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.
Author Archives: Judy
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
Posted in Cooking, Eating, Events
Tagged Alice Waters, chefs, cookbook, D.C., farmers market, Jose Andres, tea towels, Trader Joe's, Wegman's
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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
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
Posted in Eating, Events
Tagged Baltimore, chipotle aioli, farmers market, horseradish, OFAM, Spike Gjerde, Tulkoff, Woodberry Kitchen
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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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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
Posted in Eating, Events
Tagged D.C., Doron Petersan, event, farmers market, Green Festival, Joe Yonan, National Book Festival, OFAM
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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
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
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
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
Posted in Events
Tagged chefs, Club des Chefs des Chefs, Cristeta Comerford, D.C., event, Gilles Bragard, Jose Andres, National Press Club, OFAM
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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
Posted in Eating, Events
Tagged Annapolis, chefs, crabs, event, Governer's Buy Local Cookout, Government House, Governor O'Malley, reporting
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