DC Taste of the Nation for No Kid Hungry Returns April 13th

From our friends at DC Taste of the Nation for No Kid Hungry...

Date: April 13, 2015; 6-9:30 PM

Location: National Building Museum, 401 F Street, NW, Washington, DC

Ticket Price: $120 GA (7-9:30 PM), $170 VIP (6-9:30 PM), $225 VIP Plus (6-9:30 PM)

Website: http://ce.strength.org/events/taste-nation-washington-dc-0

Host: Melissa d’Arabian, Food Network star, best-selling author and mom of four

Chef Council:

• Nicholas Stefanelli (Masseria)

• Victor Albisu (Taco Bamba, Del Campo)

• Bryan Voltaggio (VOLT, Lunchbox, Family Meal, AGGIO)

Mixology Council:

• Gina Chersevani (Buffalo & Bergen)

• Derek Brown (The Passenger, The Columbia Room, Mockingbird Hill, Southern Efficiency, Eat the Rich)

• Duane Sylvestre (Bourbon Steak)

• Sommelier Nadine Brown (Charlie Palmer Steak)

Beneficiaries:

• Capital Area Food Bank

• DC Hunger Solutions

• Mary’s Center

Restaurant Partners:

1789. Art & Soul. Artisan Confections. Bar Civita. Bar Pilar. Belga Cafe/B Too. Beuchert's Saloon. Bidwell. Bistro Bis/Vidalia/Woodward Table. BLT Steak. Blue Duck Tavern. Cashion's Eat Place. Centrolina. Charm City Cakes. Circle Bistro. Co Co. Sala. Cork Wine Bar. Del Campo. Dino's Grotto. Dolcezza Gelato. El Centro DF. Fare Well. Firefly. Food Wine & Co. Founding Farmers/Farmers Fishers Bakers. GCDC Grilled Cheese Bar. Georgetown Cupcake. Graffiato by Mike Isabella. Hank's Oyster Bar. Jack Rose Dining Saloon. Kapnos. Le Diplomate. Mandu. Mango Tree. Maple. Medium Rare. Mon Ami Gabi. NoPa Kitchen + Bar. Ocopa. Osteria Morini. Penn Commons. Pitango Gelato. Pop's SeaBar. Poste Moderne Brasserie. RareSweets. RIS. Room 11. Rural Society. Shake Shack. Sona Creamery & Wine Bar. Sonoma Restaurant and Wine Bar. Taberna del Alabardero. Table. Thally. The Fainting Goat. The Hamilton. Trummer's On Main. Toro Toro

Mixology Participants and Sponsors:

Southern Efficiency sponsored by Catoctin Creek. Eat the Rich sponsored by Green Hat Gin. Buffalo & Bergen sponsored by One Eight Distilling. Mockingbird Hill sponsored by Whistle Pig Rye Whiskey.

Courvoisier Cognac. FOU-DRÉ Vodka. Jim Beam. New Columbia Distillers. Team Spirits Imports Company

Cookbook Signing:

• Supermarket Healthy, Melissa d'Arabian
• A New Turn in the South, Hugh Acheson

• Smoke, Tim Byres

• Baking with Less Sugar, Flour, Flour, Too, Joanne Chang

• Brown Sugar Kitchen, Tanya Holland

• Grill to Perfection, Wicked Good Burgers, Wicked Good Barbecue, Andy Husbands

• Classic Recipes for Modern People, Eli Sussman

Notes:

• The event will feature a silent auction.