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: Product Review
Chocolate And Cicadas, Together At Last: Chouquette’s Very Seasonal Specialty
Starting in 2021 with our local Brood X experience, Sarah Dwyer designed a gift box including her classic bonbons, molded cicadas filled with marshmallow creme in either milk or dark chocolate, an enamel pin, sticker, and greeting card. And! Six actual, chocolate-covered insects, each about an inch and a half long and looking just like oblong blobs. Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Product Review, Reporting
Tagged chocolate, Chouquette, cicada, reporting, review, Sarah Dwyer
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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
Together At Last: Two Of My Favorite Things – Ice Cream and Guinness
Guinness-infused ice cream. Really! The Taylor folks (the PR firm for Guinness) sent me a sample of “Lucky Sundaes by Guinness,” just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Product Review, Reporting
Tagged Goldbelly, Guinness, ice cream, Lucky Sundaes by Guinness, reporting, review, Tipsy Scoop
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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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Jingle Berry, Jingle Merry: Smirnoff Limited Edition Vodka for Holiday Cheer
‘Tis the season for all sorts of special holiday versions of old favorite brands. And so, the merry elves at Taylor Strategies have sent along a Limited Edition of Smirnoff vodka to sample. Continue reading
Tomato Smackdown
Field-grown or tunneled, which tomato tastes better? Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Product Review, Reporting
Tagged farmers market, heirloom tomatoes, OFAM, reporting, Sandy Spring Gardens
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The Eating and Drinking of the Green
The Eating and Drinking of the Green; one good thing, one not so much Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Product Review, Reporting
Tagged Giant food, green bagels, Guinness, Olney, reporting
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A Tale of Two Guinness: Tasting Two Variations
Tasting Two Variations by Guinness: Old Fashioned Inspired Ale and Guinness 0 Continue reading
Three Fowl Things
You don’t have to go far to find strange things these days – just browse your local main-line supermarket. I’m used to finding exotic ingredients and quirky imported products in ethnic markets, but here are three surprising things found in my local Harris Teeter and Giant Food. Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Product Review, Reporting
Tagged chicken paws, deep-fried turkey, Giant food, Harris Teeter, reporting, review, terducken
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