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.
Category Archives: Cooking
More Wisdom from Joan Nathan – Review: King Solomon’s Table
In her last book, Quiches, Kugels, and Couscous: My Search for Jewish Cooking in France, Joan Nathan discovered the breadth of international influences on the cooking of one ethnic group in one country. Now, she has expanded her range to … Continue reading
Posted in Cookbook Review, Cooking, Events
Tagged cookbook, cooking, Gaithersburg Book Festival, Joan Nathan, King Solomon's Table, Moti's Market, review
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Into the Wild Garlic Yonder
Way out on the outskirts of Olney, behind an unassuming, suburban house, lurks a vampire’s worst nightmare: the backyard garden of Jim and Mary Nupp, the demon garlic-growers of Brookeville. Debbie Amster, one of our favorite farmers market demo chefs, … Continue reading
Is There Such A Thing As Too Much Chocolate? Part 1: The Local Show
The short answer: No. I have about 1,400 words around the long answer. In 2016, three events stood out as potential chocolate overloads. Fortunately, none managed to quell my love of the dark stuff, but not through lack of trying. … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Eating, Events, Product Review
Tagged chocolate, Co.Co. Sala, cooking, D.C., DC Chocolate Show, event, exhibit, John & Kira's, Marisol Slater, OFAM, Steven Howard, The Chocolate House, Valhrona
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Cookbook Review: Dinner: Changing the Game by Melissa Clark
Melissa Clark dropped by Politics and Prose last week in honor of her latest cookbook, Dinner: Changing the Game. It’s the 38th book she’s written or collaborated on. Since her last book tour, in 2011, she’s been making videos with … Continue reading
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Tagged Bonnie Benwick, cookbook, D.C., event, Melissa Clark, Politics and Prose, Washington Post
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Review: Dutch Treats: Heirloom Recipes from Farmhouse Kitchens by William Woys Weaver
Here is a book by a food historian which goes far beyond a collection of recipes, resembling not so much a cookbook as an ethnography through food. Many recipes are presented with variations of their ingredients and methods over time, … Continue reading
The Weekend of the Books: Two Festivals, Too Much
What genius decided that the National Book Festival would take place on the same weekend as the Baltimore Book Festival??? Friday’s heat and Saturday’s concrete floors darn near did me in, even as I limited my attendance in Baltimore to … Continue reading
Playing Hooky Results in Celebrity Sighting
Last Sunday, I sneaked out of school and visited another farmers market. I know, egregious, right? That’s what it felt like! But I had a good reason, and there was no chef demo to shepherd at the Olney Farmers and … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Eating, Events, Reporting
Tagged CHoW, Culinary Historians of Washington, D.C., farmers market, FreshFarm Markets, Jose Andres
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Get Your Ginger Up!
Bobbi Staat stopped by to show me the trophies that will be awarded for the Sandy Spring Museum’s Gingerbread Celebration. They’re a treat! One looks like jolly James Beard; the other is set to blast off into the Great Gingerbread … Continue reading
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Tagged Bobbi Staat, event, exhibit, Olney, Sandy Spring Museum
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New, Return, Rebirth: Innovation on Your Plate at the Smithsonian Food History Weekend October 22-24, 2015
There was more to the Smithsonian Food History Weekend than I was privy to. Too bad, but the Gala at which the first Julia Child Award was (fittingly) bestowed upon Jacques Pepin was beyond my price point. There was plenty … Continue reading
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Tagged D.C., event, exhibit, farmers market, history, Honest Tea, Julia Child, Naftali Duran, NMAH, Pati Jinich, Patricia Jinich, Paula Johnson, Seth Goldman, Smithsonian
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Food As Art; Art As Food: The Women Chefs Exhibit at Strathmore
Artists in the Kitchen is the subtitle of this eclectic display of portraiture, and the concept is as audacious as the execution. The representations of woman chefs by woman artists range from realistic to wildly conceptual. One, an installation just … Continue reading
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Tagged Carla Hall, chefs, Elise Wendland, event, exhibit, Harriet Lesser, Michelle Hauser, Nora Pouillon, OFAM, Olney, Strathmore, Susan Callahan, Susan Delbert
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