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
Change Lobsters, and Dance
I went back to Wegman’s in Columbia (see preview) looking for dinner, and stumbled across a treat: Thursday is Lobster Night. At the Food Bar, they will steam to order a 1-pound lobster and serve it to you with corn, … Continue reading
Too Close Starbucks; Invasion of the Albino Bunnies; Free Water
Three strange food-related things observed lately: Two Starbucks Too Close In the Fallsgrove shopping center in Rockville, the Safeway has a Starbucks stall inside. The next store to the left is, guess what? A Starbucks! Is this a contender for … Continue reading
FLASH! Fortune Cookies Have Direct Link To Heaven!
Today I had an experience that was unique in my 50-plus years of eating Chinese food. I cracked open the fortune cookie and found this: <smiley face> God will help you overcome any hardship. <smiley face> Now, I have received … Continue reading
Adventures in Reviewing: A Book Claiming to Teach How to Cook
A few months ago, I won a copy of How to Cook: Delicious Dishes Perfect for Teen Cooks as a door prize. Now, I have been cooking for 50 years, so I would not be the best person to judge … Continue reading
Where The K-Pop Never Stops
Honey Pig first showed up on our radar when we went to the brand-new Lotte Supermarket in Catonsville (just down the road from the H-Mart). There’s a stall selling Honey Pig Dumplings inside the Lotte. We bought some and were … Continue reading
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How Much Is That Donut In The Window?
Book Review: An Economist Gets Lunch: New Rules for Everyday Foodies Tyler Cowen is an economist with an eating habit. The book jacket copy for An Economist Gets Lunch tells us that he writes the “world’s leading economic blog” as … Continue reading
Three Odd Things
I’ve been collecting odd food-related sightings since I’ve been writing (and carrying a phone with a pretty-good built-in camera). Here are three of them. Rude Scarecrows These scarecrows were sighted on Muncaster Road between Route 108 and Redland. They were … Continue reading
A Tale of Two Ciders
Earlier this month, I went to a meeting of a club I have belonged to for many years. This club has a tradition of members bringing refreshments for everyone to share. The tipple of choice is usually beer – those … Continue reading
Good Food and Drink for a Good Cause
This year’s Saturday Night Sips was held once again at the Newseum, and it once again featured an array of creative cocktails, nibbles from the area’s trendy restaurants, and artisanal, handcrafted food by hopeful, entrepreneurial purveyors. Some new features: a … Continue reading
A Farmer, a Chicken and a Bureaucrat Walk Into a Bar…
There was a chicken. There were lots of folks in blue jeans and flannel. There was a genuine Amish farmer with a beard. There were butchering, fermentation and worm-bin-building workshops; and food, much of it locally-produced by the very farmers … Continue reading