Who doesn't like to host responsibility-free dinner parties at a fraction of the cost of other…read morechefs in the area? Who doesn't like to eat fresh and nutritious meals while having a candid conversation with your very own personal registered dietician about how and why food works? Luckily for anyone in or around DC, these things can be yours by way of WhyFoodWorks, LLC!!! I have had quite a few experiences with Sarah's awesome company and can't speak highly enough of it. The concept is simple: you provide the kitchen and the guests and she provides the food, utensils, optional wine pairings, and scientific expertise to cook you an amazing meal (she cleans up, too!) that is cost-effective without compromising nutritional value. There are usually about five menus she has available per month and they are always evolving. Dinner parties range from 4-8 guests and the meals can be tailored to your event. At $60 per person, with the host receiving 50% off, this makes for a fun and unique experience that is actually improving your life. I've given dinner parties as gifts and it is ALWAYS a hit. Definitely something for that friend or relative that has it all. If you're tired of eating over-sized and over-processed meals and breaking the bank to do so, check out WhyFoodWorks. It's fun, it's educational, and it's worry free. What's not to love?!

From the owner: Health is a hot topic at the office, and increasingly corporations and organizations are making a…read morebig effort to take care of their employees. Nutrition is the foundation of a healthy body, and studies show that healthy employees are more productive, miss fewer days of work, and even use less sick time to care for family members - good health is contagious! Whether you have a wellness program in place or want to provide your employees with some information in a fun, engaging way, a seminar is a great way to start the conversation about food.

So I'm jumping in on the very first day of my first order to say how pleased I am at this entire…read moreconcept. You go to the website and pick meals, order it, pick a day and time to go get it and have whatever you want back at your house the next day. I'm so tired off cooking and eating out isn't exactly great for families trying to be healthy. There's so much excessive packaging. I actually think there's less than when your grocery shop and have to deal with all the packaging of everyday items. But it's nothing unless it's great food. Here's the opinion on the first meal we tried tonight which was the Broadway tomato basil soup and garlic bread. Holy cow WOW. I wish I took a picture, but I forgot because it was so beautiful and so good. My daughter hates soup so I made her penne pasta and put it on top. The color was vibrant and everyone said it was the best tomorrow tomato soup they've ever had. 3 of us ate about 25% of the frozen package so we have a lot more to eat. I didn't defrost in the fridge, but rather cut out a piece and then put it in my instant pot for 3 minutes on high and then did a quick release. It was perfect. The bread I didn't defrost in the fridge either (we didn't have the time) so just heated it up a little in the oven and then cut it open, put in the garlic butter and topped with Parm. It was perfect. The bread is wonderful. It's all gone. My son is taking soup to school for lunch tomorrow and he's never done that. The other meals for the week fit nicely in my small freezer. The quality is really nice and everyone's happy. I picked up a few meals not on my list asking with 5 other meals to try and I'll keep coming back as long as everything tastes as wonderful as it did tonight. What a huge time saver for great food.

I have been prepping our dinners here for a year now and love this for our family. The employees…read moreare welcoming and wonderfully helpful. You go to stations around the facility to put together meal items which are taken home and frozen for your family meals. Pros- so easy to NOT have to make another run to grocery store when you have these meals in your freezer. We have three adults so the portions are perfect as they come in 3 or 6 person servings. A wide variety of foods and flavors. Comfort food included as well as seasonal and healthier choices. It's fun! Extras may be purchased on site including desserts and side dishes! Con- no vegan dishes but some vegetarian. Try it yourself or they will prepare your meals and you can just pick them up!

Even after going here for the first time today, I still don't get the draw of this place. For…read morethose that might not know how it works, you setup a time by calling or going online and place an order for a certain number of meals, selected from the 12 available meals for the month. Then you go in and get to work preparing the meals to be put in freezer bags to take home with you. The idea sounds good but to me it's basically like paying $25/meal to go somewhere to make your own Stouffer's frozen dinner. It doesn't look fresh, it doesn't look good and it doesn't allow you flexibility in choosing ingredients, style of sauces or cuts of meats. Plus almost all ingredients are frozen! Maybe to people who don't have much free time or cooking knowledge, and would rather step meals up a notch from frozen dinners, this would be great, but I'd rather go to a grocery store, choose my own ingredients and make a fresh dish for substantially less money. I did like how friendly all employees were and that they serve complimentary scones, coffee cake, and coffee/tea. They do their best but it's just not for me.

Let's Dish is great concept for creating meals in advance in a kitchen where someone has done most…read moreof the prep and all of the cleanup for you. My family is 2 people -- both "empty-nesters" and "snow birds". We're semi-retired but still have busy days just younger couples with families. We do the 4-meal plan once a month and split them in half. The result is 8 meals for $100. Each meal easily serves the two of us with some leftover for lunch another day. That's $12.50 for dinner for a healthy, quick dinner for two. For comparison, Wegman's offers individual meals to go for $6 (12.00 for 2). Let;s Dish is much more economical than carry out. For travel, Let's Dish is perfect! We pack a cooler bag with 8-10 meals and go to Ocean City or Florida. We can cook yummy quick meals without purchasing spices, condiments and ingredients. The staff at the Timoniuim Let's Dish are very helpful. They always offer suggestions for prep and packaging. My husband and I can bang out our 8 meals in about an hour. Since we're doing the prep we can control the salt and spice content. Fresh hot scones, coffee, and tea are always available during day sessions. We enjoy them while reviewing the menus for the coming months. There is always an instore sign-up bonus so we're always getting a little goody for free. I particularly like the suggestions for sides and wine to "go with". This info is on a printed page that I can take with me (take extra copies for travel) and post on my freezer door. Let's dish does not take the place of cooking from scratch but it has a permanent place in our schedule. It's a cost-effective time-saver. And it's a lot of fun.

