Five questions with Washington Duke Inn's Jason Cunningham

Here are Cunningham's answers to four questions we posed to him: 

Mt. Olive Jalapeno Dill Spears

Cosmic Cantina in Durham

Durham, NC- Durham has so much passion for food, really good food that is sourced locally. The food scene here is all about the food, it’s chef driven and there is something for everyone- prepared from scratch- no matter what you are looking for.

NYC- because it’s Chef Hollywood and Restaurant Daniel- best dining experience ever

Seattle- Fresh fish everywhere and really a great city. From Sushi to Fried Halibut Fish & Chips Seattle has great energy and lots of Pacific culture

Charleston, SC- Food defines this city

Seville, Spain- Olives on every table, Jamon hanging behind every bar, Garbanzos with tripe, fresh roasted chestnuts served up in a paper bag, shrimp fried in olive oil and garlic and time every day to sit and enjoy pastry

At a Striped Bass fishing tournament on Martha’s Vineyard. We arrived back at the dock for weigh-in and they had a charcoal fired barrel grill where they were roasting the fish whole right off the boats. You could pick off lumps of the fresh grilled fish like big lumps of jumbo lump crab... but better. So fresh, sooo good.