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Jordan Wright is a longtime foodie. The Food Editor of Local Kicks, she has been a private chef for eight years and is the granddaughter of Redskins football team founder and 37-year owner George Preston Marshall. A moment with Jordan would leave a dyed-in-the-wool fan reeling and begging for tales of reminiscence about the “Hogs.”

Articles By Jordan Wright

NIBBLES AND SIPS/ Top Chef Master Marcus Samuelson

Feb 20,2013

A child is seated on the grass in the Land of the Midnight Sun, his attention drawn downward by a clump of flowers. They are everywhere stretching across the rolling hillside as far as the eye can see, but he is focused on collecting specific elements for a simple bouquet clutched in his tiny left hand. A striped knit cap is pulled

NIBBLES & SIPS/Crystal City Gets Good Stuff

Oct 31,2012

A klieg-lit opening for Spike Mendelsohn’s Good Stuff Eatery in Crystal City brought out family, friends and TV crews recently. Bravo’s film crew has been trailing Spike for his upcoming show Life After Top Chef - and apparently his guests too. An all-who-enter-within waiver was tacked to the wall outside the front door

NIBBLES & SIPS/Kraut Rocks Brings Cool Cabbage Vibe to DC

Oct 17,2012

Kraut Rocks is the hipster appellation promoters have conferred upon a sauerkraut competition involving five of DC area leading chefs. Steered by Bravo’s Top Chef alumni Spike Mendelsohn, the contest is sponsored by Great Lakes Kraut (GLK), a century-old company and largest producer of sauerkraut in the world.

NIBBLES AND SIPS/The Occidental, Forever Young

Aug 30,2012

In the shadow of the White House a special watering hole welcomes celebrities, power brokers and out-of-towners in equal measure. The Occidental Grill and Seafood situated beside the Willard Hotel continues its reputation as a swank establishment where legions of notable devotees have long gathered to drink

Bistrot Lafayette: Piaf Would Love This Place

Aug 22,2012

Along Old Town’s well-trodden King Street is where you’ll find Bistrot Lafayette, a cozy intimate restaurant which this month is celebrating its 10th Anniversary. Bistrot Lafayette is a little shabby, a little chic; just how the legendary French chanteuse Piaf would prefer.

NIBBLES & SIPS/Love Thy Neighbor and their Beer

Jul 23,2012

What’s more local than partnering with your neighbor? For the food trucks that visit Alexandria’s Port City Brewing Company, producer and neighbor Logan’s Sausage lends kitchen space close by the Wheeler Avenue brewery. Fun fact: From 5 'til 8 pm on alternate Friday or Saturday nights The Big Cheese and Borinquen Lunch Box food

NIBBLES & SIPS/Good Stuff

Jun 06,2012

A klieg-lit opening for Spike Mendelsohn's Good Stuff Eatery in Crystal City brought out family, friends and TV crews earlier this month. Bravo's film crew has been trailing Spike for his upcoming show Life After Top Chef - and apparently his guests too. An all-who-enter-within waiver was tacked

NIBBLES AND BITS/Destination Pig

May 07,2012

I’m hooked on Green Pig Bistro and already dreaming about a return engagement. Who could resist dishes so scrumptiously succulently delicious they should be illegal? At the hot new porcine-centric resto in Clarendon last week, I did not get arrested for engaging in food porn. But I could’ve and so could you.