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Food scribbler, The Washington Post. Always in search of something tasty. Loves: coffee, BBQ, tacos, beagles & tips: tim.carman @washpost .com.

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Tim Carman
3 years
“Soups, in these freezing temperatures, are highly needed for everybody, especially for people who have been walking for hours, if not days,” says @chefjoseandres .
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If anyone recognizes this heartless thug, please contact Det. Lopez at 301-929-2774 with any information. Pease reference case number 20001297.
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4 years
A disaster without a set location, or a finite period: The FEED Act would expand the people eligible for emergency food assistance from FEMA. Yep, @chefjoseandres had a hand in it.
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The workers injured in a missile attack near a @WCKitchen relief operation should be released from the hospital any day. "The sad part is the hospital needs the beds because so many people now are getting injured,” says @natemook .
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Tim Carman
5 years
“But between doing nothing and having them closed and doing something and being part of the community, what side of the history do you want to be?” says @chefjoseandres on his new program for restaurants.
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Tim Carman
5 years
The couple at the bar just paid their tab, with cash. “This is for the bill, plus 20 percent,” says the man. Then he hands the bartender a $20 bill and says, “And this is for the diapers.” The couple had overheard the barkeep say that he and his wife are expecting on Friday. ❤️❤️
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Tim Carman
6 years
“The only chef ever sued by a sitting president,” the late Anthony @Bourdain says of @chefjoseandres . “I’m so proud.” #PartsUnknown
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Tim Carman
3 years
“He’s running a con,” said Paul S. Ryan, a campaign-finance expert at the watchdog group Common Cause. “Talking about political expenses — but, in reality, raising money for self-enrichment.”
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NEW: In Trump Tower, key tenants have fallen behind on rent and moved out. But Trump’s PAC is helping, using political donations to rent space it barely uses.
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6 years
This is the meaning of Christmas.
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World Central Kitchen
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Our Chef Relief Team is prepping 110 turkeys tonight for tomorrow’s Christmas dinner for 2,000 at the El Barretal refugee shelter in Tijuana! #ChefsForThePeople 🎄
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Tim Carman
4 years
After four years of a president who could never be bothered to seek out food in Washington, @JoeBiden orders bagels from @CYM_DC in his first week. Clearly, the new administration has a staff with good taste.
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Tom Lynch
4 years
President Biden just left @CYM_DC in Georgetown after leaving mass at Holy Trinity. A Secret Service agent placed and picked up the order. Biden never exited his motorcade but did wave to a crowd of cheering onlookers. @nbcwashington
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Tim Carman
5 years
Probably unnecessary to say the World's 50 Best Restaurants list is absurd on its face: The idea of spending $1000s to fly somewhere for a meal that may or may not suit your tastes. The best restaurant in the world is the trusted neighborhood spot that treats you like family.
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Tim Carman
5 years
I know Time ain’t what it used to be, but, damn, this is a great portrait of @chefjoseandres . Issue includes a story about Andres’s efforts to feed us during the pandemic.
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Tim Carman
5 years
More on the @CompassCoffeeDC pivot: Crews were up till midnight producing the first run of 2,000 bottles of hand sanitizer. They’re back at it this morning at Union Kitchen. They’ll be making sanitizer, says co-founder Michael Haft, “until there isn’t a need.”
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Tim Carman
6 years
More than a year after Hurricane Maria, @chefjoseandres and @WCKitchen 's work in Puerto Rico is far from over.
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Tim Carman
6 years
Set and match, @Fahrenthold .
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Tim Carman
1 year
My heart breaks to report that Great Wall Szechuan House will close this December. But I’m glad May Kuang and Yuan Chen, the partners in life and blisteringly good mala dishes, will finally get the retirement they deserve. Thank you both for feeding us so well for so long!
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Tim Carman
5 years
This is my very first dining guide for the @washingtonpost . I hope you find it useful. Yes, you can at @ me all you want.
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Tim Carman
2 years
I hate starting the week like this. I have sad news to pass along: @amsterdamdc , the shop that redefined late-night eating in AdMo, is closing on May 27th. The owner of the building wants to sell it. This means that Arianne Bennett loses not just her business but her home.
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Tim Carman
5 years
. @andrewzimmern has a new home, and like @bourdain before him, it's on a news network. Details:
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Tim Carman
6 years
Nice to see @chefjoseandres in a tux, not a field jacket. At least for one night.
