Jamie Oliver at his widely followed website this week linked to our sister blog, Better D.C. School Food, and news that D.C. Public Schools will no longer serve flavored milk and sugary cereals. The result was more than 100 times the usual number of visitors at the blog yesterday and more than 100 comments, almost unanimously [...]
Tags: flavored milk·sugar
I have to admit, I’m a sucker for any kind of vegetable grown in a row. A row of lettuce heads fills me with envy, and makes me think it must have been planted by a genius. But rows are for farmers. Rows are for walking down. Rows are for driving tractors through. Rows are [...]
Tags: compost·vegetables
Beef tongue with garden salad and onions Preparation time: 10 minutes Shopping: none I love, love, love beef tongue, first brined then slow cooked with leeks and garlic and herbs in a pot of water on the stove. It makes a great breakfast re-heated, especially over freshly picked salad greens tossed simply with olive oil [...]
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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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