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
At Long Last, LEON: The British Chain Arrives in Washington
We have been honored with the first U.S. location of LEON, which is serving up dishes much more interesting than the phrase “British food” might conjure in American imaginations. Think not about fish and chips, stodgy roasts, or mushy peas … Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Events, Reporting, Restaurant Review
Tagged D.C., John Vincent, LEON, review
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The Cheese Stands Alone: A Field Trip to Caputo Brothers Creamery
“Where’s the ricotta?” Jimmy and Carl had got me hooked on this fresh cheese they brought to sell at the Olney Farmers and Artists Market, and then they cruelly stopped bringing it. They gave me some runaround about it being … Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Product Review, Reporting
Tagged Caputo Brothers Creamery, David Caputo, farmers market, Mark Severn, OFAM, reporting, ricotta, Rynn Caputo, Slow Food
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Save the Price of a Ticket to Dublin: Guinness Has Arrived in Maryland
Guinness Open Gate Brewery & Barrel House, Relay (or is it Halethorpe?) Now Open Great news for beer drinkers near Baltimore! Guinness has opened their one and only brewery in the New World. They took an old distillery building complex … Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Events, Product Review
Tagged Baltimore, Diagio, event, Guinness, Larry Hogan, Open Gate Brewery
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Life’s Just A Bowl of Wineberries
Spring brought so much rain this year, I was worried that all the good foraging in my yard would be washed out. The pokeweed harvest was thin, which was surprising, since the stems are normally so full of moisture one … Continue reading
Kids, Queens and Ice Cream: The Governor’s Buy-Local Cookout, 2017 Edition
Another terrific iteration of the summer’s showcase of local products! There were some changes and some good old reliables at the 2017 Governor’s Buy-Local Cookout. This year’s innovation: the invitation to present a dish was extended to include not just … Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Events, Reporting
Tagged AACC, Annapolis, chefs, event, Future Farmers of America, Government House, Governor Hogan, Governor's Buy Local Cookout, reporting, Susan Callahan, UMES, Yumi Hogan
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It Never Gets Old 2: The Fancy Food Show, 2017 Edition Part 2: The Parties
Off-site parties are a fixture of the Show. We attended two outstanding ones: the French Pavilion cocktail party, and the wonderful Urbani truffle cruise. There were many delicious tidbits at the French party, including jambon de Bayonne, with jolly jambonniers … Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Events, Reporting
Tagged caviar, cidre, Fancy Food Show, France, jambon, Parties, prosciutto, reporting, Urbani Truffles
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It Never Gets Old: The Fancy Food Show, 2017 Edition Part 1: The Show Floor
There were many new things to write about at this year’s show, as well as lots of those tried-and-true features which I look for from years past. I once again found myself spending lots of time in the Italian pavilion. … Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Events, Reporting
Tagged Berry Bible, chefs, Emmanuel Piqueras, event, Fancy Food Show, Fiasconaro, Italy, Jewish, Matzo Project, Rao's, reporting, Rosanna Di Michele, Sabor y Fusion, Stroopwafel
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The Apple, the Coffeepot, the Chef, and the Artist
The prolific artist Paul Cezanne’s most well-known paintings are arguably his still-lifes and landscapes, yet he produced about 160 portraits over his career. The National Gallery of Art has gathered 60 of them into a fascinating exhibit which provides a … Continue reading
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Tagged Cezanne, Christopher Curtis, D.C., exhibit, National Gallery of Art, Starr Catering Group
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The Care and Feeding of Farmers: Future Harvest CASA’s 19th Annual Conference
They provide our basic foodstuffs. They grow a dazzling variety of fruits and vegetables. They use their bounty to create tasty and nourishing products that enrich our lives. They grow “non-commercial” or “specialty” crops: what we actually put on our … Continue reading
Lights On In Baltimore: Food Lab@Light City 2017
Climbing the stairs to the second floor space of IMET Columbus Center, on a pier of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, I was worried that this event would be a generator of monotonous visuals – just one set of folks talking after … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Eating, Events, Reporting
Tagged Baltimore, chefs, Danielle Nierenberg, event, Jeff Henderson, Light City Baltimore, Marcus Samuelsson, Spike Gjerde, Woodberry Kitchen
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