We noticed a new food stand in Freeport (that would be Maine) this year, advertising “wicked lobster rolls” for the bargain price of $19. What! At the most recent price here in lobster country, you could buy three whole live lobsters and cook them yourself. Which is precisely what we do. We boil them in [...]
Tags: lobster·Maine·sandwiches·tuna
As is our custom this time of year, we got in a rental car last week and drove from the District of Columbia to our favorite vacation spot on the shores of Casco Bay in South Freeport, Maine. We had a special passenger this time: a five-pound sockeye salmon flown in fresh from Alaska. Our [...]
With great trepidation I picked our first batch of pole beans this morning. I had been warned by certain members of the families not to plant any more pole beans because they were tired of gagging on the strings in the beans. I planted some anyway, and they’ve grown like gangbusters. But I wanted to be [...]
Tags: grfeen beans
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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