I was admiring this piece of enamel cookware at a friend’s the other night. What struck me most was the way food cooked in it. Chicken, for instance, seared to a delectable golden brown without any effort at all, it seemed. The skins developed an exquisite crispness. I don’t know if I could have burned [...]
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Summer is winding down to its final hours and of course that means back to school. As teacher of the “food appreciation” classes in the after-school program at a certain private elementary school here in the District of Columbia, I was invited to join in on some the faculty preparations. One of those was a [...]
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I planted my beets at the end of March and basically forgot about them. How sad is that? Well, forgotten would be too strong a term. I knew they were there. I cast them a glance frequently in my tours around the garden. But they just never seemed to be getting big enough. Finally I [...]
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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