Our old electric lawn mower from Costco started to sound more like an egg beater so I kissed it goodbye and joined the ranks of modern push-reelers. It’s a great feeling not to be trailing that power cord through the garden, knocking over my lettuces and onion plants. And now I don’t have to answer [...]
Tags: environment·lawns
The inspiration for this potato salad came from our recent garden cleanup. Where I wanted to plant okra, potatoes were growing, apparently from spuds I had missed during last year’s harvest. I dug up the new plants (hated to do it) and in the process gathered a bucket-full of potatoes. Could they possibly be edible? [...]
Tags: food appreciation·kids·potatoes·salad
If you have any concerns about your arteries or your waistline, you should probably avert your eyes. This is one of those dishes that can’t be made any other way except with the best cream you can find and plenty of pecorino cheese. That’s the excuse I give myself when I want to make a [...]
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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