Ah, nature…
Entries from September 2007
Kids Make Bread Crumb Pesto
September 27th, 2007 · 7 Comments · Uncategorized
Kids love to work with kitchen gadgets. They will fight for a turn on the salad spinner. They can hardly wait to get their hands on a vegetable peeler. Teaching my “food appreciation” classes at a private elementary school here in the District of Columbia, I’ve found that if you can put even the simplest [...]
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Beet, Red Onion & Tomato Salad
September 26th, 2007 · No Comments · Uncategorized
This is one of our favorite summer salads, all the better with beets and tomatoes freshly harvested from the garden. The beets are the Chiogga variety, noteworthy for their concentric circles of red and gold when sliced open. We cook the beets in boiling water until just done, then move them to a cold water [...]
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.
