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FRIDAY:

RAMMY's All Around! Sunday was the Restaurant Area of Metropolitan Washington's 25th annual RAMMY awards, the local dining scene's big gala event. 1,500 people packed the Marriott in Woodley Park, listened to speeches, clapped for the winners, danced like teenage hooligans, and probably drank more booze than they wanted to/were happy about the next day. But, why else would so many people get together in one place? Oh, the awards? Yeah, I'll get to them....

We recently visited the Crystal City Jaleo, to not only partake in watching the now famous “Iron Chef: America - Andrés vs. Flay in battle Goat” but also to support one of Andrés favorite charities, D.C. Central Kitchen. We certainly enjoyed watching José Andrés pummel Bobby Flay, but we got even more satisfaction from eating a couple (okay, more than a couple) of Jaleo’s delectable offerings. This left us with the difficult task of choosing one of our favorites to feature in this week’s column, never mind the pressure of re-creating a recipe of an Iron Chef champion.

What is it about historic D.C. firehouses that spark culinary ambition? A pair of in-the-works restaurants aim to address this burning question. As Express recently reported, a pre-World War II firehouse in the Bloomingdale neighborhood is slated to become an eatery called EC-12, whose name references the old Engine Company 12 that used to occupy the building. Architects are currently working on building plans, after which developers will be able to apply for a building...

One of Washington's best food events, the Capital Food Fight, is a little over a week away, and I expect there is wanton smack-talking between the competition's 10 food-fighters. Bebo's Roberto Donna, Mie n Yu's Tim Elliot, Kinkead's Bob Kinkead, last year's winner Ris Lacoste, Jamie Leeds of Hank's Oyster Bar, Taberna del Alabardero's Santi Zabaleta, John Wabeck of Firefly, IndeBleu's Vikram Garg, Anthony Chittum from Notti Bianche, and Boston's Ken Oringer -- a pilgrim from that city's Clio -- will take to the International Trade Center for the third-annual benefit for D.C. Central Kitchen, and it promises to be smoking hot!

Summertime in D.C. brings three things: heat, interns, and outdoor movies. The First Baptist Church at 17th and O Streets NW is providing one of those, sponsoring Movies by Moonlight, a free movie series benefitting local charities. Tonight's movie is Spiderman, starting at 8:30 p.m., with donations going to First Helping, a D.C. Central Kitchen program that feeds the homeless. There will also be free popcorn and drinks, so bring a few dollars and help a good cause while watching Tobey Maguire swing from New York City landmarks. The series will be rounded out by Raiders of the Lost Ark on July 13th, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington on July 27, Life is Beautiful on August 10, and Back to the Future on August 24.

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DCist caught up with Bittman to find out if he is sharpening his knives and his skills to compete at the Capital Food Fight against Greggory Hill of David Greggory, Morou of Signatures, Katsuya Fukushima of Café Atlantico, and last year's winner, Ris LaCoste of DC's 1789.

Cookbook fanatic? Kinkead's fanatic? Simply a food lover? Head to Best Cellars Dupont this Saturday for the 2 p.m. signing of Kinkead's Cookbook: Recipes from Washington D. C.'s Premier Seafood Restaurant by Chef Bob Kinkead himself. The book offers more than 120 recipes from his Kinkead's repertoire. We are eager to try our hand at some of these. Recreating Kinkead's cuisine at home will definitely make the dinner guests return for more...unless we burn it in our less-than-state-of-the-art kitchen of course. The event also offers food and wine tastings.

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts' first location in the District will be opening this week at 1350 Connecticut Ave. We all knew Krispy Kreme wasn't your average doughnut shop, but this week-long extravaganza is far exceeding our expectations! For more details click "read more" below. August 24th - at 5:30 a.m. first 100 customers get prizes, free hot glazed doughnuts and at 9 a.m. ribbon cutting with "Dancing Doughnuts". August 25th - Coffee Day - sample frozen...