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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.
Tag Archives: review
A Fine Food Day in DC
Yesterday, we took advantage of an invitation to a tech-related pitch lunch to eat at Fiola. In our parallel lives as IT consultants, we are sometimes invited to these events, where a software company extols the virtues of their product … Continue reading
Jerusalem of Gold: Zahav, The Restaurant, Event and Cookbook
Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook, Zahav, A World of Israeli Cooking, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015 Michael Solomonov is the chef and part owner of the Israeli restaurant Zahav in Philadelphia. He is also the author of its eponymous cookbook, … Continue reading
Posted in Cookbook Review, Events, Reporting
Tagged chefs, cookbook, D.C., Joan Nathan, Michael Solomonov, reporting, review, Steven Cook, Zahav
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An Austrian’s Adventures in Midcentury America: My Organic Life by Nora Pouillon, with Laura Fraser
If you could sum up Nora Pouillon in one word, would it be “stubborn?” She is known for her single-minded determination to run her professional and personal life the way she sees fit. How about “obsessed?” everything in her restaurant, … Continue reading
Fun Guys and Fungi
You, too can be a mushroom farmer – at least for 10 days at a clip. I met Nikhil Arora, one of the founders of Back to the Roots, at the Fancy Food Show. This company was founded by Nikhil … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Eating, Product Review
Tagged Back To The Roots, Fancy Food Show, gardening, mushrooms, review
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I’ll Have a Basket of Maguey Worms and a Dog, Ready to Cook, Please.
You, too, can stand in the great marketplace at Tenochtitlan, capital city of the ancient Aztec empire, and absorb the sights and sounds of commerce. Acres of foodstuffs are spread out around you, all the bounty of the New World … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Eating, Events
Tagged cooking, D.C., exhibit, FUZE SW, history, Julia Child, National Geographic, reporting, review
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Quick! Before It Bursts!
New York has popup stuff happening all the time: restaurants and stores that are designed to be here today, gone tomorrow. Washington, not so much – until now. Hurry down to Georgetown, because this Sunday is the last day that … Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Restaurant Review
Tagged Arcadia Farm, D.C., Mary Beth Albright, review, Sabra Hummus House
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Review: The Al Tiramisu Restaurant Cookbook
The title of this book is a misnomer. Yes, it’s a cookbook, but also an autobiography, tutorial of Italian cuisine, travelogue, and repository of wisdom learned over the life of a successful chef and restaurateur. There are essays about growing … Continue reading
Posted in Cookbook Review
Tagged Al Tiramisu, Amy Riolo, cookbook, D.C., Luigi Diotaiuti, OFAM, review
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Review: Chef Roberto Donna’s Alba Osteria
Those lucky patrons of the Olney Farmers and Artists Market who attended the Farm to Table Dinner in 2012 will remember the pasta course cooked by Chef Roberto Donna. He has been busy around the city since then, opening, first, … Continue reading
Putting the Urban in Silver Spring
Silver Spring continues to be a magnet for aspirational enterprises. The latest one, opening this week, is Urban Butcher. Envisioned as a restaurant with a retail component, all meat served is processed in-house, broken down from whole animals, and converted … Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Restaurant Review
Tagged chefs, review, Silver Spring, Urban Butcher
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