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.
Tag Archives: chocolate
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
Leave a comment
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
1 Comment
Is There Such A Thing As Too Much Chocolate? Part 1: The Local Show
The short answer: No. I have about 1,400 words around the long answer. In 2016, three events stood out as potential chocolate overloads. Fortunately, none managed to quell my love of the dark stuff, but not through lack of trying. … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Eating, Events, Product Review
Tagged chocolate, Co.Co. Sala, cooking, D.C., DC Chocolate Show, event, exhibit, John & Kira's, Marisol Slater, OFAM, Steven Howard, The Chocolate House, Valhrona
1 Comment
Two Lessons on Italian Food: Francine Segan on Pasta, Coffee, Chocolate and Other Delights
“She’s prettier in person,” the middle-aged man next to me whispered. He was right. Francine Segan, cookbook author, host of the TV series Americans who Love Italy, expert on Italian cuisine, stood at the lectern wearing a beautifully-embroidered coat. She … Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Events
Tagged chocolate, coffee, D.C., Embassy of Italy, event, Expo Milano 2015, Francine Segan, Italian Cultural Institute, Italy, Library of Congress, Nutella, pasta
Leave a comment
Best Hot Chocolate Ever – And Some Excellent Crafts, Too
We were lured to the press preview of the new exhibit, Cutting-Edge Spanish Crafts, Innovation and Design in Contemporary Crafts Industries, at the Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain by the promise of chocolate con churros. We were not … Continue reading
The Trip Different: A Week In Santa Fe, Part 2: FUZE SW Conference, Sunday
We had a light breakfast of pumpkin empanadas at the coffee shop attached to our casita rental office, and arrived back at the MOIFA atrium in time for the opening keynote. Jeffery Pilcher, professor of history and author of Planet … Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Events
Tagged chefs, chocolate, Deborah Madison, event, Four Seasons, FUZE SW, mate, MOIFA, Santa Fe, Santa Fe Culinary Academy
2 Comments