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Washington Post
6 days ago
- Business
- Washington Post
2 D.C. restaurant openings we're excited about this June
While some folks are contemplating this season's beach reads or whether to wolf down an entire key lime pie while vacationing with in-laws, two seasoned hospitality vets are counting on fresh and dry-aged fish to snag local diners this summer. Celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson, who operates restaurants across North America, the Caribbean and East Africa, is giving D.C. another go with a globally inspired spot in NoMa. Though raised in Sweden, Samuelsson says he has a soft spot for the District because it's where he first tapped into his African roots. 'I really learned about Ethiopian culture in D.C.,' he tells The Washington Post, recalling visits in the 1990s to catch global soccer tournaments or eat his way around Adams Morgan. And he's determined to make this homecoming better than his uneven stint at MGM National Harbor. 'This is our team, our staff, our journey,' Samuelsson says of Marcus DC, stressing how excited he is about working with executive chef Anthony Jones (a Maryland native who helped open Red Rooster in Miami and has cooked locally at Alta Strada and Dirty Habit) and pastry chef Rachel Sherriffe (a New Jersey native who cut her teeth at Jean-Georges in New York and has honed her craft locally at Rooster & Owl and Ellie Bird). While they've stocked rooftop bar Sly with more casual fare (shrimp cocktail, gourmet burger), the ground-floor restaurant will feature dry-aged proteins, a custom raw bar and seasonal offerings from the open kitchen. Debut dishes include roasted rockfish with seafood chili; spiced cauliflower with aji amarillo; whole roasted chicken with mumbo sauce; and blue crab rice studded with seasonal mushrooms and pickled okra that Samuelsson calls 'delicious, crave-able, relatable.' Sherriffe sweetens the deal with a flourless chocolate cake and plantain ice cream pairing, plum-almond teff cake with berbere-pistachio brittle, and praline-coconut rum cake with strawberry shrub sorbet. Samuelsson says he is psyched to reintroduce himself to D.C. diners after folding at the casino. 'Maybe it was good for me that it didn't work out. So I had to come back in a much more focused way.' 222 M St. NE. Entrées, $26 to $68. Having soothed our souls for over a decade with his distinctive spirits, Don Ciccio & Figli founder Francesco Amodeo aims to fill local bellies with Amalfi Coast staples at Union Market newcomer Tari Trattoria. An alum of long-gone Georgetown seafood showcase Hook and downtown pasta den Bibiana, Amodeo says he plans to mimic the foodways he grew up with in Italy. That means processing seasonally available fish in-house and dry-aging choice selections — top contenders include John Dory, sailfish, gurnard, barracuda, assorted mullet fish (red, silver) and other lesser-known options — for four to six weeks to intensify their flavors. 'We want to give people a chance to try a new type of fish, which is as delicious as any other,' Amodeo says. The dry-aging will play into dishes like his oro rosso, which Amodeo describes as a feast of the seven fishes in every forkful. 'It kind of brings you Christmas in a plate,' he says of ring-shaped calamarata noodles bathed in a tomato sauce containing four types of fish, which staff then douse in a seafood stew featuring octopus, cuttlefish and langoustines. He notes that his grandmother has been raising rabbits for as long as he can remember, and that folks on the nearby island of Ischia are renowned for their rabbit confit, which he hopes to honor his own way. 'That will definitely be one of the stars,' Amodeo says of two rabbit-backed dishes on the opening menu. He's also excited about sharing a rustic Genovese sauce — 'It's four pounds of onions and one pound of meat. And you basically slow-cook it for eight hours,' he says — seeded with 'bay leaves from my grandmother's garden, oregano and all the other herbs.' Amodeo is also introducing a treasured sweet from neighboring Minori, an eggplant-based dessert bolstered by chocolate ganache, coffee-flavored liqueur, cinnamon, nutmeg, shaved almonds and candied fruits. 'I would beg my mom to make me that near the summertime because it's the most refreshing digestif ever.' Chase it all with housemade spritzes, Negronis and Don Ciccio-spiked cocktails when Tari debuts in mid-June. 300 Morse St. NE. Entrées, $22 to $45.
