When I was growing up, we had an insulated metal box outside the side door to the kitchen. This is where the milkman left our regular delivery of milk and eggs and butter and such. Does that make me an antique? Many of you may be too young to remember the milk man. He arrived [...]
Tags: dairy·local farming·local foods
They say you can’t get an authentic Cubano sandwich outside Miami and I tend to believe it. Ingredients can be extremely local. I can’t image a true lobster roll, for instance, without a top-cut bun, and top-cut buns aren’t available outside certain areas of New England. Still, we continuously try to duplicate the flavors, the [...]
Tags: Cuba·pork·sandwiches
Recently the garden group I work with– D.C. Urban Gardeners–received a totally unexpected e-mail. It seems the Historical Society of D.C. was looking for someone to put together a series of practical garden talks. They’d first contacted the U.S. Botanical Gardens and–surprise, surprise–the Botanical Gardens had recommended us. We were thrilled and flattered. There was [...]
Tags: garden talks
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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