More on the Capital Cooking Cookbook from Greg's List

Photo courtesy of Greg's List.

The Capital Cooking Cookbook is being featured this week on Greg's List, a great website that keeps Washingtonians in the know. For the full article, click here.

"Lauren DeSantis, host of the nationally televised show Capital Cooking and author of a well-recognized DC-area blog, recently released her own softcover volume, titled “Capital Cooking Cookbook” ($29.99 on Amazon or save 15% until Fathers’ Day by using discount code UGUKMJF7 here). The cookbook includes over 90 recipes from some of the DC-area’s favorite chefs as well as simple but delicious recipes for home cooking. Many of the featured chefs/restaurants dished up samples of their recipes at the cookbook’s recent launch party and book signing, including Pork Barrel BBQ’s succulent Oven-Smoked Pulled Pork (p. 66) and Embassy of Panama chef Ana Victoria Mas’s light and refreshing Shrimp and Fish Cerviche with Pixbae (p. 43).

Lawyer by day, TV host and cooking instructor by night (okay, maybe weekends), Lauren epitomizes the dual-hatted nature of many of us who cover the DC dining/food scene. You can catch Lauren’s show “Capital Cooking with Lauren DeSantis” on Comcast Channel 95 and RCN Channel 10 in DC, Cox Cable Channel 10 in Fairfax/ HCTV in Herndon, Access Montgomery TV 19 and 21 in Maryland, Dish Network Channels 9407 and 9396, and on a variety of local cable carriers, including Time Warner, Comcast, Insight, and NCTC. Capital Cooking airs every Thursday at 6 p.m. or online. Lauren also will be doing a cooking demo on Saturday at this weekend's Beer, Bourbon, and BBQ Festival."

Thank you everyone who attended the Book Launch!

There are so many people to thank for making the Capital Cooking Book launch a huge success!  I only have a few of the photos so far so I'll be updating this throughout the week.  Thank you Mom for flying in from St. Louis!

Thanks to everyone from my office at Polsinelli for attending the event and even some of our clients.

Thank you to MallowDrama for making this beautiful cake of the Capital Cooking logo.

Thank you to my husband Corey for putting up with me during all of the planning.

Throughout the night we had about 200 guests in attendance.  It was amazing!  

Photos by Duane Heaton

Thank you to the chefs:

Embassy of Panama Ana Victoria Mas Shrimp and fish ceviche w/pixbae Pork Barrel BBQ Heath Hall and Brett Thompson Pulled Pork Sliders and Bread Pudding 1789 Daniel Guisti Local Asparagus With Big Eye Tuna, Surryano Ham,  and Smoked Paprika Dino's Dean Gold Caprese Crostini and Meatballs Zentan Jaime Montes De Oca Jr. Singapore Slaw (Zentan is really cool and this slaw is amazing!   Check out their restaurant.) MallowDrama Cake Cashion's Eat Place Sarah Smith Salad of Green Farro from Anson Mills with Steve's local Melon's, Cucumbers,Blue Boston Mint, Lemon and Laconian Olive Oil JD Gourmet Foods Olive oils and balsamic vinegar Carafe Winery Wine Emperor Vodka Vodka VinBev: Domenico Wines Wine Ame Cosmetics Bath and body set Alili Morocco Curry Simple Critique Boutique Pasmina scarf