Bittersweet Superlatives!

During our staff happy holiday-fest on December 18th these fantastic employees were honored for there exemplary service. Find your Bittersweet friends!

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New Product – Thai Chicken Wrap

Boy, will you love this new addition to our assorted sandwich tray – tender slices of grilled chicken breast with julienned carrots, cucumbers and zucchini, tossed with a spicy Thai peanut sauce. Ask for it by name when placing your regular order!

January food Holidays

January 09 – Apricot Day
January 14 – National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day
January 20 – Cheese Day
January 22 – National Blonde Brownie Day
January 24 – National Peanut Butter Day
January 27 – National Chocolate Cake Day
January 30 – National Croissant Day

New Event - Tasty Tuesdays

Come in to Bittersweet Café for Tasty Tuesdays! Every week a fabulous food item to taste and love! Look forward to Tuesdays and spend them with your Bittersweet Family. Come on in between noon and 2pm and try something new. We’d love to see you.

Look at what we got this year to serve you better in 2006!

See our new fleet bringing your freshly made food and the best bakery items around to Old Town, Your Town and Beyond! And, if we say so ourselves, they are the best looking vehicles in town.

January Happenings

January 2006
Carlyle House 30th Anniversary
The historic house recaptures the spirit of 1976, when the renovated property was opened to the public, with the exhibit “Then & Now,” which looks at the six most significant owners of the property. More information at www.carlylehouse.org or (703) 549-2997.

January 12, 2006
Alexandria Chamber of Commerce
Making Alexandria a Better Place to Live and Work
100th Anniversary Exhibit Opening and Reception at The Lyceum, 201 South Washington Street, 6:00pm – 8:00pm. Members: $25 Non-Members: $30. Catering by Bittersweet.

January 12, 19 & 26, 2006
Civil War Dance Classes
In preparation for the January 28 Civil War Ball, learn the waltz, polka, Virginia reel and more! Led by expert dance master Corky Palmer. More information at www.gadsbystavern.org or (703) 838-4242.

January 22, 2006
Mozart's 250th Birthday
The acclaimed musicians Vera Kochanowksy and Thomas McCracken perform on a pianoforte, a copy of Mozart’s own piano. Old Presbyterian Meeting House. Free; donations requested to benefit KENYA, which works to better the lives of AIDS victims in Africa.
Call (703) 549-6670.

Chef Jose Salvador:
The Dude Behind Your Great Food!

There are many reasons to love Bittersweet. The ambience, the friendly faces, the convenience (to name a few!) are just several factors that keep our customers coming back. But let’s face it…without our alluring hot bar chock full of ever changing culinary delights, we wouldn’t be the same. And that is where Jose Salvador enters.

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Chillin’ in the New Year,
Refrigeration 101, Part 1
by The Health Code Warrior

Most people wouldn’t think that a few simple organizational details could keep your food safe and your intestinal tract free of food borne illness, but it’s true. A well-organized refrigerator can make all the difference in the world. The next time you are in your kitchen, open that fridge door and tell me what you see. Leftovers crowded onto the second shelf? A package of hamburger thawing for dinner on the top shelf? An open container of berries on the bottom? All of these are big no-no’s. Here’s why, and how an efficient refrigerator should be organized.

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