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
The Governor Invited Us To A Cookout
And we accepted. In honor of Buy Local Challenge Week, Gov. O’Malley held a party on his lawn for folks involved in local food production and press. Many little tents were erected and tables under them were populated by teams … Continue reading
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Tagged chefs, crabs, event, farmers market, Government House, Governor O'Malley, Governor's Buy Local Cookout, reporting
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Julia Child’s 100th Birthday
Is today! Actually, to be totally accurate, it’s the 100th anniversary of her birth. She died at 92 years of age, so she didn’t make it to 100 alive, except that she lives in our memories and her legacy to … Continue reading
Fancy Food Show Part 4: The Parties
There are always after-hours events at the FFS. I attended three of them. The Polish Union of Producers and Employers of the Meat Industry (UPEMI) held a press conference followed by a banquet in celebration of “Tradition, Quality, and European … Continue reading
Eating Local First (And As Often As Possible)
By coincidence (or maybe not), I attended two similar events within three weeks, each focusing on the local food movement. I have already written about the Change Comes To Dinner panel and book signing at 6th & I Historic Synagogue. … Continue reading
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Tagged Ag Reserve, Eat Local First, event, Flavor Magazine, OFAM, Phillips Collection, Rammys
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Fancy Food Show Part 3: Viva Italia!
In the Italian Pavilion, there were Parmesan cheese and prosciutto in abbondanza. There was a very engaging young Italian slicing a leg of prosciutto. I lost track of the number of cheese wheels and hams being displayed and sampled, but … Continue reading
Crisfield Its Ownself
This is how we spent the day in Crisfield while waiting for the Crab & Cruise. We were tempted to take a cruise to Tangier or Smith Island (where the cake comes from), but decided to stay on the mainland. … Continue reading
Boloco Opening – Do We Need Another Burrito Joint?
Bethesda is full of restaurants. The whole DMV would seem to be saturated with fast-food burrito joints (even near my house in the wilds of upper Montgomery, there’s a Cal Tort), so do we need yet another? And an interloper … Continue reading
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Tagged Bethesda, Boloco, John Pepper, reporting, review
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Change Comes to Dinner – And Sixth & I Street
The Book Katherine Gustafson has written a compulsively readable book full of optimism that we can overcome our nation-wide dependence on big agriculture and addiction to obesity-causing fast food. She writes about initiatives across the country – of individuals, families, … Continue reading
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Tagged 6th & I Historic Synagogue, D.C., event, review
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Fancy Food Show Part 2: Two Tastings
The show provides many opportunities to learn about specialized products and markets. I took advantage of two of them, one on appreciating Korean food and one on rare tea. Decoding Korean Cuisine: A Guided Tasting, first presented an overview of … Continue reading
Eating Well in Crisfield – The Crab & Cruise
Last month, we were kindly invited to a two-day celebration of Maryland seafood hosted by Greg Cain, proprietor of The Crab Place, a restaurant and seafood shipping business in Crisfield. I had never been to Crisfield despite living in Maryland … Continue reading
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Tagged chefs, crabs, Crisfield MD, event
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