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Spanakopita: The luscious Greek classic that made Popeye love to eat spinach
May 24, 2020
Spanakopita Sometimes just a few ingredients can produce something very special. Some weeks ago, I chronicled a spinach casserole that I urged be part of a regular repertoire. The following spinach pie is a variation on that theme, but takes the concept to a new level by veiling the spinach…
Read MoreInterested in takeout and delivery food services from Club?
May 24, 2020
What do you think about the NPC offering food delivery and takeout service? With its doors closed due to the coronavirus, the National Press Club is looking at offering takeout anddelivery services. If you haven’t already done so, please complete this quick survey. The survey is only five…
Read MoreNot planning to grill meat this holiday weekend? Try this vegan moussaka recipe
May 22, 2020
With travails at meat packing plants in the news, one might envy the vegan who is divorced from all such considerations. The following recipe is a vegan casserole and unusual, filling and unique due to North African spices rather than the expected Greek oregano slant. There are terrific Greek…
Read MoreRegister your Virtual Pub Quiz 2.0 team by noon Thursday, May 21
May 18, 2020
The National Press Club’s *Virtual* Pub Quiz 2.0 is on for Thursday, May 21, at 7 p.m. via Zoom. You'll need to register yourself or your team ahead of the big event. Deadline to register is noon that day. Have you picked a clever name for your team yet? Don't delay. Getting all this done ahead…
Read MoreRegister your team by noon today, win the *Virtual* Pub Quiz 2.0 tonight
May 18, 2020
*Virtual* Pub Quiz 2.0 gets started at 7 p.m. May 21. What do diving disorders, legislative shenanigans and big dams have in common? If you answered that they’re topics of questions for this evening’s National Press Club *Virtual* Pub Quiz 2.0, give yourself a point and register here to…
Read MoreInterested in crime fiction? Join chat with author, ex-cop David Swinson May 27
May 15, 2020
Del Wilber, a member of the National Press Club board, will be hosting a Zoom conversation with David Swinson, the author of an acclaimed series of books about a private detective named Frank Marr, who struggles with addiction and doing the right thing. Swinson is a former DC cop who brings his…
Read MoreSimplify your weekend, make these decadently delicious cookies
May 15, 2020
Sometimes it doesn’t pay to over-think things. A cookie treat remembered from childhood may still be pretty good even if the combination of ingredients hits the adult palate in a different way. As our tastes — and sensibilities about carbohydrate overload — mature, portion size can control the…
Read MoreNeed a remote intern this summer?
May 15, 2020
National Press Club member Joe Starrs, journalism program director at The Fund for American Studies in Washington, is looking for journalists willing to host a remote intern this summer. The students are available for eight weeks in June and July and can do research, writing and other projects as…
Read MoreNext Virtual Pub Quiz May 21: Some team construction required
May 14, 2020
Coming soon, the National Press Club’s monthly pub quiz, on Thursday, May 21, at 7 p.m. via Zoom. Register here for the event. This “NPC Virtual Pub Quiz 2.0” will be the second Club online pub quiz, hosted by the Events Committee. We promise it will be bigger, more entertaining -- and more…
Read MoreRecreate Club Taco Bar at home for Friday's Virtual Taco Night
May 14, 2020
On Friday, May 15, the National Press Club Events Committee is staging an unprecedented Zoom event for all to celebrate all things TACO. "Mesfin and Mike" -- Reliable Source manager and Club president, respectively -- will be the Masters of Ceremony; Club member and president of the National…
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