Williams-Sonoma FREE Demonstrations

Fall has arrived and it is time to start thinking about all those delicious upcoming holiday dishes and treats! Get some new ideas (while watching your wallet) at your local Williams-Sonoma FREE demonstration classes throughout the month of October. Click here for schedule and call your local Williams-Sonoma store to RSVP.

Event: FREE dessert day!

Photo from my culinary school days
at L'Academie de Cuisine

Today only! Book your reservation through opentable at any of these participating restaurants and you'll receive a FREE Dessert! (with just a minimum purchase of 1 entree).

Events: Restaurant Unleashed Week: March 1-7

The Restaurant Association of the Metropolitan Washington (RAMW) is running a "UNLEASHED" Restaurants! week - basically a week of discounted menu options at participating restaurants in the area (a.k.a., restaurant week).

The RAMW is advertising it under the guise that people are pent up, our desire for foodie camaraderie is runith over and we demand a fill-up (for a discount) at our local (RAMW member only) restaurant. According to the advertisement on the website:

“This will be a great way for patrons to ‘unleash’ the pent up dining passions that have been so constrained over this winter,” said Lynne Breaux, President of RAMW. “And it’s not just dining; this is also about social contact, conviviality, decompression and so much more that we tend not to think about until it is taken away. Think of our “Unleashed” week as an intense, really big, group therapy session.”

This could be true....there was a lot of snow for a while. But it could have something to do with low/poor restaurant sales in January and February. Normally bad months for restaurants, where made much, much worse by the snow.

So 'UNLEASH' your wallet and pick out some restaurants to visit from the participation list on opentable.

Update: Bistro Lafayette Shares Thanksgiving Menu

Can't go wrong with their pate or their bourguignon!

Appetite Stimulus Plan: November 17th thru 21st

Only in DC would restaurants jump on the stimulus plan bandwagon!

Opentable is doing 2xs the points on special 'restaurant week style' 3-course menus at participating restaurants (Lunch=$24; Dinner=$34) between November 17th and November 21st.

$5 Off - Whole Food Printable Coupon

Hey, it may be dubbed 'Whole Paycheck', but we still love it - so every little bit helps.

Click here to read about their new 'Whole Deals' and print the coupon.

And remember you can print it over and over and use it at every check-out between now and October 22nd.

Red Robin's Birthday Burger

I'm a big fan of the Teriyaki Chicken Burger at Red Robin. So a little over a year ago, I was happy to learn that when you sign up for their eClub you get a free birthday burger - whatever burger you want - vaild a week before to a week after your birthday.

Since the closest Red Robin to my house is about 25 minutes away, it seems like the only time I get to eat their Teriyaki Chicken Burger - but I'm not the only one!