We made dinner for friends last night and almost everything on the menu was grown right here on Spy Dog Farm. We started with a gumbo made with okra out of our raised garden beds and Freedom Ranger chicken. For the entree, I grilled a butterflied leg of lamb from a recently slaughtered ram-ling. I […]
Our 14-year-old daughter will only eat salad one way: Caesar. Consequently, we are constantly looking for new ways to present this venerable dish. Here’s a new one: Caesar with home-made chicken nuggets. We took a big, fat chicken breast half, cut it into (large) bite-size pieces and breaded it. Then into our deep-fat fryer the […]
The farmer’s market in Cambridge opened for the season in Railroad Park yesterday. They say it’s the largest farmer’s market in Washington County. By D.C. standards, it’s rather small. Still, it’s not lacking. And the vendors are not just local farmers and artisans, they’re our neighbors. They all live and grow their food within a […]
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