Niebylski's Profile
Yummy lunch near cherry blossoms
if you can make the trek up to the White House then your best bet for lunch in all of Downtown DC is the Bread Line (on Penn Ave. between the White House and the World Bank)
Soup Joints
If presentation isn't really a big deal...then the daily soup selection at The Bread Line (Penn. Ave, between the World Bank and the White House) is good. The Peanut Soup on Tuesdays and the Saffron Tomato (Wednesday?) are both really good.
Star Chef Cookbooks
I bought Tetsuya's cookbook "Tetsuya: Recipes from Australia's Most Acclaimed Chef " a few years back and was impressed. The photography was on par with the some of the Charlie Trotter books and for the most part recipes were accessible (with some ingredient exceptions).
I'd second the Battali 327 Simple recipes suggestion above. got it a couple months back and have already put it to good use.
