The Washington Post: Dining Guide

It's here - the second edition of Phyllis Richman's best-selling dining guide, the work that topped Zagat sales in the Washington, D.C., area. The Washington Post's legendary restaurant critic scarcely needs any introduction: Nobody knows Washington-area dining better than she does, and nobody's advice is more valued. Of more than 200 restaurant reviews in this biannual work, two-thirds are new or substantially revised from the first edition. But the quality of Richman's insights, advice and writing remain unchanged - as superb as ever.

Phyllis C. Richman has been called the most feared woman in Washington, D.C., and has been cited as one of the 100 most powerful figures in the nation's capital. In addition to her 22 years of writing about food for The Washington Post, her work has been featured in Bon Appetite, Gourmet, Food & Wine, Cond Nast Traveler, Travel & Leisure, Esquire, Ladie's Home Journal and other magazines. Winner of a number of awards, she also has appeared on major TV and radio shows.