South Wales Guardian
7 days ago
- Business
- South Wales Guardian
Councillor claims Ammanford masterplan is a 'smokescreen'
Cllr Anthony Jones believes the proposed masterplan is a way for Carmarthenshire County Council to profess there are plans to develop and improve Ammanford. This comes after the county council released an update on the Ammanford masterplan, confirming that a feasibility masterplan is being carried out. Cllr Jones said: 'The recent county council capital budget plan shows no investment in Ammanford, and I believe this masterplan is a smokescreen to pretend there is an intention of doing something. 'Timelines of a masterplan will now put an investment further away and be used as an excuse not to invest until the report is back and then shelved. 'Personally, I can't believe the county councils plan is another study! This will mean more taxpayers money spent on consultants than providing for the town. 'Ammanford requires immediate investment like the Debenhams and Wilko's store where action was undertaken immediately to benefit Carmarthen Town. We welcome this for Carmarthen, but we are promised a plan in comparison.' Cllr Jones, who is leader of the Labour Party on Ammanford Town Council, has also blamed the Plaid Cymru administration. He continued: 'This lack of investment for Ammanford comes from the lack of proper representation from the Plaid Cymru county councillors elected to serve the town; their silence is deafening. 'Ammanford has been demoted by the decisions at County Hall. The eviction of town council is the final insult without consultation or consideration of options for the taxpayers who paid for it before Carmarthenshire took custodianship of our assets. 'This administration is worse than Conservatives, because they pretend to care while disposing of an asset required long into the future. Ammanford continues to be exploited with jobs losses and Plaid Cymru elected representatives saying nothing.' Meanwhile, Cabinet member for resources, Cllr Alun Lenny has responded to Cllr Jones claims, reiterating there is a masterplan for Ammanford. Cllr Lenny said: 'The new feasibility study which Labour's Anthony Jones ridicules, is substantially funded by the Welsh Labour Government! 'It builds on the masterplan by enabling the County Council to be ready to bid for substantial UK Government funding once the details are announced later this year. 'This study is an essential part of the process of securing huge investment to transform Ammanford Town centre, something which most local people would welcome, I'm sure. 'I'm personally quite shocked that Anthony, whom I've known well for many years, should accuse me of not telling the truth and misleading the council when I said that there is an Ammanford Masterplan. That's a very serious accusation.'
The Star
21-05-2025
- General
- The Star
Descendants of Lisbon Maru survivors, Chinese fishermen honor heroic WWII rescue
HANGZHOU, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Eighteen descendants of rescued British prisoners of war (POWs) during the Lisbon Maru incident joined descendants of Chinese fishermen at a commemorative ceremony Tuesday on an east China island, where local fishermen saved 384 British soldiers from drowning under Japanese gunfire in 1942. The gathering, the first to include foreign representatives since a memorial was erected last year, was held on Qingbang island, a small islet off China's Zhoushan Islands in the eastern Zhejiang Province, where a 1-tonne monument made of naval bronze commemorates the heroic rescue 83 years ago. "This memorial stands as a bridge -- between past and present, between China and the UK, between sorrow and solidarity," said Anthony Jones, grandson of survivor Thomas Theodore Jones and chairman of the Lisbon Maru Memorial Association. "We honor all, both the dead and the living, who kept their memory alive." In October 1942, the Lisbon Maru, a cargo vessel requisitioned by the Japanese army to transport more than 1,800 British POWs from Hong Kong to Japan, was torpedoed off the Zhoushan Islands by a U.S. submarine after failing to display mandated POW transport markings. As the vessel sank, fishermen of Dongji braved machine-gun fire to pluck drowning British POWs from the sea and managed to rescue 384 of them. "Our forefathers used to say 'to ignore those in peril would disgrace the sea' and their actions exemplified selflessness and boundless compassion," noted Wu Buwei, whose grandfather, Wu Qisheng, participated in the heroic rescue. "As their descendants, we take immense pride in their legacy." The 4.5-meter-long memorial, bearing the inscription "Love knows no boundary; Friendship transcends time" in both Chinese and English alongside a detailed account of the event, depicts interlocked arms emerging from turbulent waves -- a design inspired by rescuers' accounts of them hauling POWs from the water by their wrists. Qu Xiaoshi of the China Academy of Art, the memorial's designer, revealed that the design underwent over 40 revisions before a village elder's recollection of "life-or-death grips" crystallized the concept. "Though the Lisbon Maru sank, the bond it forged never will," Wu said before the flower-laden memorial, where photographs stood in silent rows. "As a descendant of the Dongji fishermen, we'll guard this truth like our ancestors guarded lives -- embracing peace and friendship as the ocean embraces all boats."
