Tim Carman
@timcarman.bsky.social
Food writer for The Washington Post.
When a sandwich is not sandwich: The new symbol for DC protesters.
Story for context: www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Story for context: www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
August 14, 2025 at 11:36 AM
When a sandwich is not sandwich: The new symbol for DC protesters.
Story for context: www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Story for context: www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Sad news out of Wheaton. One of my favorite restaurants is closing after 29 years. The Yu family let me follow them for many months to show the damage, financially and emotionally and personally, that the pandemic had on them. You can read the story here: www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/202...
July 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Sad news out of Wheaton. One of my favorite restaurants is closing after 29 years. The Yu family let me follow them for many months to show the damage, financially and emotionally and personally, that the pandemic had on them. You can read the story here: www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/202...
I’m reading this while listening to music and checking my phone…so bingo.
February 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I’m reading this while listening to music and checking my phone…so bingo.
Tonight’s porchetta, my first ever, couldn’t have turned out much better: crackly skin, fat that melted in your mouth, and just the right amount of spice to cut through the richness.
January 18, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Tonight’s porchetta, my first ever, couldn’t have turned out much better: crackly skin, fat that melted in your mouth, and just the right amount of spice to cut through the richness.
I just prepped my first porchetta, using a recipe from J. Kenji Lopez-Alt. It’s curing in the fridge. Can’t wait to have this crackle under tooth.
January 14, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I just prepped my first porchetta, using a recipe from J. Kenji Lopez-Alt. It’s curing in the fridge. Can’t wait to have this crackle under tooth.
Some gingerbread men love Xmas. Some would rather crawl inside a spider hole for a week.
December 24, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Some gingerbread men love Xmas. Some would rather crawl inside a spider hole for a week.
With friends like these, who needs enemies?
December 20, 2024 at 7:41 PM
With friends like these, who needs enemies?
Strychnine and champagne, the original performance-enhancing drugs. Trainers’ motto: if you don’t finish first, at least you’ll die trying.
December 16, 2024 at 12:28 AM
Strychnine and champagne, the original performance-enhancing drugs. Trainers’ motto: if you don’t finish first, at least you’ll die trying.
My idea of comfort food has changed a lot since I was a boy in Omaha. After yard work this morning, I could think of only one thing for lunch: a Honduran baleada.
#foodsky
#foodsky
December 15, 2024 at 5:48 PM
My idea of comfort food has changed a lot since I was a boy in Omaha. After yard work this morning, I could think of only one thing for lunch: a Honduran baleada.
#foodsky
#foodsky
The color on this Jacques Pepin omelette is pretty good. I still need more airiness, more fluff, something more like the rounded egg log made by the master himself.
December 10, 2024 at 1:27 AM
The color on this Jacques Pepin omelette is pretty good. I still need more airiness, more fluff, something more like the rounded egg log made by the master himself.
If you have not been to Charga Grill in Arlington, you should do yourself the favor. The place is unlike any other restaurant: It knows few boundaries, borrowing ideas and dishes from a wide range of cultures, including the owners’ native Pakistan.
Context:
www.washingtonpost.com/food/2022/01...
Context:
www.washingtonpost.com/food/2022/01...
December 8, 2024 at 7:17 PM
If you have not been to Charga Grill in Arlington, you should do yourself the favor. The place is unlike any other restaurant: It knows few boundaries, borrowing ideas and dishes from a wide range of cultures, including the owners’ native Pakistan.
Context:
www.washingtonpost.com/food/2022/01...
Context:
www.washingtonpost.com/food/2022/01...
Friday night dinner:
Pan-fried burger:
80-20 chuck, cooked to 125 F
Slice of red onion
Saffron ketchup
Yellow mustard
Romaine leaf
Mayo
Grilled potato bun
Pan-fried burger:
80-20 chuck, cooked to 125 F
Slice of red onion
Saffron ketchup
Yellow mustard
Romaine leaf
Mayo
Grilled potato bun
December 7, 2024 at 1:41 AM
Friday night dinner:
Pan-fried burger:
80-20 chuck, cooked to 125 F
Slice of red onion
Saffron ketchup
Yellow mustard
Romaine leaf
Mayo
Grilled potato bun
Pan-fried burger:
80-20 chuck, cooked to 125 F
Slice of red onion
Saffron ketchup
Yellow mustard
Romaine leaf
Mayo
Grilled potato bun
The power of Keef compels me, especially at late on a Friday.
