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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: Events
Food and Roving in Scotland: Our Trip to Glasgow and Edinburgh Part 3: The Other Festival
While researching the Fringe, I discovered another event in Edinburgh that gave me a severe case of FOMO. The Edinburgh International Book Festival. Continue reading
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Tagged Asma Khan, cookbook, Edinburgh, Edinburgh International Book Festival, event, reporting
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Almost Too Much Chocolate: The DC Chocolate Festival
The 7th Annual DC Chocolate Festival was a chocolate lover’s dream. In the airy atrium of the French Cultural Institute, makers of bars, bonbons and assorted other products lined the walls, offering samples and selling their wares. Several educational programs were held, and many of those involved tastings. It was a feast for all the senses, with opportunities to take away some fine examples of artisanal products. Continue reading
A Day In Two Countries: Sakura Matsuri and The Blessing of the Fleet
Last year on the Day of Cherry Blossom Saturation we attended both the parade and the Sakura Matsuri. This year, just for a change, we skipped the parade but subbed in another event which, coincidentally, took place on the same day and in almost the same location. Continue reading
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Tagged Blessing of the Fleet, D.C., event, reporting, Sakura Matsuri, US Navy Memorial
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Advance Notice: The Seventh DC Chocolate Festival Approaches
Chocolate is one of my favorite things, so I am really looking forward to the seventh iteration of the DC Chocolate Festival this Saturday. Continue reading
Wild Backyard: Early Spring 2024 Edition
Well, it’s finally happening! The daytime temperature is mild enough to shed one’s winter coat. The cherry blossoms are waning, the redbuds are just starting to show, the bulbs are poppin’ up all over, and spring greens are there for the picking. Continue reading
Truthful and Not-as-Truthful: Review of Spring Break at Round House
There’s a terrific event happening this weekend at Round House Theatre. On Friday night, I caught the first of three performances of the 22nd Annual Sarah Metzger Memorial Play, Spring Break, by the Teen Performance Company, Continue reading
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Tagged event, reporting, review, Round House Theatre
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Red February: Guinness For Lunar New Year, and So Much Merch
Wow. So much going on this month, and so much of it red! Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Events, Product Review, Reporting
Tagged event, Guinness, Guinness Luck of the Dragon, Harris Teeter, reporting, review, Valentines Day
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Mincemeat, Smoked Salmon and So Much Booze: The Seafarer Review
Four comrades meet for a poker party one Christmas Eve night, with a stranger invited to make up the number for five-card draw. Continue reading
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Tagged review, Round House Theatre, The Seafarer
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Indistinguishable From Magic: Koji Up Close
Although far less familiar in the West, koji has been the foundation of Japanese cuisine for centuries. It’s rice (or another starch) inoculated with the fungus Aspergillus oryzae, and it’s the basic ingredient for soy sauce, sake, miso, rice vinegar and many other products. Now koji has become the trendy plaything of chefs all over the world. Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Eating, Events, Reporting
Tagged Carla Hall, cooking, event, koji, Les Dames D'Escoffier, Noma, Rene Redzepi, reporting, sake
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