All year the kids in my “food appreciation” classes have been bugging me to make something sweet. And all year I’ve been the tough taskmaster, keeping them focused on things like corn and cabbage and sausages. Well, the strawberries are in and they’re irresistible. And fast. And easy. Perhaps one of the best desserts in [...]
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Talk about your global warming… The radishes have started bolting and it isn’t even summer yet. When they go to flower, the radishes turn tough and woody. Time to get them all out of the ground and start eating. For that matter, all of my brassicas have bolted. That would include the mizunas, the mustard [...]
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The Slow Cook put on his gardener’s hat today and joined a lively discussion on Pacifica Radio (WPFW 89.3 FM in the District of Columbia) about the effects of global warming on gardening. Highlight of the hour: a U.S. Department of Agriculture official acknowledged that the department’s mapping of new hardiness zones, based on the [...]
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We are engaging the concerns of a hungry planet--slowly--right here in our kitchen garden in the District of Columbia, about a mile from the White House.
What's in your turkey? We killed and butchered more than 80 birds on the farm of Mike and Michelle Klein in Prince George's County. Thankfully, Michelle did the gutting. Unfortunately, Mike bought his turkey chicks earlier than usual and they did not stop growing. Our prize for helping was a carcass that weighed nearly 40 pounds. It barely fit in the oven. Here, Mike is subjecting a slaughtered bird to the "magic fingers," a machine with a nubby, rotating barrel that removes most of the feathers. 
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