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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: Events
In It For Good – The PHA Summit
What could possibly signal your intentions better than having the First Lady as your honorary Chair? The Partnership for a Healthier America, as earnest an organization dedicated to the public welfare as I have seen, held their Building A Healthier … Continue reading
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Tagged Bolthouse Farms, Building a Healthier Future, Center for Science in the Public Interest, D.C., Donna Shalala, event, Food Porn Index, George Leon, Michael Jacobson, Michelle Obama, Morrison Healthcare, Partnership for a Healthier America, reporting, Sony Pictures
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Librarians Have Appetites!
Why would a food writer attend a librarian’s convention? Like everyone else, librarians appreciate cooking and eating, and they buy books on those topics for their libraries. The exhibit hall of the Midwinter Meeting of the American Library Association in … Continue reading
More Wonders of Baltimore
We drove up to Baltimore last weekend, to attend an event sponsored by the Slow Food Baltimore group, but (of course) we first swung by a farmers market. And then we visited another market, new to us but strangely familiar. … Continue reading
Farmers and Fellowship – Saturday at the FH-CASA Conference
Sitting in a session on local food councils on Saturday at the FH-CASA Conference, I realized that this event, and others like it, is not really about the panels, or the food, or the exhibits. It’s about building a sense … Continue reading
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Tagged event, farmers market, Full Plate Ventures, Future Harvest-CASA, Millstone Cellars Cider, OFAM
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Fomenting Fermenting Farmers – Friday at FH-CASA Conference
I was able to attend both days of this year’s Farming for Profit and Stewardship Conference last month, organized by Future Harvest – Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture (FH-CASA). On Friday, there was a choice of several workshops before their … Continue reading
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Tagged Dogfish Head, event, farmers market, Future Harvest-CASA, Hex Ferments, OFAM, sauerkraut
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Ladies and Lees Who Lunch
I was kindly invited to attend the luncheon on the first day of the Washington Winter Show (which is the renamed Washington Antique Show). This was an opportunity for social Washingtonians to support a fine set of charities while enjoying … Continue reading
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Tagged antiques, cookbook, D.C., event, Matt Lee and Ted Lee, Washington Winter Show
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When Worlds Collide
On Saturday I attended the opening reception for Jon Mort’s exhibit of graphite drawings at the Sandy Spring Museum. They are fabulous, in all senses of the word! On Sunday, I returned for the first winter Farmers Market of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Chef John Moeller, chefs, event, farmers market, OFAM, Olney, White House Chef
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Festive Feliz Navidad At The Mexican Cultural Institute
Earlier this month, I was lucky to be invited to attend the last in a series of demo-dinners featuring Pati Jinich at the Mexican Cultural Institute. The building itself is a treat, with interior walls covered with murals and spacious … Continue reading
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Tagged chefs, D.C., event, Mexican Cultural Institute, Pati Jinich, Patricia Jinich
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We Are Down With Downton Abbey
Last Thursday, WETA sponsored an advance screening of the first episode of Downton Abbey’s fourth season, to be broadcast Sunday. I can now authoritatively state that Life triumphs over Death – and that’s the extent of the spoilers in this … Continue reading
The Trip Different: A Week In Santa Fe, Part 2: FUZE SW Conference, Sunday
We had a light breakfast of pumpkin empanadas at the coffee shop attached to our casita rental office, and arrived back at the MOIFA atrium in time for the opening keynote. Jeffery Pilcher, professor of history and author of Planet … Continue reading
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Tagged chefs, chocolate, Deborah Madison, event, Four Seasons, FUZE SW, mate, MOIFA, Santa Fe, Santa Fe Culinary Academy
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