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
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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Too Much Pumpkin: Trader Joe’s Goes Over The Top
Let me just make it clear from the start that I love shopping at Trader Joe’s. Even when they pull the old cancel-your-favorite-product act (which has happened more than once), I still keep going back. But this season’s pumpkin invasion … Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Reporting
Tagged Horn and Hardarts, pumpkin, reporting, seasonal products, Trader Joe's
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Can’t Wait for the Baltimore Book Festival!
This weekend, the Baltimore Book Festival will surround the Inner Harbor with book- and reading-related activities. The food options have been expanded (I hear rumors of lobster rolls), and all vendors will be local and sustainably sourced. Even the demos … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore, Baltimore Book Festival, chefs, cookbook, event
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The Northern (Mexican) Way: Pati Jinich’s Culinary Program at the Mexican Cultural Institute
2015 marks the 25th year since the Mexican Cultural Institute’s establishment. To honor that silver anniversary, the first program of Pati Jinich’s culinary series this year focused on the Silver Route of Northern Mexico. Aguascalientes, Guanajuato , Queretaro, San Luis Potosí: … Continue reading
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Tagged chefs, cooking, D.C., event, Mexican Cultural Institute, Mexico, Pati Jinich, Patricia Jinich
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Pisco, Pachamanca, and Alligator Pears: Peruvian Food at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival
This year’s Folklife Festival was constrained in both space and scope. Squeezed onto the Mall between 3rd and 4th Streets, it focused on only one subject: Peru. But, just as a magnifying glass may concentrate attention on a small but … Continue reading
But You Can See It From Here: The Almost Heaven Benefit
We called our Olney Farmers and Artists Market benefit brunch “Almost Heaven” because it takes a long time to get there, but it’s totally worth it! The climate was certainly agreeable, and the society was, too. MacBride and Gill’s Falcon … Continue reading
Chefs But No Demos At The Gaithersburg Book Festival
Quiz: which local book festival is held outside (in the lovely-weather, low-humidity Spring); attracts nationally-known authors; and has free parking? That event that used to be down on the Mall only has the author thing in common with the Gaithersburg … Continue reading
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Tagged Bryan Voltaggio, Cathal Armstrong, chefs, event, Gaithersburg Book Festival, Nora Pouillon
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Jose and Carla and Joan and Alice: Saturday Night Sips 2015
I don’t usually start an article by dropping names, but I couldn’t help myself. So many shining lights of the local and national firmament in one place! They almost outshone the food. Almost. New this year at Sips: alcoholic elevators. … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Waters, D.C., event, Joan Nathan, Jose Andres, Newseum, Saturday Night Sips
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Can There Be Too Much of a Good Thing? NMAI: The Power of Chocolate
The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian and Mars Chocolate North America sponsored an evening program and reception in advance of the Power of Chocolate Festival in March. In the interest of testing the theory that there can never … Continue reading
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Tagged D.C., event, history, National Museum of the American Indian, NMAI, Smithsonian
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