We will be off the air until October 10. Until then, I leave you with this breakfast of fresh zesty greens–mizuna, mustard, arugula–topped with brined beef tongue and farm-fresh eggs.
Entries from September 2010
A Modest Proposal: Ditch Extra Spending for School Lunch
September 28th, 2010 · No Comments · kids
First Lady Michelle Obama reportedly is wrestling with at least 100 House Democrats who would rather not pass a re-authorization of the nation’s school meals program if it means taking money from food stamp recipients. The U.S. Senate, the world’s greatest deliberative body, approved a measure that would increase spending on child nutrition programs by [...]
Leeks!
September 27th, 2010 · 2 Comments · garden
On the theory that we are better off planting things in our urban kitchen garden that otherwise cost us an arm and a leg to purchase elsewhere, we planted leeks this year not knowing how they would do. But would you look at these beauties? Tomatoes were a bust in this, the hottest year on [...]
Tags: beef tongue·leeks
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.
