Three outsized, colorful, and unusual squash gathered from the farmers’ market from Halloween, welcome guests to Ris Lacoste’s cozy D.C. home, where for her year-long sabbatical from the professional kitchen she continues to cook long hours, but now for select events and for friends and family. Famous for putting Clyde’s 1789 Restaurant on the national dining map, and considered one of the city’s most respected and dedicated chefs, Lacoste deserves some time off, but she isn’t exactly winding down her culinary career. In fact, she notes, she’s signing onto her very own D.C. restaurant, location and name undisclosed.
That’s exciting news for her numerous fans, both professionals and those from the dining public at large, for who can forget her pork roasts, rack of lamb with creamy feta potatoes, or oysters and Champagne stew with walnuts?
