One in eight women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. That’s a daunting number. How can we contribute to research and help change that rate in the future? It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and food businesses have come up with creative ways to help customers contribute to the…
Category: Local Food Spotlights
Eggs + Fast-Casual Ethiopian Food – Interview with Gorsha Owner Hiyaw Gebreyohannes
One of DC’s newest food businesses at Union Market (a local restaurant incubator) is Gorsha, a fast-casual Ethiopian food eatery that I stumbled upon recently. I’ve only been introduced to Ethiopian cuisine relatively recently, since moving to DC three years ago, and I love it, but when eaten in the traditional way (with shared platters)…
Savory, Veggie Waffles: Meet the Startup Changing the Breakfast Game
Note – this post originally appeared on meaghanwebster.com in 2016. After mutual Instagram-stalking seemingly brought us together by fate, I recently had the pleasure of meeting Rebecca Peress from SWAP, a D.C. startup that makes AMAZING savory waffles, called swapples. swapples swap the junk out of frozen waffles (like chemicals and articifial coloring) for vegetables, flavorful spices, and heart…