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Tim Carman
5 years
We are complex. The face we present to others is not complete, but just a fraction, often spit-shined. Maybe you've read this already (if so, I'm grateful). But if not, it's my attempt to deal with the legacy of a guy I greatly admired. #bourdainday
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Tim Carman
2 years
Grateful to @Sardischicken for extending a plate of food to the migrants who were dropped at @VP ’s home on one of the coldest days of the year. Merry Christmas. “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”
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Tim Carman
4 years
. @PadmaLakshmi may be the most fascinating person on television, bar none. I spent nearly three hours talking with her via Zoom. I read her memoir, watched her shows and talked to lots of people about her. Here's the result:
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Tim Carman
4 years
This is the latest language from the CDC: “The virus spreads easily between people.” Please remember this fact as cities/retail stores/restaurants reopen.
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Tim Carman
3 years
. @chefjoseandres has been using the term “Food Fighters” lately, and it is, sadly, becoming a true battle to feed hungry Ukrainians. Feeding another person is, on some level, an act of love. We see you, @WCKitchen .
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Nate Mook
3 years
An update I hoped I’d never have to make. I’m at a @WCKitchen restaurant in Kharkiv, where less than 24 hours ago I was meeting with their amazing team. Today, a missile stuck. 4 staff were wounded. This is the reality here—cooking is a heroic act of bravery. #ChefsForUkraine 🇺🇦
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Tim Carman
4 years
Restaurateurs are angry about Trump's decision to cut off stimulus talks. "People are getting screwed over because you have a group of people who are running our country who care more about power than they care about people," said @tomcolicchio . More:
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Tim Carman
6 years
Dear journalists, Can we call for a moratorium on bitching about dumb press releases on social media? Yes, we’re deluged with emails daily, but sitting at a desk and reading a ham-handed story pitch is not, in the grand scheme of things, a heavy burden. Thank you.
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Tim Carman
3 years
This project was a labor of love: for sandwiches, yes, but also for their help in getting many of us through this mess.
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Tim Carman
5 years
Months in the making, this list is more than a catalog of my 10 favorite pizzas (as of today). It’s an argument for Washington as a great pizza town.
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Tim Carman
5 years
A week ago, I asked whether we should continue to review restaurants. This week, nothing seems more trivial than passing judgment on food. Any food is good right now.
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Tim Carman
4 years
I’ve spent many lovely hours learning about, and eating my way through, the Caribbean carryouts and restaurants along Georgia Avenue.
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Tim Carman
4 years
In the past two days, dozens of @washingtonpost reporters, photographers, videographers, editors, designers and others have shown why they are world-class journalists, all working under extreme pressure, impossible deadlines and sometimes personal threats. Thank you, thank you.
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Tim Carman
7 years
No hurricane has more energy and drive than @chefjoseandres .
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Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳
7 years
Quick update from #PuertoRico : Planning to feed 12,000 people today! Thank you everyone for your support of @WCKitchen !! #ChefsforPuertoRico
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Tim Carman
4 years
@piescarcega @latimes So sorry to hear Patricia. Clearly, management thought you both were qualified for the positions, which you have proven week after week. You shared a byline on the best 101 restaurants list, and yet you don’t share equal pay. This after-the-fact “junior” explanation rings hollow.
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Tim Carman
5 years
❤️ Chef, you are there for so many people. SO. MANY. PEOPLE. Please take care of yourself, too.
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Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳
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On the anniversary of Anthony Bourdain’s birth, it’s time we talk about depression -⁦ @washingtonpost ⁩ thanks for this well written insightful piece ⁦ @timcarman ⁩ and for opening your life to all of us.I’m here for you! I wish I was there for Him
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Tim Carman
5 years
1/ Dear friends, colleagues, strangers, I have been overwhelmed by the response to my essay on the beloved Anthony Bourdain and my depression. I have received countless emails, texts and other correspondence. Many have been supportive, and to them, I am deeply grateful.
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Tim Carman
4 years
“Comet patrons began dancing around the protesters and singing, and eventually outnumbered them to the point that they piled into a white van with Ohio plates and left.” #dancestate
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Jessica Sidman
4 years
Protesters came back to Comet Ping Pong... so owner James Alefantis blasted music and poured them Champagne! More from @michaelschaffer and @abeaujon here:
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Tim Carman
6 years
I’m sitting at the bar tonight, enjoying a late bite in peace, and suddenly I see my younger self on TV. Eating raw meat with Bourdain at Abay. I imagine what I might say to Tony if I knew then what I know now. The only thing I can think of this: You are so loved, by so many.
