Hill’s Kitchen

Washington, DC


A great variety of spices, cookbooks, whisks, cast-iron pans and other colorful kitchenwares stuff this 1884 townhouse near Eastern Market. Behold the cookie cutters that come in the shape of every US state. The proprietor is welcoming to cooks both pro and novice.


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