Yesterday was my debut as chef-in-residence at the Washington Youth Garden, National Arboretum. The mission: conduct a cooking demonstration for the parents and children who come out to the garden on Saturday mornings to tend their plots. Not knowing exactly what to expect in terms of kitchen accommodations, I chose something easy to go with [...]
Tags: frittata·Youth Garden
Now that big corporations have become hip to the allure of “organic” food, it’s not good enough to just pick “organic” at the store. Some companies want the government to approve a list of non-organic ingredients they can use in their products and still maintain the “organic” label. Other countries are cashing in as well, [...]
Tags: food miles
Doesn’t this look like a festive scene? Our friend Lavinia (middle) is in town from Salvador, where she’s working with a disaster relief agency and it was her birthday. In addition, or friend Tom Janota, the guy with the big smile, is here from Mexico City. Can you say, Fiesta! Even better, Lavinia brought her [...]
Tags: gumbo·pierogies·sour cherries
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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