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: Olney
Fabulous Frivolous February: Eating Events
Ah, the eating opportunities of February! There are three: Lunar New Year, Valentine’s Day, and the unofficial but very real holiday: Girl Scout Cookies Go On Sale Day. Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Events, Reporting
Tagged Girl Scout Cookies, Harris Teeter, Olney, reporting, Valentines Day
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As One Store Closes, Another Store Opens: The New Olney Giant
In the year of our lord 1972, a bright, shiny new supermarket opened in Olney, a sleepy suburb about midway between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. There weren’t many food shopping options here then; Giant was a brave, lonely pioneer (although … Continue reading
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Tagged Dave Johnson, G-Wiz, Giant Supermarket, Gordon Reid, Olney, Soupergirl, Starbucks, Wild Kombucha
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A Day in the County: A Visit To Common Root Farm and Waredaca Brewing Company
Last week saw the first Heritage Harvest Festival, sponsored by Heritage Montgomery. This farm tour was not to be confused with the Annual Farm Tour and Harvest Sale, held in July and sponsored by the Montgomery County Office of Agriculture, … Continue reading
The Pastrami You Meet In Heaven
Food is Love: a sentiment no one would dispute, so true that there could hardly be room for discussion. Yet, this simple statement contains multitudes – and drives family dynamics. It can certainly sustain a two-hour play, and there’s a … Continue reading
Into the Wild Garlic Yonder
Way out on the outskirts of Olney, behind an unassuming, suburban house, lurks a vampire’s worst nightmare: the backyard garden of Jim and Mary Nupp, the demon garlic-growers of Brookeville. Debbie Amster, one of our favorite farmers market demo chefs, … Continue reading
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
Posted in Cooking, Events
Tagged Bobbi Staat, event, exhibit, Olney, Sandy Spring Museum
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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
Posted in Cooking, Eating, Events, Reporting
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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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
Right In My Own Backyard: Sherwood’s High On Horticulture
Last summer, some students from Sherwood High School showed up at the Olney Farmers Market selling herbs and vegetables. I had been vaguely aware that Sherwood had greenhouses tucked behind the main building, but I had no idea of the … Continue reading
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Tagged horticulture, Jill Coutts, Olney, reporting, Ricciuti's, Sherwood High School
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We Make Progress Through Olney
About 30 lucky folks gathered at Jane McCarthy’s lovely backyard to enjoy wines contributed by the Winery at Olney and appetizers for the Market’s Progressive Dinner fundraiser. Jane’s Back Yard We then proceeded to Taste Gastropub for a tapas … Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Events
Tagged al Sospiro, OFAM, Olney, Ricciuti's, Taste Gastropub, The Winery At Olney
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