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Blue notes may no longer pour out of the clubs onto U Street, but on Sunday nights, you can find them spilling, inexplicably, from an old Irish inn steps from the C&O Canal.This is where, on a recent misty evening, Ted E...

Chef Frederik de Pue could be in hot water -- the French native who manned the kitchen at the short-lived seafood restaurant Azur, which morphed into the now-shuttered Menu MBK, is being sued by his partners in those eat...

From The Kitchn ' 5 Expert Tips for Making the Perfect Bowl of Ramen

Name: Leo Location: Australia I am an interior designer specialising in little ones' rooms, based in Australia. Leo is my third little boy and I knew even before I was pregnant that I wanted to create a room that was sof...

Flatbreads and dips are crowd-pleasers for the big game. …

Samples rolled out at the latest Fancy Food Show go beyond plain potato chips and pretzels. …

Ideas and recipes for every night’s dinner. …

Even if you have never heard of Stephanie Frederic, chances are you've seen her work. Frederic, a 20-year veteran of the film industry, has made a name for herself as the African-American owner of a production company th...

"I know how to draw, but I can only draw things that I can see. I draw from photographs that I find on the Internet. However, I have difficulty drawing from my imagination, and this bothers me because I want to be able t...

Welcome to our second Washington Post Pop-Up Pop Podcast in which we discuss the great Willie Nelson and his legacy as a songwriter, a spiritual leader and a very funny dude. The discussion centers around an interview wi...

Jan Swafford, one of our best music biographers, is first and foremost a composer. His compositional output, while not large, is rich in spirit. Listen to his Piano Quartet and Piano Trio (both available on a single disc...

Wow, we're nearly 75% of the way through the Cure (yay, you!). I'm guessing that it feels good to have a cleaner, more organized home and I know you want to is keep it that way with as little fuss as possible. Well, toda...

The surface of the sun is constantly changing. To make sure it doesn't miss anything, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spacecraft is constantly taking photos of the sun. One of the three instruments aboard the spa...

photo by Dave Fayram I love reading about the routines of famous writers. Franz Kafka, for instance, rarely started his writing day before 11 p.m., and then only wrote for an hour or two. He was urged by others not to be...

And the latest actor to play Ronald Reagan is. . . that kid from "Wizards of Waverly Place"?Indeed, the Hollywood Reporter confirmed, David Henrie has been tapped to star in upcoming drama "Reagan," an indie biopic of th...

And the latest actor to play Ronald Reagan is. . . that kid from “Wizards of Waverly Place”? Indeed, the Hollywood Reporter confirmed, David Henrie has been tapped to star in upcoming drama “Reagan,” an indie bio...

New things may be nice and shiny, but visually I think it's hard for them to compete with old things. Old things have a lovely texture, a certain presence. I think this is what Americans love so much about European archi...

2014 proved to be a busy year for artist Sona Mirzaei. "2015 is going to be even bigger and better," laughed Mirzaei. See image: courtesy of the artist; Sona Mirzaei with Peter Frank (Huffington Post and Fabrik Magazine)...

IKEA's new kitchen cabinet system hits the stores on February 2nd. To help you plan your dream kitchen, as promised in our earlier inside scoop post, we've got need-to-know details ahead of time. Here's inside info on ev...

Festival season is almost upon us! But no need to skimp on live music while we wait for our favorite spring/summer events like Coachella and Bonaroo to arrive. Here are 3 emerging artists playing the west coast next mont...

"Lord of the Rings" fans, rejoice! We've found the one cup to rule them all. Liam Kenny, an artist from Liverpool, United Kingdom, drew a meticulous map of Middle-earth on a Starbucks coffee cup -- complete with tea bag ...

Hey isn't that... Pitcher Max Scherzer celebrating his freshly-inked seven-year contract with the Washington Nationals at Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak and Stone Crab?On Tuesday night, Nats principal owner Ted Lerner and hi...