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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Fancy Food Show Part 4: The Parties
There are always after-hours events at the FFS. I attended three of them. The Polish Union of Producers and Employers of the Meat Industry (UPEMI) held a press conference followed by a banquet in celebration of “Tradition, Quality, and European … Continue reading
Eating Local First (And As Often As Possible)
By coincidence (or maybe not), I attended two similar events within three weeks, each focusing on the local food movement. I have already written about the Change Comes To Dinner panel and book signing at 6th & I Historic Synagogue. … Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Events
Tagged Ag Reserve, Eat Local First, event, Flavor Magazine, OFAM, Phillips Collection, Rammys
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Fancy Food Show Part 3: Viva Italia!
In the Italian Pavilion, there were Parmesan cheese and prosciutto in abbondanza. There was a very engaging young Italian slicing a leg of prosciutto. I lost track of the number of cheese wheels and hams being displayed and sampled, but … Continue reading
Crisfield Its Ownself
This is how we spent the day in Crisfield while waiting for the Crab & Cruise. We were tempted to take a cruise to Tangier or Smith Island (where the cake comes from), but decided to stay on the mainland. … Continue reading
Boloco Opening – Do We Need Another Burrito Joint?
Bethesda is full of restaurants. The whole DMV would seem to be saturated with fast-food burrito joints (even near my house in the wilds of upper Montgomery, there’s a Cal Tort), so do we need yet another? And an interloper … Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Events, Restaurant Review
Tagged Bethesda, Boloco, John Pepper, reporting, review
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Change Comes to Dinner – And Sixth & I Street
The Book Katherine Gustafson has written a compulsively readable book full of optimism that we can overcome our nation-wide dependence on big agriculture and addiction to obesity-causing fast food. She writes about initiatives across the country – of individuals, families, … Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Events, Food Book Review
Tagged 6th & I Historic Synagogue, D.C., event, review
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Fancy Food Show Part 2: Two Tastings
The show provides many opportunities to learn about specialized products and markets. I took advantage of two of them, one on appreciating Korean food and one on rare tea. Decoding Korean Cuisine: A Guided Tasting, first presented an overview of … Continue reading
Eating Well in Crisfield – The Crab & Cruise
Last month, we were kindly invited to a two-day celebration of Maryland seafood hosted by Greg Cain, proprietor of The Crab Place, a restaurant and seafood shipping business in Crisfield. I had never been to Crisfield despite living in Maryland … Continue reading
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Tagged chefs, crabs, Crisfield MD, event
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Fancy Food Show Part 1: Show Floor
The Fancy Food Show was held in the Washington Convention Center in June. This annual event, open only to the trade, is a chance for specialty food producers to show their latest products, take orders, scope out their competition, and … Continue reading
Ah, Love! Ah Love: Ah Love Oil & Vinegar
We took a field trip down to The Village at Shirlington, a chichi little shopping and dining district in Arlington, to visit the Ah Love Oil & Vinegar store, on the occasion of their first anniversary. They were having chef … Continue reading