Author Archives: Judy

About Judy

I have been cooking and eating all my life, around the country, world, and throughout history (I hold Master Cook status in the Society for Creative Anachronism). In real time, I help run the Olney Farmers and Artists Market in Olney, Maryland, arrange their weekly chef demos and blog from that website (olneyfarmersmarket.tumblr.com) on Market matters. This personal blog is for all things foodie: events, cookbooks, products, restaurants, eating.

A Fowl Theme For This Weekend

It was a fun weekend for foodies!  It’s bazaar season again, and one of my sheros was in town.  Two of the best bazaars were held yesterday. I found an addition to my tea towel collection at one.  This towel … Continue reading

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Pati Jinich Stars at the Last Seasonal Farmers Market

It was chilly, sunny and windy at the Olney Farmers and Artists Market last Sunday.  Some of the artist vendors had to take their tents down because of the wind, but in between gusts, the sun shone down.  Between the … Continue reading

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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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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

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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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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

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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

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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

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Not the Civilian Conservation Corps

There’s an organization for every profession, and one of the world’s most exclusive has to be the Club des Chefs des Chefs – the club for chefs to heads of state.  I had a chance to meet many of them … Continue reading

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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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