Saturday, August 11, 2012  Café Dupont  1500 New Hampshire Ave
NW Washington, DC 20036 Cafe Dupont on Urbanspoon  My mom loves
Julia Child.  She's seen Julia and Julia several times and her
go-to recipes for almost anything begins and ends with Julia
Child.  Her and I have spent countless holidays making Julia's
tarte tatin recipe.  I don't even know if that's the proper
title but that's what it's called in my family.  So, when I saw
that some restaurants in DC were celebrating Julia Childs' 100th
birthday, we decided to try the prix fixe menu specially for the
occasion at Cafe Dupont, located in the Dupont Circle Hotel.
I'll confess, I don't know much about Julia Child.  I don't even
lean particularly towards French cuisine but my mom has this
reverence towards her and since my mom is the one that's taught
me the most about food and cooking then Julia's got to be some
sort of influence somewhere in there.  The menu consisted of
three courses which were touted as some of Julia's (yes, her and
I are now on a