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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Adventures in Reviewing: A Book Claiming to Teach How to Cook
A few months ago, I won a copy of How to Cook: Delicious Dishes Perfect for Teen Cooks as a door prize. Now, I have been cooking for 50 years, so I would not be the best person to judge … Continue reading
You Know You’re Old When…
(and this is NOT a joke!) when you see the stuff of your childhood behind glass at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History FOOD Exhibit, for which Julia Child’s kitchen is now the centerpiece. Granted, it is subtitled “Transforming … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Eating, Events
Tagged Alice Waters, cooking, D.C., event, exhibit, history, Julia Child, NMAH, reporting
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The Cardoon Adventure
Last Sunday, we went down to the Takoma Park Farmer’s Market. One of the farmers was selling cardoons. They were bundles of stalks two feet long, and they looked pretty formidable, like great big, overgrown celery. Cardoons are cousins to … Continue reading
Daredevil Chefs at Market
Chef John Melfi of the Blue Duck Tavern at the Park Hyatt and his sous chef Michael did a star turn at the Olney Farmers and Artists Market last Sunday. They chose to prepare Watermelon Gazpacho, even though they had … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Duck Tavern, chefs, cooking, farmers market, OFAM, Olney
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A Pennsylvania Interlude
We had an errand to run in Chadds Ford, PA, southwest of Philadelphia, so we took the opportunity to eat in Hank’s Place. This used to be one of the places we stopped off on our way to Philly, when … Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Restaurant Review
Tagged Chadd's Ford, cheesesteak, cooking, Hank's Place, ice cream, Kennett Square, La Michoacána, mushrooms, Pennsylvania, Phillips Mushrooms, review, Woodlands
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Fancy Food Show Part 3: Viva Italia!
In the Italian Pavilion, there were Parmesan cheese and prosciutto in abbondanza. There was a very engaging young Italian slicing a leg of prosciutto. I lost track of the number of cheese wheels and hams being displayed and sampled, but … Continue reading
Ah, Love! Ah Love: Ah Love Oil & Vinegar
We took a field trip down to The Village at Shirlington, a chichi little shopping and dining district in Arlington, to visit the Ah Love Oil & Vinegar store, on the occasion of their first anniversary. They were having chef … Continue reading
So Much For THAT Vegetable Garden!
Remember the lettuce I wrote about in a previous post? It did not live up to the promises of the Master Gardeners. Here is what it looked like today: It never became the thick, leafy plantation which the (greenhouse-grown) samples … Continue reading
Lettuce Entertains Me
As part of my recovery from the heart bypass I mentioned in a previous post, I have been taking cardio rehab sessions at Montgomery General Hospital three times a week. These sessions are located directly across the hall from the … Continue reading
Quite a Year for Poke
I can’t decide whether asparagus or pokeweed is my favorite spring vegetable. Last year poke was surprisingly sparse and late to develop, maybe because it was so rainy. This year, however, is making up for last. Poke (aka poke salat … Continue reading