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.
Tag Archives: OFAM
Carla’s Encore and The Winery’s Debut
One of our favorite demo chefs, Carla Hall, came out to the Olney Farmers and Artists Market last Sunday. She did not disappoint the biggest audience of the season (by my estimate). She cooked a mess of country-style greens and … Continue reading
I Saw The Mayor Twice In Four Days!
The Mayor of Baltimore, that is – and, considering that I had never ever seen any mayor before, this was exciting! The first time was at the 2nd Annual Urban Farm and Food Fair, held on a sunny Saturday at … Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Events
Tagged Baltimore, Baltimore Book Festival, Center Stage, chefs, Doron Petersan, event, Mayor Rawlings-Blake, OFAM, science fiction, Urban Farm Fair
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Bending An Elbow In Olney
Earlier this month the Winery at Olney hosted a preview party for the Olney Chamber of Commerce. We went along to sample the possibilities. The Winery is a large, airy space in the Fair Hill Shopping Center. A bar dominates … Continue reading
Drinking and Dining Under the Stars – The Farm to Table Dinner
Seventy guests enjoyed wine, appetizers, a five-course seated dinner, more wine, and a dessert buffet in the bucolic atmosphere of a working farm last Friday. The dinner was a benefit for the Olney Farmers and Artists Market. For the volunteers … Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Events
Tagged chefs, event, Farm To Table Dinner, farmers market, Georgetown Cupcake, OFAM, reporting, Roberto Donna, Rocklands Farm
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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
Posted in Cooking, Eating
Tagged Blue Duck Tavern, chefs, cooking, farmers market, OFAM, Olney
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Eating Local First (And As Often As Possible)
By coincidence (or maybe not), I attended two similar events within three weeks, each focusing on the local food movement. I have already written about the Change Comes To Dinner panel and book signing at 6th & I Historic Synagogue. … Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Events
Tagged Ag Reserve, Eat Local First, event, Flavor Magazine, OFAM, Phillips Collection, Rammys
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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
Adventures at the Kensington Farmers Market
Just when I was jonesin’ for a farmers market experience, I got an email from Lynn Voight of All Things Olive, one of our vendors at the Olney Farmers and Artists Market. She sells at the year-round Kensington Market on … Continue reading
Olney Farmers Market Community Meeting
The Olney Farmers and Artists Market will have an organizational meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 1st at 7pm. It’ll be held in the Montgomery General Hospital’s Community Learning Center on the 2nd floor. We’ll be discussing plans for the new season … Continue reading
Salt & Pepper at Whole Foods
For the last several months, the two-chef team Salt & Pepper (Terrell Danley and Brian Reeve) have been staging a series of cooking demos at area Whole Foods Markets. Last week, I went down to the Bethesda branch to say … Continue reading