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: Reporting
Into the Wild Garlic Yonder
Way out on the outskirts of Olney, behind an unassuming, suburban house, lurks a vampire’s worst nightmare: the backyard garden of Jim and Mary Nupp, the demon garlic-growers of Brookeville. Debbie Amster, one of our favorite farmers market demo chefs, … Continue reading
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
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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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Old Friends and New at the 2016 Summer Fancy Food Show, Part 2: Ham Obsession
This year, I decided to undertake a photo-essay of the many legs of cured pork being carefully slivered in the cause of delicious. I didn’t come close to capturing them all, but I made a dent. Here was a Jamon … Continue reading
Old Friends and New at the 2016 Summer Fancy Food Show, Part 1: Tunisia and Other Countries
Another terrific tour of the world’s food and drink in New York! Unfortunately, we could only stay for two days this year. It was enough to get a smattering of the best goods on offer. Tunisia was the partner country … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Moore, Bob's Red Mill, Casa Luker, Fancy Food Show, Francine Segan, Italy, Morocco, New York City, Scotland, Tunisia
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Is There Such A Thing As Too Much Chocolate? Part 3: Far Afield
And the final outstanding chocolate event of 2016 was our visit to the Askinosie chocolate factory in Springfield, MO, on the way to Kansas City. If you look up “artisan chocolate maker” in the dictionary, Shawn Askinosie’s picture should be … Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Events, Product Review, Reporting
Tagged Askinosie, chocolate, reporting, Shawn Askinosie
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Is There Such A Thing As Too Much Chocolate? Part 2: Where The Pros Go
Chocolate event the second: Elevate Chocolate, a semiannual gathering for chocolate professionals held the day before the Fancy Food Show, by the Fine Chocolate Industry Association. In the summer of 2016, at a hotel off Times Square, an afternoon and … Continue reading
Everything You Need and More: The USBevX Trade Show
USBevX is a conference and trade show for Eastern and Midwestern beverage producers. The conference sessions address a plethora of in-the-weeds topics about producing and marketing alcoholic drinks; the trade show collected about fifty vendors of products and services who … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Reporting
Tagged Amoretti, beer, canned wine, Chaddsford, cider, Gravotech, Kauffman's, Lucky Clover, Oakwise, USBevX, wine
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Icy Bikers, Homemade Booze, Black Russians: The 2016 Bazaar Roundup
For this year’s round of bazaar eating, we decided to try some new ones in addition to our old standbys. We discovered a new favorite or two, and one that would become a favorite if it weren’t so darned far … Continue reading
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Tagged bazaars, beer, Eastern Europe, homebrew, Iceland, wine
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My Slanted Opinion and the Jade Night Market
There we were out in Portland, Oregon, on a eating and sightseeing jaunt, back in 2015, on the way to Spokane. We made a special effort to visit a street market in an Asian neighborhood, and it was well worth … Continue reading
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Tagged event, Jade International Night Market, Portland, Portland Jade District, reporting, The Slants
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