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52 Interesting People: Meet Mike Friedman of The Red Hen

Sarah Phillips — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 07:30:02 +0000

If you are looking to dine at one of the hottest restaurants in all of DC, then look no further. We have found a spot that is far from pretentious, beyond delicious and is as comforting as our Italian grandmother’s cooking. We sat down with owner/head chef of The Red Hen, Mike Friedman, to learn more about his cozy Italian restaurant and what it takes to run the establishment that all of DC can’t stop talking about. Where did the name The Red Hen come from and why did you decide to go with Italian? We went with Italian because it’s my favorite thing to eat. I grew up in New Jersey in a Jewish household within an Italian community, so it became comfort food to me. Everywhere I went and traveled to throughout my life, I always sought out Italian restaurants because they were the most comforting to me. When you open a restaurant, the smartest thing you can do as a chef is cook things that you love to eat because that passion comes through on the food. So the natural choice for me was to cook Italian. The name The Red Hen means absolutely nothing and I think that’s the beauty […]

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52 Interesting People: Meet Alexis Bittar

Sarah Phillips — Fri, 17 Apr 2015 08:00:26 +0000

As 52 Thursdays evolves, we keep taking your ideas and suggestions and we strive to give you all compelling, interesting and useful content. When one of our lovely readers wrote to us suggesting that they would love to see more designer spotlights, we got to thinking and soon enough a new series was born from that reader’s email. We are excited to finally introduce this new series to you all that we have been working extremely hard on for the past few months, called 52 Interesting People. This new series will consist of 52 interviews with the most influential people in the fashion, food, beauty and fitness industries and we will be sharing all of them with you. It was only fitting to kick off our new series with world renowned jewelry designer, Alexis Bittar, since his DC store just opened its doors last week. Sarah had the pleasure to meet Alexis at the DC opening and he was just as charming as the beautiful jewels he creates. See his interview below: You certainly have come a long way since selling your jewelry on the streets of New York, now your jewelry is sold in the most exclusive stores in the […]

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