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
Unboxing, The New Thrill: Yo Mama’s Foods
Unboxing and reviewing products has replaced some of the delights of normal food blogging life. Continue reading
Mysteries of Bucatini
The question of the hour is: where has all the bucatini gone? The pandemic shelves are bare of toilet paper, bleach, and …bucatini?? Apparently so. Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Eating
Tagged bucatini, Grub Street, Olney Farmers and Artists Market, pasta
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The Obscure Object of My Desire: Huitlacoche Found
In the middle of August in the middle of the week, I ran out of field-grown tomatoes. Not wanting to wait until the farmers market on Sunday, I went over to Sandy Spring Gardens, where Tom Farquhar raises organic vegetables … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Eating
Tagged Huitlacoche, Mary Sue Milliken, Sandy Spring Gardens, Susan Feniger, Tom Farquhar
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Heirloom Yogurt: Feeding My Habit
A few days ago I made my seventy-first consecutive batch of yogurt. It all started in 2016, when I attended a workshop in yogurt-making as part of the biennial Les Dames D’Escoffier Symposium. The technique I learned there was way … Continue reading
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Tagged DIY, Fermenting, National Press Club, Susan Delbert, Yogurt
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Soup of the Evening, Beautiful Soup
I didn’t manage to experience (immersively!) the installation by the conceptual artist Rirkrit Tiravanija at the Hirshhorn last summer, but I did arrange a visit to Glenstone before the end of its similar exhibit. It closes April 5, so there’s … Continue reading
We All Scream for Jeni’s: Two More Splendid Ice Cream Shops to Open
The first Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams Scoop Shop in our area opened in October, 2017, at 17th and U St. NW. I was at the opening, but for some inexplicable reason neglected to post about the event. Now, I have … Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Events
Tagged Alexandria, Bethesda, D.C., event, Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams
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News Flash: Redbud Flowers Are Edible, And So Are Hon Tsai Tai
Yes, I have recently learned that the redbud tree’s flowers, like many others, can safely be consumed. I’ve been meaning for a few years now to try my hand at pickling cherry blossoms, but have been unable to source flowers … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Eating
Tagged Common Root Farm, cooking, foraging, hon tsai tai, New York Times, OFAM, Olney Farmers and Artists Market, redbud flowers
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Tintoretto! Tentacles! What Do These Things Have in Common?
Why, the National Gallery of Art, of course. Specifically, the impressive new exhibit of Jacopo Tintoretto’s art, and the new tie-in menu at the Garden Café. The show, on view through July 7, includes almost 50 paintings and some … Continue reading
As One Store Closes, Another Store Opens: The New Olney Giant
In the year of our lord 1972, a bright, shiny new supermarket opened in Olney, a sleepy suburb about midway between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. There weren’t many food shopping options here then; Giant was a brave, lonely pioneer (although … Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Events, Reporting
Tagged Dave Johnson, G-Wiz, Giant Supermarket, Gordon Reid, Olney, Soupergirl, Starbucks, Wild Kombucha
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