Entries from December 2007
Weekend Update
December 30th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized
Michael Pollan’s seminal book on the U.S. food chain is called The Omnivore’s Dilemma. I think it would more properly be called “The Food Paradox,” wherein the corporatization of what we eat–arising from the capitalist maxim that greed is good–has brought us to a place where the most abundant and least expensive food makes [...]
Tags: food news
Breakfast
December 29th, 2007 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Spinach and mushroom lasagna.
Preparation time: 3 minutes
Shopping: none
Months ago we made a pan of lasagna to take to client dinners just in case someone requested a vegetarian entree. I cut the lasagna into large slices and stashed them in the freezer. Up they popped during my recent freezer clean-out. I figured they were too [...]
Winter Compost?
December 29th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Uncategorized
As promised, I spent some time chopping an entire case of celery I found on the sidewalk recently and turned it into my compost pile. In fact, this seemed like a good time to turn the whole pile, shoveling it from one bin into a neighboring bin, tossing in the celery as I went [...]
Tags: composting
Feds to Chesapeake: Drop Dead!
December 27th, 2007 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Only recently the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s annual report showed the health of the bay getting worse, not better.
Water quality is down, crabs are down, oysters are almost gone. It has been all but acknowledged that local states will fail to reach their goal of cleaning up the Cheseapake by 2010.
But the federal government will [...]
Tags: chesapeake bay
Turkey Mash
December 26th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Uncategorized
The last few days have been a race against time to get a houseful of leftovers into a form that can be easily eaten or easily stored away in the freezer.
In case you haven’t noticed, we hate to waste food.
At the top of the list has been the remains of that 31-pound pastured turkey we [...]
Breakfast
December 26th, 2007 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Poached egg with greens and grated Parmesan.
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Shopping: None
We ate unconscionable amounts yesterday. There was no question but the thing to have for breakfast was something simple and reassuring.
Poaching an egg is as simple as bringing a small pot of water to a simmer. Add a tablespoon of white vinegar to help hold [...]
Eating to Excess
December 26th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
Christmas Day took us to three different locations to feed and I was struck by all the dishes containing meat, cheese, cream, eggs. It is difficult to resist such riches, yet we walk away feeling overfed and ready for a long nap. Has it always been thus?
Finally we arrived at the home of sister Linda [...]
Best Wishes
December 25th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
Merry Christmas, everyone…
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Tags: christmas
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.
