Charlene's Kitchen
 
Grilling vegetables for our delicious grilled veggie roll-ups. What are you eating today?😉 . . . . . #charleneskitchen #catering #caterer #gourmetfood #togo #foodandwine #vegetables #farmfresh #bonapetit #grilled #grilledvegetables #foodphotography #oldtownalexandria #alexandriava #yummm
Last night Charlene attended an event featuring the mother-daughter duo behind @thecooksatelier, a French cooking school! The duo, Marjorie Taylor and Kendall Smith Franchini, and has a cookbook, The Cook's Atelier, which is a must read! Charlene has included some of her favorite pictures from the cookbook in this post. Marjorie and Kendall are headed to NYC next, where they will be signing books at the Columbus Circle Williams Sonoma. The event was hosted by @pineapplecollaborative, which is a wonderful organization that supports women in business and loves great food and art! @msmarriedmack MC'd the event. Check out these lovely women's websites to learn more: thecooksatelier.com and mrsmarriedmack.com
Another angle of a vintage glassware setup featuring mixed metals! Check out Charlene's Vault for more info on how to rent items for your next event! • • • #charleneskitchen #oldtownalexandria #alexandriava #caterer #catering #entertaining #rentals #charlenesvault #vintage #glassware #vintageglasses #vintageglassware #mixedmetals #design #beautiful
Charlene has a huge collection of lovely vintage glasses like these in all shapes and colors! They're all in Charlene's Vault, so try them out at your next dinner party! And don't forget that we have a page on our website with all the items in The Vault! • • • #charleneskitchen #oldtownalexandria #alexandriava #caterer #catering #entertaining #charlenesvault #rentals #glassware #vintageglassware #vintageglasses #dinnerparty #entertainingnecessities #beautiful
Check out some pics from a lovely dinner party Charlene put together now! The table featured a farm to table meets formal setting. The menu consisted of lump crab cakes, flattened chicken, swiss potato gratin with sweet potatoes, and a new spring salad of daikon radish, spring peas, corn, tomato, spring purple onions, and roasted asparagus! Dessert was blueberry blackberry cobbler with ice cream! Yet another lovely event at the Roth's even more lovely home! • • • #charleneskitchen #oldtownalexandria #alexandriava #caterer #catering #entertaining #dinnerparty #gourmetfood #bonappetit #springsalad #springtime #springfood #summerfood #springtimefood #yum
Picked up some items for a dinner party tonight from the Dupont Circle farmer's market! Stay tuned for pics from the dinner party later! • • • #charleneskitchen #oldtownalexandria #alexandriava #caterer #catering #entertaining #freshfood #freshproduce #farmersmarket #summerfood #summerentertaining #dinnerparty #yum #bonappetit #dupontfarmersmarket
Wollam Gardens is one of Charlene's favorite places to get flowers for her floral work! She highly recommends picking flowers up from them. Wollam Gardens is at Dupont Circle farmers market on Sundays and Arlington farmers market on Saturdays! These pics are from this morning at the Dupont Circle farmers market. • • • #charleneskitchen #oldtownalexandria #alexandriava #charlenesarrangements #floral #flowers #freshflowers #farmersmarket #summertime #beautiful #summerflowers #gorgeous
Shrubs are the perfect addition to any bar! This week the flavors we're featuring are classic lemon, cara cara orange, pear ginger, and blood orange. To learn more about shrubs, check out our blog post on shrubs from last year (you can find it on our website). Also keep an eye out for our new spring shrub flavors! We'll be featuring shrubs at our upcoming spring open house - stay tuned for more info about our open house! • • • #charleneskitchen #oldtownalexandria #alexandriava #caterer #catering #entertaining #bar #shrubs #springtime #springdrinks #mocktails #fruitshrubs #barshrubs #summerentertaining #summerbar #yum #bonappetit
Today is the last day of the annual River Farm plant sale! It goes from 10 to 4 today. It's worth it to stop by!
Our farm fresh salad with grilled shrimp is ready for pick up! A great option for summertime! • • • #charleneskitchen #oldtownalexandria #alexandriava #caterer #catering #entertaining #summer #summerentertaining #summerfood #summersalad #farmfreshsalad #shrimpsalad #grilledspicedshrimp #saladwithshrimp #yum #bonappetit #gourmetfood #gourmettogo
Getting ready for our spring open house!! Stay tuned for more.
Charlene's lemonade and shrubs can be ordered just for pick up! New summer shrubs are coming soon! Check out the bar section of our website to see the types of lemonade and shrubs that we offer. Both are great non-alcoholic options for summer bars! • • • #charleneskitchen #oldtownalexandria #alexandriava #caterer #catering #entertaining #bar #summerbar #summerentertaining #lemonade #lavenderlemonade #lavenderseasalt #lavenderseasaltlemonade #shrubs #yum #gourmetfood #bonappetit #summer