in the New Year at Eatonville Restaurant with a delicious southern- inspired prix fixe dinner and live music by NeoGroove Movement. Get your New Year’s off to an early start. First dinner seating begins at 6:30 PM featuring live music and a three-course dinner special for $39 per person (plus tax and gratuity). Or [...]

03 December 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Holiday Buffet, Punch, Food & Folklore, and American Institute of Wine and Food

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Eatonville Restaurant’s Food & Folklore Dinner Series in partnership with the American Institute of Wine and Food punches up the holidays on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 6:30 PM with author and mixologist Dan Searing, author of The Punch Bowl: 75 Recipes Spanning Four Centuries of Wanton Revelry. Dan will share the history of punch [...]