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May was FOOD MONTH on BYT (after the SEX theme, focusing only on life’s necessities with our themes) and as such you can expect a visual overload of food posts. One of the regular columns was WHAT’S IN YOUR FRIDGE; where we explored the window to everyone’s soul: the contents of their fridge/freezer.

This turned out to be a HUGE success, and a wonderful, humane insight into both the lives of people involved and DC's eating habits.

We intruded onto the kitchens local people of note, readers, food critics and chefs, pr people and beyond (and were amazed and grateful as to how game everyone was to bare their all) and clicking on the links below will take you to some of our favorites from the series:

Todd Kliman, food and wine editor of Washingtonian, their restaurant critic and author of "Wild Vine" graciously and gamely opened the doors to his home and his fridge to us first:

As did Brendan Canty, of Fugazi:

As well as Chef Spike Mendelsohn (of Good Stuff, We The Pizza and Top Chef and Top Chef All Stars)

and Warren Brown of CAKE LOVE

plus, Tim Carman, then food columnist for “Washington City Paper” (now at the Washington Post)

and Amanda McClements of METROCUREAN

this year's RAMMY award winner for best chef: Scott Drewno of The Source

plus, Jeffrey Mills, the new director of food service for DC Public Schools

and a special green twist by DC Vegan's Amber McDonald

followed by DOLCEZZA'S Violeta and Robb Edelman Duncan (the fridge I personally most wanted to move in with)

and our extra covert look into the butterific Redskins' Clinton Portis' food compartments:

and the perfect family nutrition of Nycci Nellis (of thelistandyoureonit)

ST.EX's chef BILLY KLEIN

WaPo's Food Editor Joe Yonan bares it all:

and Buzz Bakery's Josh Short perfectly organized pickled empire

TELL US IN THE COMMENTS WHO WOULD YOU LIKE US TO VISIT IN 2011

Previously in What's In Your Fridge?:

• 4/10: What’s in Your Fridge? Talyor Gourmet's Casey Patten & David Mazza
• 2/28: Doron Petersan of Sticky Fingers Bakery - What's In Your Fridge?
• 8/4: Barton Seaver's Fridge
• 5/16: Mike Isabella's Fridge
• 12/27: Matthew Lesko: To the Fridge and Beyond
• 8/6: Whats In Your Fridge?: King Buzzo of the Melvins
• 7/7: Eating with Caution: Tittsworth's Fridge
• 6/3: What's In Your Fridge? Warren Brown of CakeLove
• 6/2: What's In Your Fridge? Washington Post Food Editor Joe Yonan
• 6/1: What's In Your Fridge? Nycci Nellis of TheListAreYouOnIt.com