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
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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Holey Socks, Holy Smokes!
The success of a two-hander play depends on two things: the script and the relationship between the two players. In The Mountaintop, one sex has a slight advantage: she’s literally heavenly. Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Events, Media Review, Reporting
Tagged event, Martin Luther King jr, review, Round House Theatre, The Fourth Wall, The Mountaintop
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Synergy and Serendipity at the National Book Festival
The National Book Festival attracted throngs of book-lovers to the Washington Convention Center. I was one of them. Continue reading
!9 Kitchens 9!: New Kitchens on the Block at Mess Hall
This last version of New Kitchens on the Block was the ninth opportunity to try the wares of a slew of emerging eateries all at once. Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Events, Reporting, Restaurant Review
Tagged Alfreda, chefs, Cielo Rojo, D.C., Elena James, event, Kevin Tien, Mahal, Mallard, Matt Baker, Mess Hall, New Kitchens on the Block, Non Se, reporting, San Pancho, Two Nine Omakase, Urai
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Not Phoning It In: Review of Radio Golf at Round House
You will be both entertained and provoked to thought by this excellently written and acted production. Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Events, Media Review
Tagged August Wilson, event, Radio Golf, reporting, review, Round House Theatre, Sunflower Bakery
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New Kitchens on the Block Coming This Saturday
New Kitchens on the Block will be an opportunity to get a taste of emerging restaurant concepts by some very successful chefs. Continue reading
Anticipation: Waiting for Two Openings
For months now, two opening events have been eagerly awaited in these parts. Salt and Vine, the new restaurant in the Olney House, has been soft-opened for dinner for about a week. The other, Olney Winery in Ashton, now projects opening “sometime between June and July.” Continue reading
Posted in Events, Reporting
Tagged Chef Tom Zeppelli, event, OFAM, Olney, Olney Winery, reporting, Salt and Vine
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I Love A Parade! The Cherry Blossom Blowout
I had never been to the Cherry Blossom Parade before, so I was looking forward to this year’s production – and the Sakura Matsuri was conveniently located a block away. Both were so full of sensation and sensory overload that it was quite an overwhelming day. The parade didn’t have much of a food connection, but the Matsuri made up for that.
Posted in Eating, Events, Reporting
Tagged Cabrales Koji, Cherry Blossom Parade, D.C., Dolci Gelati, eating, event, National Cherry Blossom Festival, reporting, Sakura Matsuri, taiyaki
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Cherry Blossom Time
The Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington DC is going strong. Continue reading
Posted in Events, Reporting
Tagged Conrad Hotel, D.C., event, National Cherry Blossom Festival, reporting
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