I can't say enough good things about Wilma's Batter. We've been placing an order just about every…read moreweek to make waffles over the weekend. We have never been disappointed, the batter consistently makes delicious, fluffy, soft Belgian waffles. The pickiest eater in our house, a 5 year old, always asks for a second helping, so it's kids approved. Hands down Wilma's Batter is the best waffles we've made to date, and we would definitely recommend you try it!

From the owner: We deliver 100% All Natural Refrigerated "Ready-to-Pour" Pancake and Waffle Batter. The finest…read morehandcrafted pancake and waffle batters in the DMV. Making breakfast BETTER with REAL ingredients! Same-Day Delivery Available!

Check out The Scramble and sign up for these awesome recipes! Everything we have made we have…read moreloved. This takes the complicated out of our meal times and I really appreciate that. The website has amazing resources too. Worth it!

From the owner: We make getting dinner on the table every night easier for busy parents everywhere! Our online meal…read moreplanning service offers healthy, simple recipes that your whole family will love, an organized grocery list to make shopping easier, do ahead steps to make meal prep smoother, and options to customize so that you can tailor your weekly plan to fit any dietary needs or preferences your family might have. We also will help you to save time and money. Our members report saving an average of $75 on food costs and 5 hours on planning and prep time each week. Check out our two-week free trial to see how much less stressful and more pleasant family dinner can be!

The produce from this place is the best. They mostly sell though CSA shares at the farmer's market…read morebut hold open houses a couple of times a year so members can explore the place and see where their food is grown. The shares include all of the staple produce you would expect but with more variety and some fun, extra crops you might not see at the supermarket. If you like to support local business and enjoy fresh veggies packed with flavor, this is the place.

My husband and I signed up for a CSA with Owl's Nest last year, and picking up our veggies became…read morethe highlight of our month. In rain or shine, the staff was incredibly friendly at every pick-up and over email. The diversity and freshness of the produce inspired us to try new recipes and even wholly new veggies! Their mission and the way they include and support their community really spoke to us. I cannot recommend them enough!

Chestnuts are quintessentially Autumn: The smoky aroma of the roasted chestnuts fills the street…read morecorners as vendors hand out bags full of those little plump shiny brown beauties. Getting the meat out of chestnuts, breaking and peeling away the hard shells and the inner skin, is actually fun - a moment filled with frustration and, much much more, delicious anticipation. Well, quintessential I said, but only so anywhere but the good old U.S.A: A blight in 1904 practically killed off the American chestnuts. Having recently tasted the fresh chestnuts of the season in a town renowned for its chestnuts in Nagano, Japan, I was set on a mission to find fresh chestnuts on this continent. What a great age we live in! A quick search on the Internet returned Delmarvelous Farms: It was about time someone started cultivating chestnuts again in the U.S.; after all, the blight had occurred 100 years ago. Always erring and risking on the side of ordering too much, I got myself a 10lb bag of their freshly picked chestnuts. Following the expert's advice, I scored an "X" on the flat side of the nuts and put them into the hot seat for some roasting. Half an hour later, voila, beautifully cracked and piping hot, the chestnuts seemed ready to be eaten. Impatience got my fingers burnt as the steam escaped from the helpfully scored "X." Undeterred in any case, I proceeded to test out Delmarvelous' claim that their chestnuts were easy to peel: They were. The bigger and deeper the score was, the bigger cracks the chestnuts made. So, score well. Tasting: Not so sweet as some Asian counterparts, these chestnuts were nonetheless very nutty and fragrant. The roasting had charred the shells slightly which made the kitchen smell like a wood cabin. These Delmarvelous chestnuts were generally more similar to the European chestnuts than the Asian: The texture was firmer than the softer and starchier Asian ones and the color of the flesh was yellow compared to light brown. One word of caution: These nuts were creepingly addictive. By the time I thought I was done with the sampling, more than half of the nuts were already gone. I see that 10lb bag was the right choice after all.

On Oct. 27, 2011, I placed a $69.00 gift order from Delmarvelous Farms. My bank account was…read moreimmediately debited. As of Dec. 3, there is no sign of the order. Attempts to contact Delmarvelous by email and telephone have been futile - no response, no explanation, no refund, no chestnuts. I have had to resort to BBB, sadly. I'd never order from them again.

Food was amazing and from your seat the view of the national mall and Washington monument are…read moreamazing!!

In the USDA building. It is a cafeteria with a buffet and a few little food booths. Buffet was…read more$13.99 a pound (added up quick!) but was actually yummy with a variety of foods from chicken tenders, beef stew, egg rolls, beef and broccoli, Swedish meatballs, etc. there was also a salad bar with a decent variety. You serve yourself then a friendly lady rings you up- we did have a bit of sticker shock with $70 for 4 people but left satisfied.