Georgetown Dinner Party (for a cause) vs NFL Play-Offs (for a title)

TABLE FOR 22

Dinner tonight at the Nixon's on N Street. Barton Seaver was the executive chef, with major support from Teddy Diggs of Home Port on Martha's Vineyard, for a private dinner on behalf of DC Central Kitchen and Martha's Table. A lot of needed funds were raised. But it did require master chefs to keep the table seated. Several of the guests kept slipping away to the adjacent den to watch the Giants-49ers game. The rest talked life, politics, family and about the dire ice storm warnings coming across cell phones. Read the full story here: Sunday Suppers for a Cause.

COOKS IN THE KITCHEN. KOJO NNAMDI IN THE FOREGROUND, WATCHING THE GAME

JUST BEFORE DINNER, CHEFS TEDDY DIGGS, KOJO NNAMDI AND BARTON SEAVER

THE TABLE BEFORE THE GUESTS SAT DOWN

STRIPED BASS WITH GRAINS

POPCORN COOKER LAMB

NOT AWESOMELY PHOTOGENIC BUT DELICIOUS DESSERT OF PEAR, ALMOND FRANGIPANE AND CHOCOLATE SORBET.