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Tim Carman
6 years
Spoke briefly with @chefjoseandres this afternoon. He and @WCKitchen are already prepared to feed the people, wherever Florence strikes on the East Coast. #disasterpreparedness
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Tim Carman
6 years
Dear federal employees, if you’re taking advantage of #shutdownspecials , please remember to tip on the full price of the meal. Otherwise, your server becomes a shutdown victim too.
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Tim Carman
3 years
Last night. Adams Morgan. First day that restaurants were fully reopened. A cop on the beat told me, “This feels good.”
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Tim Carman
3 years
This is a loss to @wcp , food journalism and DC that's impossible to measure. You will be the yardstick by which every other food editor at the paper will be measured.
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Laura Hayes 🍣
3 years
Today is my last day @wcp after 5.5 years. Thx to my colleagues, readers, and those who trusted me to tell their stories. I'm headed to a new career adventure I hope to announce soon. My farewell column on how we can work together to help DC dining thrive:
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Tim Carman
4 years
Please be kind to grocery store employees. They are performing a public service right now, as important and, in a way, as dangerous, as policing.
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Tim Carman
3 years
I spent many hours with Janet Yu and her sons at @HWoodEastCafe over the past year. This is their pandemic story. I’m honored beyond words that they trusted me to tell it.
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Tim Carman
2 years
. @chefjoseandres just announced that he and his wife, Patricia, donated $500,000 to @dcck to help the nonprofit alleviate poverty and hunger by transforming lives.
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Tim Carman
4 years
Hold those Post Pub eulogies for now. I just spoke with owner Bob Beaulieu, who said closure is not "100 percent for sure, but it's not looking good." He still has meetings planned with the landlord and others. More as I know it.
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Tim Carman
6 years
I’m laughing, but I’m hurting inside, big time, while watching @chefjoseandres give Tony @bourdain a tour of his native region. #PartsUnknown
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Tim Carman
9 years
. @chefjoseandres proves he's a humanitarian first, a businessman second. http://t.co/yAHCRwTJbk
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Tim Carman
6 years
“It may seem silly to plan a trip centered on a grocery store, but I hope to take my mom to Naperville this year. There are so few spaces in the world where we can uncompromisingly be ourselves.” A lovely immigrant tale by @KhushbuOShea .
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Tim Carman
6 years
More details on @WCKitchen 's expansion of its #ChefsforFeds program. Among those on board to feed government workers across America: @andrewzimmern , @mingtsai , @stephanieizard , @chefspike and @Rick_Bayless .
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Tim Carman
7 years
I’m proud to work at the @washingtonpost , next to the finest journalists on Earth. It’s time to reward the folks who do the hard work. Management doesn’t want to give cost of living increases to everyone, only merit raises to a few. @PostGuild needs support in our negotiations.
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Tim Carman
5 years
According to @realDonaldTrump ’s schedule today, we was talking with representatives of the restaurant industry to discuss covid-19 response. I’ve learned that @tomcolicchio , @davidchang and @dhmeyer weren’t invited on the call. So anyone know who WAS on the call?
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Tim Carman
3 years
The first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club. Unless the transportation secretary stops by for a sandwich.
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FightClubDC
3 years
We had a very special guest at Fight Club last night 🙌🙌 Was an honor to have @PeteButtigieg in the house! Thank you for all your work and a big thank you for supporting local DC restaurants 🙏
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"Authenticity is for tourists. When invoked, it assures the tourist that whatever they’re experiencing, be it a meal or a poem or a human being, is rarefied and exotic, something they can’t get anywhere else." Good read from @jpbrammer .
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Tim Carman
6 years
You refuse to answer questions. They refuse you service. We all make choices.
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Kayleigh McEnany 45 Archived
6 years
Last night I was told by the owner of Red Hen in Lexington, VA to leave because I work for @POTUS and I politely left. Her actions say far more about her than about me. I always do my best to treat people, including those I disagree with, respectfully and will continue to do so
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Tim Carman
4 years
I’m grateful for the people who fed me this year, which will certainly be the most trying one of our lives. Here are my favorite restaurants of 2020, but the list is misleading. Any restaurant that braved this mess deserves recognition, mine and yours.
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Tim Carman
1 year
Great news: I just heard from Debby Portillo, one of the owners of @2fiftybbq , that the Texas-inspired smokehouse will open a location on K St. NW early next year. It will feature meats smoked in Riverdale Park to start, but they hope eventually to build a smokehouse in back.
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Tim Carman
5 years
This is how you shift public perception on restaurant workers so that they’re treated with more respect: Employers respect their work first by treating it as a real profession, with real bennies.
