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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The Street Fair and the Ceremony: Sakura Matsuri and the Blessing of the Fleet, 2025
I can always find new things to report about these two events, which coincide each year. Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Events, Reporting
Tagged Blessing of the Fleet, Cabrales Koji, D.C., event, koji, Navy, reporting, Sakura Matsuri, Temple University, US Navy Memorial
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Indistinguishable From Magic: Koji Up Close
Although far less familiar in the West, koji has been the foundation of Japanese cuisine for centuries. It’s rice (or another starch) inoculated with the fungus Aspergillus oryzae, and it’s the basic ingredient for soy sauce, sake, miso, rice vinegar and many other products. Now koji has become the trendy plaything of chefs all over the world. Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Eating, Events, Reporting
Tagged Carla Hall, cooking, event, koji, Les Dames D'Escoffier, Noma, Rene Redzepi, reporting, sake
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