Nearly all of the farmers markets in our area here in the District of Columbia have closed for the season. As I see it, this presents a real challenge to those locavores among us who’ve signed up for making Dark Days meals. Unless you have found a way to grow your own food through the […]
Turkey left over from the 31-pound Thanksgiving bird we butchered at our friend Mike Klein’s farm in nearby Prince George’s County. Here some dark meat is piled on a thick slice of yeasted sweet-potato bread (using sweet potatoes from our CSA package), smeared with mayo and gingered cranberry relish. Everything is then smothered with giblet […]
Oh, it was quite the feast, this Thanksgiving, with the 31-pound bird we butchered at our farmer friend Mike Klein’s farm at the center of it all. Brother-in-law Tom, the oenophile, outdid himself, with bottles of champagne to drink with hors d’oeuvres, a beautiful Sancerre and an audacious German auslese Riesling, Pinot and even a […]
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