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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Can There Be Too Much of a Good Thing? NMAI: The Power of Chocolate
The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian and Mars Chocolate North America sponsored an evening program and reception in advance of the Power of Chocolate Festival in March. In the interest of testing the theory that there can never … Continue reading
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Tagged D.C., event, history, National Museum of the American Indian, NMAI, Smithsonian
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The 2014 Governor’s Buy Local Cookout: Silver and the Watermelon Queens
Silver Queen. How evocative is that phrase? For your faithful correspondent, it conjures the corner farm market, whose produce came from the fields down the road. Every day at 6 p.m. in corn season (stretched out by serial plantings), a … Continue reading
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Tagged Annapolis, event, Governer's Buy Local Cookout, Governor O'Malley, Karen Montgomery, Silver Queen Corn
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Truck On Down To The Food Truck Convention
The food truck scene in our area has exploded in the last few years. Time was, if you wanted more than a hot dog when dining al fresco in downtown DC, you were out of luck. And try finding food … Continue reading
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
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Tagged chocolate, coffee, D.C., Embassy of Italy, event, Expo Milano 2015, Francine Segan, Italian Cultural Institute, Italy, Library of Congress, Nutella, pasta
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What Chefs Talk About When They Talk To Each Other: Chef Connect: Baltimore 2015
Every profession has professional associations, and most professional associations have get-togethers. Meet and mingle, network, see the latest gadgets and raw materials, learn the trends and how to exploit them; in short, become better at what you do – that’s … Continue reading
Ethnic Bazaars Abound Around Here
Faithful readers of this blog will know of my fondness for church bazaars (another link here). For the 2014 Christmas Bazaar season, we decided to concentrate on those with a big food component. Many in this category were the Nordics … Continue reading
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Tagged aebleskiver, bazaars, Danish, event, Finnish, Hungarian, Tisza Ensemble
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Double Down Downton Abbey
It’s time, once again, for us on the far side of the pond to see the new season of Downton Abbey (or will be, starting in January 2015). WETA-TV sponsored a preview at the Marriott Wardman Park ballroom, as they … 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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Sounds Good AND Tastes Great – Appetite at Strathmore, Part 1: Giada!
Previously known as one of the outstanding venues for music and performance in Montgomery County, Strathmore has taken a leap into the world of the taste buds with “Appetite – A Gastronomic Experience,” two days of talking, cooking and sampling … Continue reading
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Tagged Appetite, chefs, event, Giada de Laurentiis, Strathmore
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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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