USA Today
15-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Auburn football to host No. 2 in-state recruit Anthony Jones for official visit
Auburn football to host No. 2 in-state recruit Anthony Jones for official visit Auburn has trended for Jones for months, can they seal the deal during his official visit? The visit that Hugh Freeze and the Auburn Tigers' coaching staff have been waiting to schedule is finally happening. Anthony Jones, a five-star EDGE from St. Paul's Episcopal School in Mobile, has revealed his official visit schedule. Auburn will get the first visit, welcoming him to the Plains beginning this Friday, May 16. He will close out the month by visiting Miami on May 30 before checking out three more schools in June: Texas A&M (June 5), Oregon (June 13), and Alabama (June 20). Alabama and Auburn are neck-and-neck for Jones' signature, according to On3's Recruiting Prediction Machine. Alabama has a 31.1% forecast to land Jones, ahead of Auburn's 25%. However, 247Sports gives the edge to Auburn. 247Sports' national recruiting analyst Tom Loy submitted a crystal ball for Jones, favoring Auburn, last July. On a personal level, Jones says that Alabama is his "dream school," but feels he can make a giant impact in Auburn's defensive front. 'Like Alabama, I have been to Auburn over 10 times," Jones said of Auburn in a recent interview with On3. "The people there make Auburn great. Everyone is cool and I feel very comfortable on campus. I feel I can go make money in their scheme too. They want to move me around and I like that.' Jones mentioned that he wants to wait until after his official visits to announce his commitment, which could be announced as early as the start of high school football season in August. Jones ranks No. 2 in the state of Alabama according to 247Sports, behind fellow Auburn target Cederian Morgan, and is the No. 3 EDGE in the nation for the 2026 cycle. Contact/Follow us @TheAuburnWire on X (Twitter), and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Auburn news, notes, and opinions. You can also follow Taylor on Twitter @TaylorJones__
USA Today
13-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
LSU football hosting Alabama's top prospect on recruiting visit
LSU football hosting Alabama's top prospect on recruiting visit Five-star 2026 edge Anthony Jones will visit LSU football, according to a report from On3's Chad Simmons. The Tigers are one of seven teams scheduled to host Jones over the summer. Auburn and Alabama, the two schools Jones visited the most, are the frontrunners for his commitment but LSU will look to make an impression during his trip to Baton Rouge. The top player out of Alabama, Jones ranks as the No. 3 edge and No. 18 overall player, according to On3's Industry Rankings. Should Jones choose LSU, he would join the SEC's top 2026 class as the first commitment at defensive end. The Tigers' group already has an Alabama native in safety Dylan Purter and would benefit from a third five-star prospect in addition to Tristen Keys and Richard Anderson. Jones likely will announce his decision ahead of his senior season at St. Paul's Episcopal High School. LSU could move back into the top spot nationally if Jones joins its 2026 class as it would have the most five-star prospects at three.
