<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Fare Minded</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/style/columns/fareminded?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</link><description>Fare Minded</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Divino's  Discerning  Tastes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6924-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6924-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2005 7:30:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ "DIVINO" IS a tough term to live up to, and it was tempting to dismiss this Argentine grill-cum-tapas-lounge as rather too self-satisfied, especially early on; but then one dish on the menu  --  the grilled sweetbreads with lemon sauce  --  made a really good case for the superlative. Perfectly drained and cleaned, as lightly floured as a good scallopini and just crunchy on the outside, these custardy slices easily challenge any classic version in town  --  and the serving is generous enough for any fanatic.]]></description><author> Eve Zibart</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pasha: A Prince of a Place]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53120-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53120-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2005 7:30:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Since opening eight months ago, Pasha has already become a regular stop for family groups out for Sunday supper, single diners reading over salad and wine, early-bird seniors and young couples with kids.]]></description><author> Eve Zibart</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Subway Series]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34114-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34114-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2005 7:30:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Washington is about to join that lucky group of cities with two of life's luxuries: a baseball team and a subway that gets you there.]]></description><author> Eve Zibart</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ballpark Eats]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34115-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34115-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2005 7:30:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Here's the good news: The ballpark dogs are pretty good.]]></description><author> Eve Zibart WP staff writer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[At Hard Times, Chili Comes Easy]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15785-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15785-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2005 7:30:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ IT'S NOT every restaurant that can make money off the Great Depression, even belatedly. But Jim and Fred Parker, who 25 years ago opened a budget-friendly retro chili kitchen in Old Town Alexandria, have managed to coax their personal chili itch and a century of anecdotal Americana into a successful regional chain.]]></description><author> Eve Zibart</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asian Tigers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62980-2005Mar24.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62980-2005Mar24.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2005 7:30:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[For many years now, there's been a sort of Asian competition going on on 19th Street NW.]]></description><author> Eve Zibart</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get Down and Dirty At the Jerk Pit]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43648-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43648-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2005 7:30:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The only safe way to address dinner at this low-key College Park storefront is in wash-and-wear, warns Eve Zibart.]]></description><author> Eve Zibart</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amici Miei, Pure and Simple]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4048-2005Mar3.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4048-2005Mar3.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2005 7:30:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  SIMPLICITY is a matter of conviction. It's also a calculated risk.]]></description><author> Eve Zibart</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Zeal Deal]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50092-2005Feb24.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50092-2005Feb24.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2005 7:30:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Eve Zibart finds charm and a little confusion in Arlington's Cassatt's, "a coffehouse-cum-winebar-cum-short-order-grill."]]></description><author> Eve Zibart</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bombay's Spice of Life]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31870-2005Feb17.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31870-2005Feb17.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2005 7:30:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  IT'S NOT EASY, in these days of lavishly appointed and extensively researched retro-Raj luxury, for an Indian restaurant to be startlingly good. Nor is it hard to find a neighborhood tandoori outpost, now that every second suburban strip mall seems to have at least one Indian kitchen in its repertoire.]]></description><author> Eve Zibart</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Georgetown's Cilantro]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14068-2005Feb10.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14068-2005Feb10.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2005 7:30:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A restaurant and tapas bar? Eve Zibart says "it's really a sort of mod-Med mishmash of mezze, tapas, Spanish and a little Italian."]]></description><author> Eve Zibart</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stick to Your Ribs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41515-2005Jan27.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41515-2005Jan27.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2005 7:30:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[With the "ayes" of Texas clearly still upon Washington, it may be risky to bring up Texas-style barbecue.]]></description><author> Eve Zibart</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Centro Italian Grill]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23424-2005Jan20.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23424-2005Jan20.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2005 7:30:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Eve Zibart says Centro is "an intriguing and welcome addition to the list of Bethesda's best restaurants."]]></description><author> Eve Zibart</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Missteps on Bourbon St.]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6512-2005Jan13.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6512-2005Jan13.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2005 7:30:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Eve Zibart dines on Cajun and Creole, at Okra's Louisiana Bistro in Manassas and the New Orleans Bistro in Bethesda.]]></description><author> Eve Zibart</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tickets, Security, Pomp and Circumstance]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6543-2005Jan13.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6543-2005Jan13.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2005 7:30:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[For Inauguration 2005, the vision thing is easy, but the viewing thing is much trickier.]]></description><author> Eve Zibart</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[True Political Parties]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6506-2005Jan13.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6506-2005Jan13.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2005 7:30:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Inauguration buzz hasn't changed much over the years, nor have the questions, but there are some intriguing moments worth recalling.]]></description><author> Eve Zibart</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Best Bites of 2004]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36280-2004Dec30.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36280-2004Dec30.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2005 7:30:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Eve Zibart highlights the tasty food finds from 2004.]]></description><author> Eve Zibart</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Flying Scotsman]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22154-2004Dec23.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22154-2004Dec23.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2005 7:30:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It's like an old railway-station-turned-snuggery and, altogether, there's a lot to like about this restaurant and bar.]]></description><author> Eve Zibart</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Okinawa: A Nice Place to Be Stationed]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51634-2004Dec9.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51634-2004Dec9.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2005 7:30:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ HERE'S WHAT'S NICE about Odenton's Okinawa restaurant. Lots of kids eating sushi. Tables of young Korean women on a girl's barbecue night out. Military families. Locals downing oversized maki. An enclosed smoking room and high-tech smoke filters over the barbecue tables. When you sit down at a table at Okinawa, the server immediately brings over a California roll "on the house," a reminder of owner-chef Kyung-Yul Kim's years at Wheaton's longtime favorite Yokohama. The very fact that it's <em>in</em> Odenton is a plus, since the area is still relatively short on dining options.]]></description><author> Eve Zibart</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good Pizza, Any Way You Slice It]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28295-2004Dec2.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28295-2004Dec2.html?nav=rss_style/columns/fareminded</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2005 7:30:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[For a quarter of a century, Zio's Italian Restaurant in Gaithersburg has been producing one of the best pizzas in the area.]]></description><author> Eve Zibart</author></item></channel></rss>