December 6, 2024 at 11:27 PM
The power of Keef compels me, especially at late on a Friday.
The McRib is back. The sandwich often appears earlier in the fall but didn’t hit McDonald’s this year until Dec. 3, which was the day the FDA and CDC announced their investigations into E. coli-tainted onions was over.
This appears to mean you can enjoy your McRib, with its raw onions, in peace.
This appears to mean you can enjoy your McRib, with its raw onions, in peace.
December 5, 2024 at 3:33 PM
The McRib is back. The sandwich often appears earlier in the fall but didn’t hit McDonald’s this year until Dec. 3, which was the day the FDA and CDC announced their investigations into E. coli-tainted onions was over.
This appears to mean you can enjoy your McRib, with its raw onions, in peace.
This appears to mean you can enjoy your McRib, with its raw onions, in peace.
I got a sneak preview of Aaron Hutcherson’s holiday prime rib, which he serves with a mustard compound butter. This may be the best gift you give someone this season. [Recipe coming soon, but probably not soon enough to those drooling over these pics.]
December 5, 2024 at 12:09 AM
I got a sneak preview of Aaron Hutcherson’s holiday prime rib, which he serves with a mustard compound butter. This may be the best gift you give someone this season. [Recipe coming soon, but probably not soon enough to those drooling over these pics.]
The wife is in Morocco on a trip with her sister. I’m at home taking care of the dog. Here’s my idea of ripping it up while @carrieallan.bsky.social is gone:
I made a salad and watched “Casablanca.”
Even the dog is bored.
I made a salad and watched “Casablanca.”
Even the dog is bored.
December 4, 2024 at 1:47 PM
The wife is in Morocco on a trip with her sister. I’m at home taking care of the dog. Here’s my idea of ripping it up while @carrieallan.bsky.social is gone:
I made a salad and watched “Casablanca.”
Even the dog is bored.
I made a salad and watched “Casablanca.”
Even the dog is bored.
Never thought I’d be the kind of eater who follows Persian koobideh with leftover Thanksgiving pumpkin pie, but here I am.
December 1, 2024 at 2:04 AM
Never thought I’d be the kind of eater who follows Persian koobideh with leftover Thanksgiving pumpkin pie, but here I am.
I’m just going to put this out there. These pages are from Marty Baron’s book, “Collision of Power,” which details the conflicts between Trump and The Post, and how Bezos stood by his editors to make the right calls. The passage recounts the decision whether to endorse Hillary Clinton in 2016.
November 30, 2024 at 5:04 PM
I’m just going to put this out there. These pages are from Marty Baron’s book, “Collision of Power,” which details the conflicts between Trump and The Post, and how Bezos stood by his editors to make the right calls. The passage recounts the decision whether to endorse Hillary Clinton in 2016.
The horrifying consequences of waking up exhausted and forgetting to use the Ross Droplet Technique on your coffee beans.
November 30, 2024 at 3:37 PM
The horrifying consequences of waking up exhausted and forgetting to use the Ross Droplet Technique on your coffee beans.
Here’s a shot of the final dish, just pulled from the oven.
November 28, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Here’s a shot of the final dish, just pulled from the oven.
Every Thanksgiving and Xmas, I make this 15-layer potato gratin. It’s more like 25 layers, because I like to mandoline my taters super thin so they basically melt on contact. You can see for yourself the slices are as transparent as gauze.
November 28, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Every Thanksgiving and Xmas, I make this 15-layer potato gratin. It’s more like 25 layers, because I like to mandoline my taters super thin so they basically melt on contact. You can see for yourself the slices are as transparent as gauze.