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 Pastrami You Meet In Heaven
Food is Love: a sentiment no one would dispute, so true that there could hardly be room for discussion. Yet, this simple statement contains multitudes – and drives family dynamics. It can certainly sustain a two-hour play, and there’s a … Continue reading
What You Need, and Need to Know: USBevX 2018
Last year, I went to the trade show of USBevX, the U.S. Wine & Beverage Industry Expo. It was both fun and enlightening. Read about it here. This year, I will be attending some of the sessions geared towards winemaker … Continue reading
From Farm To Fabulous
Celebrate the end of a very long winter and enjoy nature’s bounty! Friends of the Olney Farmers and Artists Market invites you to join us for behind the scenes, exclusive tours of four of our most fabulous farms. The events … Continue reading
The Care and Feeding of Farmers: Future Harvest CASA’s 19th Annual Conference
They provide our basic foodstuffs. They grow a dazzling variety of fruits and vegetables. They use their bounty to create tasty and nourishing products that enrich our lives. They grow “non-commercial” or “specialty” crops: what we actually put on our … Continue reading
It’s All About the Products
The notice for this year’s Arcadia Farmer-Chef Speed-Sourcing Happy Hour reminded me that I needed to post about last year’s event. There was also a similar (but less structured) happening later in the year, so I thought I would combine them … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Product Review, Reporting
Tagged Arcadia Farmer Chef Speed Sourcing, Askinosie, Blue Bottle Coffee, Cafe Kreyol, Caputo Brothers, D.C., Dolcezza Gelati, event, Good Food Mercantile, J. Q. Dickinson Salt Works, Nathan Miller Chocolate, OFAM, Oliver Farm, Point Reyes Cheese, reporting, Sugar Bobs Smoked Maple Syrup, True Syrup, Victoria Amory, Zekes Coffee, Zingermans
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Lights On In Baltimore: Food Lab@Light City 2017
Climbing the stairs to the second floor space of IMET Columbus Center, on a pier of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, I was worried that this event would be a generator of monotonous visuals – just one set of folks talking after … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Eating, Events, Reporting
Tagged Baltimore, chefs, Danielle Nierenberg, event, Jeff Henderson, Light City Baltimore, Marcus Samuelsson, Spike Gjerde, Woodberry Kitchen
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More Wisdom from Joan Nathan – Review: King Solomon’s Table
In her last book, Quiches, Kugels, and Couscous: My Search for Jewish Cooking in France, Joan Nathan discovered the breadth of international influences on the cooking of one ethnic group in one country. Now, she has expanded her range to … Continue reading
Posted in Cookbook Review, Cooking, Events
Tagged cookbook, cooking, Gaithersburg Book Festival, Joan Nathan, King Solomon's Table, Moti's Market, review
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Two Queens, The Governor, and Soft-Shelled Crabs: The 2016 Governor’s Maryland Buy-Local Cookout
Once again, the 2016 Governor’s Cookout was the place to be for the finest interpretations of our amazing local ingredients. Even the July evening was temperate for the time of year. There were opportunities to schmooze with interesting characters and … Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Events, Reporting
Tagged Annapolis, chefs, cookbook, Governor Hogan, Governor's Buy Local Cookout, Yumi Hogan
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Old Friends and New at the 2016 Summer Fancy Food Show, Part 3: Party Hardy
And for the last word on the Summer Fancy Food Show, a report on the fabulous cruise party thrown for Urbani Truffles’ Annual Celebration. It topped last year’s party, and that’s saying a lot! We Ubered down to the pier … Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Events, Reporting
Tagged Ca' del Bosco, Calvisius Caviar, Fancy Food Show, Olga Urbani, Urbani Truffles
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