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Fomenting Fermenting Farmers – Friday at FH-CASA Conference

I was able to attend both days of this year’s Farming for Profit and Stewardship Conference last month, organized by Future Harvest – Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture (FH-CASA).  On Friday, there was a choice of several workshops before their … Continue reading

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Ladies and Lees Who Lunch

I was kindly invited to attend the luncheon on the first day of the Washington Winter Show (which is the renamed Washington Antique Show).  This was an opportunity for social Washingtonians to support a fine set of charities while enjoying … Continue reading

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When Worlds Collide

On Saturday I attended the opening reception for Jon Mort’s exhibit of graphite drawings at the Sandy Spring Museum.  They are fabulous, in all senses of the word!  On Sunday, I returned for the first winter Farmers Market of the … Continue reading

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Festive Feliz Navidad At The Mexican Cultural Institute

Earlier this month, I was lucky to be invited to attend the last in a series of demo-dinners featuring Pati Jinich at the Mexican Cultural Institute.  The building itself is a treat, with interior walls covered with murals and spacious … Continue reading

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We Are Down With Downton Abbey

Last Thursday, WETA sponsored an advance screening of the first episode of Downton Abbey’s fourth season, to be broadcast Sunday.  I can now authoritatively state that Life triumphs over Death – and that’s the extent of the spoilers in this … Continue reading

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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

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Green and National Book Festivals This Weekend

I’m about to go down to the Convention Center for a press preview of the Ninth Annual Green Festival, which will be held this weekend. It will have an expanded variety of food programming, demonstrations and displays. Joe Yonan will … Continue reading

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Metropolitan Cooking and Entertaining Show 2012, Part 2: Some Selected Products and Exhibitors

The show floor was filled with many and varied exhibitors.  Here are just a few of them, chosen purely by whim.  Three impressed me as earnest entrepreneurs, and one just had a really cool visual. South Mountain Veggies is a … Continue reading

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Not the Civilian Conservation Corps

There’s an organization for every profession, and one of the world’s most exclusive has to be the Club des Chefs des Chefs – the club for chefs to heads of state.  I had a chance to meet many of them … Continue reading

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The Governor’s Cookout Redux

Once again, in honor of Buy Local Challenge Week, Gov. O’Malley held a party on his lawn for folks involved in local food production and the press.  As in years before, tents were erected and tables under them were populated … Continue reading

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