 | WTOP's Jim Farley announces retirement Jan 24th 2013, 00:23 Jim Farley, the radio newsman who helped turn WTOP-FM into one of the nation's most popular and most prosperous stations, said Wednesday he would retire at the end of the year. Farley, 64, has headed all-news WTOP's newsroom since 1996 and helped shape and refine its metronomic news-traffic-weather format. Under his direction, the station (heard principally at 103.5 FM in the Washington area) became a juggernaut, with listeners tuning in to its short news reports and "traffic and weather together on the eights" at 10-minute intervals. Read full article >> | | PM Update: Winter weather advisory tonight into Thursday AM, light accumulation possible Jan 23rd 2013, 21:20 Coming off our coldest morning in almost four years, today's high at or around 27 degrees in D.C. is as cold as, or colder, than we've seen in the last two winters. While the "deep freeze" presses on, a small clipper system is set to produce some light snow across the area tonight into early tomorrow. No big accumulation expected, but with temperatures as chilly as they are, anything that falls shouldn't have trouble sticking. | | Friday's fickle storm: Will snowflakes fall or fail? Jan 23rd 2013, 20:40 Since early in the week, models have trended drier with the amount of snow forecast for the D.C. area Friday afternoon, with some showing none at all. But, overall, most models simulate a least a little snow for the region and "a little" is what we think is most likely. | | Authorities track Tolliver brothers to Fla., charge them with first-degree murder in Pr. William shooting Jan 23rd 2013, 19:31 Authorities say they have tracked down and arrested the two remaining suspects in a slaying last week in eastern Prince William County. Brothers Christopher Jonathon Tolliver, 27, of the 1700 block of Washington Street in Dumfries and Douglas Jason Tolliver, of the 4000 block of Jonathan Court in Dumfries , were tracked by U.S. marshals and the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office to North Palm Beach, Fla., according to a Prince William County police department news release. Read full article >> | | Former protection officer recounts errands for Anne Arundel executive Jan 23rd 2013, 19:30 Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold had a protection officer pick up campaign donations and leave notes at constituents' doors, a former member of his security detail testified Wednesday. Leopold (R), head of the fourth-largest county in Maryland, is on trial for misconduct and misappropriating county funds by allegedly misusing his employees and security detail for personal and political benefit. Read full article >> | | Metro will replace some Pentagon escalators Jan 23rd 2013, 18:49 Metro is going to close half of the entrance escalators at the Pentagon station beginning next month so that crews can remove and replace the existing escalators. The project will begin Feb. 4 and last until the fall. The three southern entrance escalators (on the left when riders leave the station) will be demolished and removed, after which new escalators will be installed. Read full article >> | | Ravens set TV ratings records in the D.C. market Jan 23rd 2013, 18:11 This isn't part of the never-ending debate about whether Redskins fans, or D.C.-area residents, should or should not cheer for the Ravens in the playoffs. This is just some evidence indicating that a great many people in the D.C. market are already interested in watching Ravens games on TV. Read full article >> | | Metrobus crashes on Rockville Pike, no riders aboard Jan 23rd 2013, 18:06 A Metrobus without any passengers aboard crashed into a utility pole in Bethesda on Wednesday morning. The crash occurred shortly before 6 a.m. on Rockville Pike near Tuckerman Lane, Metro said. This bus was not in service at the time. The preliminary investigation suggests that the bus operator may have had a medical emergency before the crash, according to Metro spokesman Dan Stessel. Read full article >> | | One timers: Caps fall 4-2 to Winnipeg Jan 23rd 2013, 17:31 With 48 games in 99 days, there's not a lot of time to digest what happened in any single contest. So as we churn through this compressed Capitals season, I'll be rounding up my thoughts and analysis of each game here. Read full article >> | | Co Co. Sala and Monica Bhide team up for SpiceSutra Valentine's Day chocolates Jan 23rd 2013, 16:59
- Lust-worthy chocolates by Co Co. Sala and Monica Bhide.
First came Man-Catcher Brownies. Now choco-lounge Co Co. Sala has combined talents with food writer Monica Bhide to sell designer chocolates to spice up your Valentine's Day. Their SpiceSutra Chocolate Bar collection features such randy ingredients as gulkand rose petals, saffron, cinnamon, candied ginger and green cardamom. "I wanted to use spices that are known for their aphrodisiac qualities," e-mailed Bhide, the author of "Modern Spice: Inspired Indian Flavors for the Contemporary Kitchen." "Spices like saffron, cardamom and cinnamon and others. I am a big believer in the simplicity of food so I wanted to stay away from complicated spice mixes. I wanted a person to bite into the bar and say, 'Oh, yes, I can taste the saffron in this. Or, yes, the cardamom just shines through.'" The cookbook author can personally attest to the power of cardamom. Years ago, she swears her future husband, Sameer, rang the doorbell at her grad-school house, attracted by the aroma of freshly toasted cardamom for Bhide's homemade kheer, a siren song in a pan. "Over the warm scent of cardamom, we talked. He made me laugh. He missed his class that evening. And, yes, he loved my kheer," Bhide writes in a short story about the allure the spice had on Sameer. "Here is where my kids usually chime in: And that is how you met Daddy!" Working with Co Co. Sala owner/chocolate expert Nisha Sidhu and chef Santosh Tiptur, Bhide developed the chocolate with the idea to improve upon some of the spiced bars already on the market. "When I first tasted Co Co. Sala's chocolate, I just loved the flavors and wondered how well they would pair with spices," Bhide notes. "My current issue with some of the spiced chocolates in the market is that they leave some sort of a weird aftertaste in your mouth. With these chocolates, the aftertaste is just the taste of the spice and the sweetness of the chocolate. " The SpiceSutra line will feature four different chocolate bars: Kesar (milk chocolate, saffron, cinnamon, toasted almonds); Adrak (dark chocolate, candied ginger, fennel seeds); Elaichi (white chocolate, green cardamom); and gulaab (milk chocolate, gulkand rose preserves, toasted cashews). The chocolates will sell for $30 a box and will be available for three days only, Feb. 4-6, on the Co Co. Sala Web site. Aphrodisiac qualities aside, here's what I'm curious about: How much weight do you gain trying to design chocolate bars? "Well, let's just say," Bhide notes, "that I had to double up my gym time!" Read full article >> | |
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