The kids in my “food appreciation” classes concluded their recent exploration of nutrition labeling with a comparison of macaroni and cheese. The macaroni and cheese that comes in the little blue box from Kraft may be one of the most popular processed foods of all times. We know some college students who eat little else [...]
Armed with my new meat grinder, I’ve been anxious to try this trick I first saw performed by Mario Batali: extruding whole-wheat pasta. The sauce was a simple pork ragu made with ground pork ($8 for a little more than one pound at the farmers market), diced onions, diced carrots and, in the absence of [...]
Last night I was making the simplest possible dinner, but of course daughter is eating off an entirely different menu–no salad for her–so I put on a pot of carrots to boil. “No, Dad!” she screamed in horror. “What’s wrong?” I inquired. “You know I don’t like carrots!” she stormed. “Since when do you not [...]
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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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