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: Events
It’s a Rough Job, But Somebody’s Got To Do It!
I was asked to keep this under wraps for a while, but now it can be told: I was a judge for Tulkoff’s Seasonal Spotlight Recipe Challenge. Readers of the Olney Farmers and Artists Market blog will remember that Linda … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore, chipotle aioli, farmers market, horseradish, OFAM, Spike Gjerde, Tulkoff, Woodberry Kitchen
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Green and National Book Festivals This Weekend
I’m about to go down to the Convention Center for a press preview of the Ninth Annual Green Festival, which will be held this weekend. It will have an expanded variety of food programming, demonstrations and displays. Joe Yonan will … Continue reading
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Tagged D.C., Doron Petersan, event, farmers market, Green Festival, Joe Yonan, National Book Festival, OFAM
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Another Area Wegman’s Opens This Sunday
The new Wegman’s store will open in Germantown on Sunday! I met Jo Natale and Cynthia Glover, the PR folks in charge, for a guided tour. They were just as gracious as when they showed me around the Columbia store, … Continue reading
Metropolitan Cooking and Entertaining Show 2012, Part 2: Some Selected Products and Exhibitors
The show floor was filled with many and varied exhibitors. Here are just a few of them, chosen purely by whim. Three impressed me as earnest entrepreneurs, and one just had a really cool visual. South Mountain Veggies is a … Continue reading
Metropolitan Cooking and Entertaining Show 2012, Part 1: The Father-Daughter Act and Other Chefs
When Jacques Pepin had to cancel his appearance at this show in 2011, I was disappointed. In my opinion, he is one of the more influential chefs of the last few decades, both for his partnership with Julia Child and … Continue reading
Not the Civilian Conservation Corps
There’s an organization for every profession, and one of the world’s most exclusive has to be the Club des Chefs des Chefs – the club for chefs to heads of state. I had a chance to meet many of them … Continue reading
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Tagged chefs, Club des Chefs des Chefs, Cristeta Comerford, D.C., event, Gilles Bragard, Jose Andres, National Press Club, OFAM
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The Governor’s Cookout Redux
Once again, in honor of Buy Local Challenge Week, Gov. O’Malley held a party on his lawn for folks involved in local food production and the press. As in years before, tents were erected and tables under them were populated … Continue reading
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Tagged Annapolis, chefs, crabs, event, Governer's Buy Local Cookout, Government House, Governor O'Malley, reporting
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Putting My Mouth Where My Mouth Is
I claim to be an omnivore, or as close to it as possible – so when I saw the notice for the Royal Dutch Embassy’s tasting and discussion on insects as a food source, I knew this was a chance … Continue reading
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Tagged cicada, cooking, D.C., entomophagy, event, reporting, Royal Dutch Embassy
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“Not Where He Eats, But Where He Is Eaten…”
Polonius would have attracted eaters of rotting flesh if Claudius’ men hadn’t found him soon enough, just as the titan arum at the Botanic Garden is supposed to do. I wouldn’t know, even though I went down there yesterday to … Continue reading
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Tagged D.C., event, gardening, reporting, titan arum, United States Botanic Garden
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