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Laura Hayes 🍣
5 years
So @RosesLuxury just posted a job for a host on Instagram. Including what benefits they offer. This makes me happy and hopeful for the future.
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Tim Carman
5 years
JGold always said Michelin didn’t understand LA. Once again, he was right.
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ryan sutton
5 years
Los Angeles Michelin: Not a single three-star restaurant, in this dining capital of America, no Korean spots with stars, no Filipino with stars, no Thai, and just a single starred-Mexican spot. No food hall stalls or trucks with stars. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
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Tim Carman
8 years
Located near White House, built in part w/ slave labor, @NMAAHC takes rightful place on Mall. Follow the opening:
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Tim Carman
6 years
The @washingtonpost ’s food coverage has taken another giant leap forward: @lreiley is joining the Business desk to cover food. Congratulations all around: for Laura, for the paper and for readers, who will soon find out how talented she is.
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Tim Carman
3 years
This is great for those in Congress who still care about facts and the law...
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Greg Sargent
3 years
NEWS: The campaign for DC statehood just got a big boost. Three dozen top legal experts just endorsed the idea that this is constitutional, knocking down one of opponents' biggest objections. Details here:
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Tim Carman
4 years
Well, the winners were announced with all the fanfare of a Friday evening presidential order. But I won't let this stand! I must shout to the world that @Carrie_the_Red just won HER FIRST JAMES BEARD AWARD!
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James Beard Foundation
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2020 James Beard Media Awards, presented by @CapitalOne ! Check out the full list to see who took home the medallion for our Book, Broadcast Media, and Journalism categories. #jbfa
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Tim Carman
3 years
This is a great thread on the laziness/unconscious bias of received and conventional wisdom.
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Krishnendu Ray
3 years
1. Spices and Meat Surprisingly, flawed opinions persist about the use of spices in Early Modern Europe. Apparently it was to cover the smell of rotting flesh or to compensate for poor quality meat. I read two instances recently.
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Tim Carman
5 years
For the past several weeks, I have been reading court documents, trying to get people to talk to me who didn’t want to, learning about Mennonite culture and wrapping my mind around one of the most bizarre stories of the year.
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Tim Carman
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6/ If there's a takeaway from this thread, I hope it's this: People who suffer from depression can look like you, me, anybody. They may be high-functioning professionals. But trust me, they are suffering, perhaps worse than you realize. Let's talk about it in the open.
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Tim Carman
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As a writer for my entire career, I’ve long struggled with two separate parts of me: the inspirational one who has these sometimes brilliant thoughts rattling around my brain and the fumbling bumpkin who cannot, for the life of him, translate those thoughts to the page.
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Tim Carman
6 years
I suspect that, in this liberal town, young Trump staffers did no one any favors by naming these places as their frequent watering holes and restaurants.
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Tim Carman
3 years
Grateful @CraigLaBan wrote this. Restaurant dining is not a right. It’s a privilege. You have the freedom to not wear a mask or get a jab. But business owners have the freedom to restrict your access, too. It’s not about discrimination. It’s public health.
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Tim Carman
5 years
Talk about a pivot: @CompassCoffeeDC is making hand sanitizer for two local governments, including DC. In the vid, those are barrels of isopropyl alcohol for production. The sanitizer will later be available at the six Compass cafes still in operation.
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Tim Carman
6 years
#dearjeffbezos I love working at the @washingtonpost . It’s been the highlight of my career. I also think you should invest in the careers of the reporters, designers, photographers and others who work around the clock to make this a great paper. Pls see:
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Tim Carman
5 years
Guy has always been an easy target, with his bro schtick and silly catchphrases. Few took the time to look under the facade and understand what he was really doing. I’m a Guy defender too, which I mentioned here recently:
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Tim Carman
6 years
Yesterday, for a small gathering of influential Washingtonians, I was asked to give a two-minute tribute to Anthony @Bourdain and @thejgold . This is what I wrote:
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Tim Carman
6 years
No, @chefjoseandres is not worried about the politics of expanding his humanitarian work to Tijuana, where thousands of Central American refugees are seeking asylum in America.
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Tim Carman
3 years
Heads up, folks: @wcp is hiring a part-time carryout food critic. If your idea of glamour includes clamshell containers and packet sauces, this is your dream gig. (It’s basically my dream gig.)
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Tim Carman
6 years
As @AOC noted just a few minutes ago, there's a little bit of Pizza Intern in all of us in Washington.
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