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: Eating
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
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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
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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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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
The Petit Tour of Europe, Part 4: Slovenia
The fourth and last (I promise!) entry about the EU Embassy Open House on May 12, 2012. As our last embassy, we arrived at Slovenia. Sometimes the small embassies are the most enthusiastic about welcoming folks and showing them a … Continue reading
Wegmans Opens Sunday In Columbia
After waiting nearly a century for the ultimate food shopping experience in North America, it has finally arrived just down the road from Olney. Wegmans, a chain of grocery stores from upstate New York with a cult following, has come … Continue reading
The Petit Tour of Europe, Part 3: Beer, Bread and Chocolate in Belgium
From the friendly Finns, we walked a few blocks to Belgium, and bumped into – guess what? another line! This one moved at a slower pace than any of the others, but we were rewarded with a winding amble around … Continue reading
The Petit Tour of Europe Part 2 – Finland
At the Finnish Embassy, there was a longish line to get in, but it moved quickly. We were teased by the smell of fish being grilled at the bottom of the driveway. Soon enough, we entered the monument to Finnish … Continue reading