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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New Management, Same Dedication To Local Food: The 2015 Governor’s Buy-Local Cookout
Last year’s Governor’s Buy-Local Cookout belied fears that the change of parties might affect that office’s dedication to Maryland food producers. The event on the governor’s mansion lawn showed just as much consideration for the promotion of local products as … Continue reading
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Tagged Annapolis, event, Governer's Buy Local Cookout, Governor Hogan, John Shields, OFAM, reporting
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Have Another Taste: The 2015 Summer Fancy Food Show Part 2: A Fabulous Party and Other Events
I should start with the formal opening ceremony, even though I was just slightly late, and had to stand behind the big cameras. Never mind, it gave me a chance to take a few of my favorite kind of meta-pictures. … Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Events, Food Book Review
Tagged chefs, Doug Rauch, event, Fancy Food Show, Italian Trade Commission, Italy, Lidia Bastianich, Olga Urbani, reporting, truffles, Urbani Truffles
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The Farmer in the Show: James T. Farmer III at the Washington Winter Show
I live in Maryland, and it’s usually easy to forget that it’s a border state. You can’t get more liberal than Montgomery County; you wouldn’t catch anybody smoking inside a building, for instance. But then I was sitting at this … Continue reading
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Tagged antiques, D.C., event, James T. Farmer III, puzzle mug, Washington Winter Show
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Get Your Ginger Up!
Bobbi Staat stopped by to show me the trophies that will be awarded for the Sandy Spring Museum’s Gingerbread Celebration. They’re a treat! One looks like jolly James Beard; the other is set to blast off into the Great Gingerbread … Continue reading
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Tagged Bobbi Staat, event, exhibit, Olney, Sandy Spring Museum
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New, Return, Rebirth: Innovation on Your Plate at the Smithsonian Food History Weekend October 22-24, 2015
There was more to the Smithsonian Food History Weekend than I was privy to. Too bad, but the Gala at which the first Julia Child Award was (fittingly) bestowed upon Jacques Pepin was beyond my price point. There was plenty … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Eating, Events
Tagged D.C., event, exhibit, farmers market, history, Honest Tea, Julia Child, Naftali Duran, NMAH, Pati Jinich, Patricia Jinich, Paula Johnson, Seth Goldman, Smithsonian
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Food As Art; Art As Food: The Women Chefs Exhibit at Strathmore
Artists in the Kitchen is the subtitle of this eclectic display of portraiture, and the concept is as audacious as the execution. The representations of woman chefs by woman artists range from realistic to wildly conceptual. One, an installation just … Continue reading
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Tagged Carla Hall, chefs, Elise Wendland, event, exhibit, Harriet Lesser, Michelle Hauser, Nora Pouillon, OFAM, Olney, Strathmore, Susan Callahan, Susan Delbert
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Can’t Wait for the Baltimore Book Festival!
This weekend, the Baltimore Book Festival will surround the Inner Harbor with book- and reading-related activities. The food options have been expanded (I hear rumors of lobster rolls), and all vendors will be local and sustainably sourced. Even the demos … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore, Baltimore Book Festival, chefs, cookbook, event
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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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Another Tea-Towel Tale
And a palindromic one, at that. I got this framed tea-towel at the Medstar Montgomery Hospital Picnic and Bazaar. It makes a great companion to my previous find. I have many tea-towels, but only one other is framed and mounted. … Continue reading