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Reviving the historic lunchroom at the Woman's Industrial Exchange sounded like the kind of impossible task issued to heroines in fairy tales, like picking lentils out of the ashes. But Irene Smith, who gained an ardent local following with her Souper Freak food truck, has pulled off a happy ending. The tomato aspic and chicken salad are back.
• Restaurant info.: Woman's Industrial Kitchen, 333 N. Charles St., Woman's Industrial Exchange, downtown, 410-244-6450, www.womansindustrialkitchen.com (Amy Davis, Baltimore Sun photo /October 19, 2011)
Three Bistro Blanc alumni, including Tae Strain, will return to Marc Dixon's Glenelg restaurant for a 'pop-up' dinner on Nov. 7.
Strain was the chef at Demi, the lower-level restaurant within Crush at Belvedere Square, which closed in May after a brief but exciting run. At the 'pop-up' dinner, he will be joining Ben Rosen, who is now working with James Beard Award-winning chef Michelle Bernstein in Miami, and Janny Kim, who recently returned to Bistro Blanc after a stint at Hanaro in Bethesda
As for Strain, Dixon said that since leaving Demi, the young chef spent some time in Napa helping Michelin Star Chef Brad Farmerie open a new restaurant and then traveling through Asia "eating his way through culture and history."
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The Nov. 7 dinner at Bistro Blanc will be a la carte. Dixon said that Strain, Rosen and Kim will create a one-night only menu.
Dixon said the dinner's theme, loosely is "fall/street food/s--- we like to eat."
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