What It Means
Catillation is an obsolete word meaning: to lick one's plate. It has nothing to do with cats, except that they catillate quite a bit.
Category Archives: Eating
It’s a Rough Job, But Somebody’s Got To Do It!
I was asked to keep this under wraps for a while, but now it can be told: I was a judge for Tulkoff’s Seasonal Spotlight Recipe Challenge. Readers of the Olney Farmers and Artists Market blog will remember that Linda … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore, chipotle aioli, farmers market, horseradish, OFAM, Spike Gjerde, Tulkoff, Woodberry Kitchen
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Green and National Book Festivals This Weekend
I’m about to go down to the Convention Center for a press preview of the Ninth Annual Green Festival, which will be held this weekend. It will have an expanded variety of food programming, demonstrations and displays. Joe Yonan will … Continue reading
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Tagged D.C., Doron Petersan, event, farmers market, Green Festival, Joe Yonan, National Book Festival, OFAM
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Another Area Wegman’s Opens This Sunday
The new Wegman’s store will open in Germantown on Sunday! I met Jo Natale and Cynthia Glover, the PR folks in charge, for a guided tour. They were just as gracious as when they showed me around the Columbia store, … Continue reading
Metropolitan Cooking and Entertaining Show 2012, Part 2: Some Selected Products and Exhibitors
The show floor was filled with many and varied exhibitors. Here are just a few of them, chosen purely by whim. Three impressed me as earnest entrepreneurs, and one just had a really cool visual. South Mountain Veggies is a … Continue reading
The Governor’s Cookout Redux
Once again, in honor of Buy Local Challenge Week, Gov. O’Malley held a party on his lawn for folks involved in local food production and the press. As in years before, tents were erected and tables under them were populated … Continue reading
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Tagged Annapolis, chefs, crabs, event, Governer's Buy Local Cookout, Government House, Governor O'Malley, reporting
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Putting My Mouth Where My Mouth Is
I claim to be an omnivore, or as close to it as possible – so when I saw the notice for the Royal Dutch Embassy’s tasting and discussion on insects as a food source, I knew this was a chance … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Eating, Events
Tagged cicada, cooking, D.C., entomophagy, event, reporting, Royal Dutch Embassy
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We Have Kittens, and Blue Ducks
Last Sunday, a cruel tease was perpetrated upon the Olney Farmers and Artists Market patrons. The Brownies of Scout Troop 77 from Olney, working with the foster program Partnership for Animal Welfare (PAW), brought two adorable kittens and two grown … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Duck Tavern, chefs, farmers market, John Melfi, OFAM, Olney
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Spring At National Harbor
Cherry blossoms, strawberries, and the National Harbor Wine and Food Festival: three sure signs of spring in Washington, DC. The weather was a little chillier than last year, but the ambiance was the same. A large crowd enjoyed the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bryan Voltaggio, chefs, event, National Harbor, OFAM, Rock Harper, Scott Drewno
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And Dancing About Architecture – Cafe Ballets Russes at the NGA
The National Gallery of Art will open another amazing exhibit in the East Building tomorrow, Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, 1909–1929: When Art Danced with Music, with a complementary-themed menu at the Garden Cafe. There will be Russian-inspired and … Continue reading
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Tagged chefs, D.C., exhibit, Michel Richard, National Gallery of Art
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