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: review
Fun Guys and Fungi
You, too can be a mushroom farmer – at least for 10 days at a clip. I met Nikhil Arora, one of the founders of Back to the Roots, at the Fancy Food Show. This company was founded by Nikhil … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Eating, Product Review
Tagged Back To The Roots, Fancy Food Show, gardening, mushrooms, review
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I’ll Have a Basket of Maguey Worms and a Dog, Ready to Cook, Please.
You, too, can stand in the great marketplace at Tenochtitlan, capital city of the ancient Aztec empire, and absorb the sights and sounds of commerce. Acres of foodstuffs are spread out around you, all the bounty of the New World … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Eating, Events
Tagged cooking, D.C., exhibit, FUZE SW, history, Julia Child, National Geographic, reporting, review
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Quick! Before It Bursts!
New York has popup stuff happening all the time: restaurants and stores that are designed to be here today, gone tomorrow. Washington, not so much – until now. Hurry down to Georgetown, because this Sunday is the last day that … Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Restaurant Review
Tagged Arcadia Farm, D.C., Mary Beth Albright, review, Sabra Hummus House
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Review: The Al Tiramisu Restaurant Cookbook
The title of this book is a misnomer. Yes, it’s a cookbook, but also an autobiography, tutorial of Italian cuisine, travelogue, and repository of wisdom learned over the life of a successful chef and restaurateur. There are essays about growing … Continue reading
Posted in Cookbook Review
Tagged Al Tiramisu, Amy Riolo, cookbook, D.C., Luigi Diotaiuti, OFAM, review
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Review: Chef Roberto Donna’s Alba Osteria
Those lucky patrons of the Olney Farmers and Artists Market who attended the Farm to Table Dinner in 2012 will remember the pasta course cooked by Chef Roberto Donna. He has been busy around the city since then, opening, first, … Continue reading
Putting the Urban in Silver Spring
Silver Spring continues to be a magnet for aspirational enterprises. The latest one, opening this week, is Urban Butcher. Envisioned as a restaurant with a retail component, all meat served is processed in-house, broken down from whole animals, and converted … Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Restaurant Review
Tagged chefs, review, Silver Spring, Urban Butcher
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Change Lobsters, and Dance
I went back to Wegman’s in Columbia (see preview) looking for dinner, and stumbled across a treat: Thursday is Lobster Night. At the Food Bar, they will steam to order a 1-pound lobster and serve it to you with corn, … Continue reading
Adventures in Reviewing: A Book Claiming to Teach How to Cook
A few months ago, I won a copy of How to Cook: Delicious Dishes Perfect for Teen Cooks as a door prize. Now, I have been cooking for 50 years, so I would not be the best person to judge … Continue reading
Where The K-Pop Never Stops
Honey Pig first showed up on our radar when we went to the brand-new Lotte Supermarket in Catonsville (just down the road from the H-Mart). There’s a stall selling Honey Pig Dumplings inside the Lotte. We bought some and were … Continue reading
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Tagged BBQ, dumplings, Honey Pig, Korean Food, Lotte, review
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How Much Is That Donut In The Window?
Book Review: An Economist Gets Lunch: New Rules for Everyday Foodies Tyler Cowen is an economist with an eating habit. The book jacket copy for An Economist Gets Lunch tells us that he writes the “world’s leading economic blog” as … Continue reading