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
It Never Gets Old 2: The Fancy Food Show, 2017 Edition Part 2: The Parties
Off-site parties are a fixture of the Show. We attended two outstanding ones: the French Pavilion cocktail party, and the wonderful Urbani truffle cruise. There were many delicious tidbits at the French party, including jambon de Bayonne, with jolly jambonniers … Continue reading
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Tagged caviar, cidre, Fancy Food Show, France, jambon, Parties, prosciutto, reporting, Urbani Truffles
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It Never Gets Old: The Fancy Food Show, 2017 Edition Part 1: The Show Floor
There were many new things to write about at this year’s show, as well as lots of those tried-and-true features which I look for from years past. I once again found myself spending lots of time in the Italian pavilion. … Continue reading
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Tagged Berry Bible, chefs, Emmanuel Piqueras, event, Fancy Food Show, Fiasconaro, Italy, Jewish, Matzo Project, Rao's, reporting, Rosanna Di Michele, Sabor y Fusion, Stroopwafel
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The Apple, the Coffeepot, the Chef, and the Artist
The prolific artist Paul Cezanne’s most well-known paintings are arguably his still-lifes and landscapes, yet he produced about 160 portraits over his career. The National Gallery of Art has gathered 60 of them into a fascinating exhibit which provides a … Continue reading
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Tagged Cezanne, Christopher Curtis, D.C., exhibit, National Gallery of Art, Starr Catering Group
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The Care and Feeding of Farmers: Future Harvest CASA’s 19th Annual Conference
They provide our basic foodstuffs. They grow a dazzling variety of fruits and vegetables. They use their bounty to create tasty and nourishing products that enrich our lives. They grow “non-commercial” or “specialty” crops: what we actually put on our … Continue reading
Lights On In Baltimore: Food Lab@Light City 2017
Climbing the stairs to the second floor space of IMET Columbus Center, on a pier of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, I was worried that this event would be a generator of monotonous visuals – just one set of folks talking after … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Eating, Events, Reporting
Tagged Baltimore, chefs, Danielle Nierenberg, event, Jeff Henderson, Light City Baltimore, Marcus Samuelsson, Spike Gjerde, Woodberry Kitchen
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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
Two Queens, The Governor, and Soft-Shelled Crabs: The 2016 Governor’s Maryland Buy-Local Cookout
Once again, the 2016 Governor’s Cookout was the place to be for the finest interpretations of our amazing local ingredients. Even the July evening was temperate for the time of year. There were opportunities to schmooze with interesting characters and … Continue reading
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Tagged Annapolis, chefs, cookbook, Governor Hogan, Governor's Buy Local Cookout, Yumi Hogan
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Old Friends and New at the 2016 Summer Fancy Food Show, Part 3: Party Hardy
And for the last word on the Summer Fancy Food Show, a report on the fabulous cruise party thrown for Urbani Truffles’ Annual Celebration. It topped last year’s party, and that’s saying a lot! We Ubered down to the pier … Continue reading
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Tagged Ca' del Bosco, Calvisius Caviar, Fancy Food Show, Olga Urbani, Urbani Truffles
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Old Friends and New at the 2016 Summer Fancy Food Show, Part 2: Ham Obsession
This year, I decided to undertake a photo-essay of the many legs of cured pork being carefully slivered in the cause of delicious. I didn’t come close to capturing them all, but I made a dent. Here was a Jamon … Continue reading