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.
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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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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
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
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The Weekend of the Books: Two Festivals, Too Much
What genius decided that the National Book Festival would take place on the same weekend as the Baltimore Book Festival??? Friday’s heat and Saturday’s concrete floors darn near did me in, even as I limited my attendance in Baltimore to … Continue reading
The Northern (Mexican) Way: Pati Jinich’s Culinary Program at the Mexican Cultural Institute
2015 marks the 25th year since the Mexican Cultural Institute’s establishment. To honor that silver anniversary, the first program of Pati Jinich’s culinary series this year focused on the Silver Route of Northern Mexico. Aguascalientes, Guanajuato , Queretaro, San Luis Potosí: … Continue reading
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Tagged chefs, cooking, D.C., event, Mexican Cultural Institute, Mexico, Pati Jinich, Patricia Jinich
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Pisco, Pachamanca, and Alligator Pears: Peruvian Food at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival
This year’s Folklife Festival was constrained in both space and scope. Squeezed onto the Mall between 3rd and 4th Streets, it focused on only one subject: Peru. But, just as a magnifying glass may concentrate attention on a small but … Continue reading
So Good! Cooking with Chestnut Puree
I don’t usually use this blog to brag, but I just made such a good supper that I couldn’t resist. I had a spaghetti squash that I needed a sauce for, and some cooked chicken, half a can of diced … Continue reading
Sounds Good AND Tastes Great – Appetite at Strathmore Part 2: Everything Else: Saturday
Saturday at Appetite at Strathmore was packed with events, so many simultaneously that missing something good seemed unavoidable – however, we soldiered on into the fray, thankful for what we could experience. Which turned out to be very satisfying. We … Continue reading
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Tagged chefs, cooking, Corned Beef King, Ellen Kassoff Gray, event, Jewish, Neighborhood Restaurant Group, Robert Wiedmaier, Scott Drewno, Strathmore, Todd Gray
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The Next Best Thing To Eating
The “Feast Your Eyes” Exhibit at Annmarie Garden, and a Related Book Talk Books That Cook edited by Jennifer Cognard-Black and Melissa A. Goldthwaite, New York University Press, 2014. Jennifer Cognard-Black could have filled the hour by lecturing on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Annmarie Garden, art, cooking, event, exhibit, Jennifer Cognard-Black
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I’ll Have a Basket of Maguey Worms and a Dog, Ready to Cook, Please.
You, too, can stand in the great marketplace at Tenochtitlan, capital city of the ancient Aztec empire, and absorb the sights and sounds of commerce. Acres of foodstuffs are spread out around you, all the bounty of the New World … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking, D.C., exhibit, FUZE SW, history, Julia Child, National Geographic, reporting, review
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