Really, guys, everything’s going to be okay! With those words, Chinese officials tried to assure U.S. consumers and the rest of the world that not all food products emanating from the planet’s most populous nation are tainted with noxious chemicals. But no sooner had they gotten the words out than a strange ship was discovered [...]
Tags: food news
Time now for our annual (sometimes) James Beard dinner, re-christened Dead Chefs Dinner so as to honor the passing of Julia Child as well. In years past this has turned into quite a formal affair with many courses, many changes of plates and wine glasses and generally more food and drink than a person has [...]
Looking for inspiration for the “food appreciation” classes I teach at a private elementary school here in the District of Columbia, I need have searched no farther than my own front yard. There I have 15 different varieties of lettuce at the peak of Spring growth. All different colors. All different shapes. But I was [...]
Tags: kids·salad·vegetables
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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