Peach Month

[ 0 ] August 1, 2012 | Johnna

Grilled Peach Salad

Today begins one of my fave months of the year. With a birthday looming and the best writer ever celebrating a birthday today (Happy Birthday @ArcheleJM !!), August absolutely rocks out. Recently, I got a taste of what Station 4 had in mind to celebrate the month of August. Today kicks off National Peach Month and the Southwest restaurant has a menu lined with dishes dripping with peach flavor. I spent the evening indulging in Blue Point Oysters in an onion-peach mignonette; Grilled Peach Salad with Gorgonzola cheese, spiced pecans, and arugula dressed with black pepper dijonaise; Seared Scallops with pickled peach on cilantro salad; Seared Fois Gras with roasted peaches and summer truffle juice, as well as Korobuto Pork Tenderloin served with peach chutney and fava-corn relish.

Peaches are the ultimate fruit sex symbol in my book so it was fitting that they were paired with oysters…talk about an aphrodisiac!

Blue Point Oysters

The Grilled Peaches left me wanting more with stamps of the perfect char marks and a refreshing crispness. For $10, I suggest taking up some of Station 4’s patio space and sipping on their Peach Sangria, made with a combination of white wine, local peaches, peach nectar, peach liquor, mint, cinnamon, brandy, simple syrup and Prosecco.

Station 4 is on to something that I think every restaurant in the District should copycat. Celebrate Peaches and celebrate August, they are the absolute sweetest!

Tags: National Peach Month, restaurants, Southwest, Station 4, washington dc

Category: restaurant reviews, Washington D.C.

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Johnna French is a Harlem NY native with deep roots in Panama, Washington, DC and North Carolina. All four places have heavily influenced her life and the foods she loves today. After graduating Howard University School of Law and beginning her life as a young professional in the city she was led to start Johnna Knows Good Food in November 2007 to keep family, friends and colleagues updated on where to go and what to eat while dining in the nation’s capitol. French, who still practices law, leads a team of three writers to cover the ever expanding Washington, DC food scene. French has been featured in print and television, appearing in Washingtonian Magazine and is a regular contributor to various local TV affiliates including WUSA 9, FOX 5 DC and WJLA (ABC Affiliate) News Channel 8. During the 2016-2017 football season, Johnna aired on Comcast Sports Mid-Atlantic (CSN) show, Redskins Life, as the weekly tailgate host. Johnna is currently a regular contributor to the FOX Baltimore Weekend morning show.