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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
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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Stranger Things in Sandy Spring
The Thanksgiving holiday has caused the following thing to happen (apologies Washington Post): An apparition has popped up in an otherwise tasteful front yard in Sandy Spring. Opinions vary as to the genesis of this beast. One theory holds that … Continue reading
Wish I’d Been There! “Renoir and Friends: Luncheon of the Boating Party” Exhibit
Who doesn’t love the French Impressionists? And one of the best-known and beloved of their paintings is right here in Washington, DC: Renoir’s Luncheon of the Boating Party. The Phillips Collection has organized an exhibition around their pride and joy, … Continue reading
Posted in Reporting
Tagged D.C., exhibit, Luncheon of the Boating Party, museum, Phillips Collection, Renoir, reporting, review
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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
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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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
Posted in Eating, Events, Reporting
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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