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.
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By The Pricking Of My Thumbs
Something tasty this way comes. It’s chestnut season, and the Asian Chestnut tree in my yard is giving up its bounty this week. It takes me back to the roasted chestnuts being sold on street corners in Philadelphia in my … Continue reading
The Ends of The Earth, Next Door
I went down to the Folklife Festival on Saturday. I was hoping to go on Friday, because one of the demonstrations at the Chinese kitchen was listed as “Duck Blood Glass Noodle Soup,” but didn’t manage to. “You didn’t miss … Continue reading
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Tagged chefs, China, Chinese food, cooking, D.C., event, Kenya, reporting, Smithsonian Folklife Festival
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You Take A Stick Of Bamboo
And cook it in the springtime, oh oh, oh oh, yummy! I’m lucky enough to have a source of fresh bamboo, which is so different from the canned stuff as to be unrecognizable. My friend Jim grows many varieties of … Continue reading
The Trip Different: A Week In Santa Fe, Part 3: The Taco Lesson
There are two cooking schools in Santa Fe. One of them, the Santa Fe School of Cooking , invited me to sit in on a cooking class, and I accepted with alacrity. (Not to slight the Santa Fe Culinary Academy, … Continue reading
Puffballs and Shaggy Manes
This fall’s mushroom foraging was a little sparse, but that was probably because we had to leave for Santa Fe in the middle of it. I only found one patch of shaggy manes. They were delicious as usual, but the … Continue reading
The Trip Different: A Week In Santa Fe, Part 1: FUZE SW Conference, Saturday
I went to Santa Fe in November for a non-food-related committee meeting, but expecting to fully appreciate the unique cuisine of northern New Mexico. Indeed, I had the good fortune to be invited to attend FUZE SW 2013, the first … Continue reading
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Tagged chefs, cooking, exhibit, FUZE SW, Gustavo Arellano, history, Maricel Presilla, MOIFA, Nicolasa Chavez, Posa’s El Merendero Restaurant, reporting, Santa Fe, Santa Fe Culinary Academy
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Feast on Ice and Fire: Eat the Game of Thrones
The Game of Thrones has a tie-in cookbook, and I have reviewed it for SFRevu. See http://sfrevu.com/php/Review-id.php?id=14929
Posted in Cookbook Review
Tagged cookbook, cooking, Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin
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Metropolitan Cooking and Entertaining Show 2012, Part 1: The Father-Daughter Act and Other Chefs
When Jacques Pepin had to cancel his appearance at this show in 2011, I was disappointed. In my opinion, he is one of the more influential chefs of the last few decades, both for his partnership with Julia Child and … Continue reading
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
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Tagged cicada, cooking, D.C., entomophagy, event, reporting, Royal Dutch Embassy
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The Way To A Fleet’s Heart Is Through Its Stomach
I worked for the Navy as a civilian for several years. The coffee mess was a sacred institution, and I often heard the saying, “Ships float on coffee, not seawater!” And although I never spent a night on a … Continue reading