Hospitality_Recreation

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TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES A grilled cheese sandwich tastes great after being cooked until the undersides are golden-brown. **FILE**

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PHOTOGRAPHS BY KATIE FALKENBERG/THE WASHINGTON TIMES Executive chef David Varley (left) cooks steaks (above) on the wood-burning grill in the kitchen of the Bourbon Steak restaurant in the Four Seasons Hotel in Georgetown. **FILE**

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TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES Broccoli tastes especially good when cooked briefly and made crisp-tender or braised so that it absorbs spices.

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** FILE ** 2001 Odyssey, a strip club in the Tampa, Fla., area. Citizens of Stone Park, Ill., are fighting a similar club's attempts to open next-door to a convent. (Associated Press)

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Memorial Bridge and Roosevelt Bridge, which link Virginia and the District, are among those that will be closed on Inauguration Day. Authorities are asking people to use public transportation, as drivers in the city will face restrictions, including street closures. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Jim R. Fouts, the mayor of Warren, Mich., the largest suburb of Detroit. (John Tully/Special to the Washington Times)

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Harry Browne's is a fine dining restaurant in Annapolis, Md. Friday, January 2, 2009 (Mary F. Calvert / The Washington Times)

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Harry Browne's is a fine dining restaurant in Annapolis, Md. Chef Jacqueline Gutierrez and pastry chef Louise Nielsen sit Jan. 2, 2009, in the wine cellar with some of the restaurant's signature dishes — red Florida grouper with cilantro saffron risotto, black bean soubis, served with a tomato avocado fresco and fried plantains, with chocolate peanut butter pie with coffee and cream mousse for dessert. (Mary F. Calvert/The Washington Times)

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Harry Browne's is a fine dining restaurant in Annapolis, Md. Chef Jacqueline Gutierrez and pastry chef Louise Nielsen sit Jan. 2, 2009, in the wine cellar with some of the restaurant's signature dishes — red Florida grouper with cilantro saffron risotto, black bean soubis, served with a tomato avocado fresco and fried plantains, with chocolate peanut butter pie with coffee and cream mousse for dessert. (Mary F. Calvert/The Washington Times)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS President-elect Barack Obama and his family will move this weekend into a suite at the Hay-Adams hotel across from the White House. **FILE**

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The Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge in February 2008. (The Washington Times) ** FILE **

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Taj Mahal hotel employees comfort each other after being rescued. A group calling itself the Deccan Mujahideen claimed responsibility for the attacks. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Fire engulfs a part of the Taj Hotel in Mumbai, India, early Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. Teams of heavily armed gunmen stormed luxury hotels, a popular restaurant, hospitals and a crowded train station in coordinated attacks across India's financial capital Wednesday night, killing at least 78 people and taking Westerners hostage, police said. A previously unknown group, apparently Muslim militants, took responsibility for the attacks. (AP Photo/Gautam Singh)

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Rusty Humphries' World Famous Flash Cooked Roast Turkey recipe -- politics included. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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After the Run for the Roses in Kentucky, the Round Robin Bar at the Willard InterContinental Hotel will be busy mixing drinks and starting its Race to the 200th Cup, with a release 100 limited-edition commemorative mint julep cups. (The Washington Times/File)

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BARBARA L. SALISBURY/THE WASHINGTON TIMES Jim Hewes, a bartender for about 22 years at the Willard InterContinental's Round Robin Bar, researched the drinking habits of U.S. presidents to come up with a signature drink for each. A favorite of President Millard Fillmore was the brandy crusta (left). George Washington (right) preferred a blend of Madeira wine with fruit brandies and rye whiskey.