Entries Tagged as 'Blog'

There is No Plan

August 4th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Blog, food news

Those who went to a “food services round-table” with D.C. school officials expecting to hear a long-term strategic plan for improving school food came away disappointed last night. Despite good buzz around the announcement of vendors for two new pilot meal programs offering more fresh and less processed food, it’s clear that schools Chief Operating Officer Anthony Tata [...]

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Meetup with Pattie Baker

July 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Blog, garden

Pattie Baker and I are fellow travelers in the garden and food activism realm. We’ve been trading tips and encouragement seems like forever. You can find her at Pattie Baker.com, and at Sustainable Pattie.
A native New Yorker, she moved to Atlanta but came through town this week with her kids. She dropped by yesterday morning [...]

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No More Logging in to Leave Comments

July 14th, 2010 · 7 Comments · Blog

For readers who have wished they could leave a comment at The Slow Cook but have been thwarted by our security system, there is good news: You no longer need to “log in” in order to leave a comment on the posts that appear here.
Some readers have complained that they simply could not remember their [...]

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Texas-style Brisket in an Electric Smoker

July 4th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Blog, Recipes

Here’s a piece I wrote three years ago about smoking a whole brisket, Texas-style, on an electric smoker. I do believe this contains just about everything I know on the subject. I get my whole brisket from a butcher at the Eastern Market here in the District of Colubia. You should also be able to [...]

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Pardon Our Dust

June 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Blog

The Slow Cook is making some computer repairs and hopes to be up and running again tomorrow.

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Pole Beans that Think

June 6th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Blog

Pole beans aren’t supposed to be sentient. So how do they manage to find my bean trellis?
It wasn’t long after the beans sprouted that they were sending their wispy feelers out, looking for something to climb on. It’s kind of creepy to watch them actually bend to locate the trellis I fashion for them out [...]

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What to do About the White Stuff: Sugar in Schools

May 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Blog, Wellness, kids

Guest Post
By Susan Rubin, DMD 
As a dentist  fresh out of school in the late 1980’s, I was idealistic and passionate about my new profession.  I gave lots of “tooth talks” at schools and childcare centers every February, during Children’s Dental Health month. It wasn’t until I started having kids of my own that I learned [...]

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The Slow Cook Turns 3

February 16th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Blog

Happy birthday to me! We’re not a toddler any more, but actually three years old. Yes, hard as it may be to believe, it’s been three years already since we started The Slow Cook as a journal to record the adventures of growing an urban kitchen garden here in the District of Columbia, about a mile from the [...]

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Blizzard of ‘10: More Snow Scenes

February 7th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Blog

People are actually trying to dig out their cars and drive. Crazy. It’s another day for walking. The sun was shining, we ate out for lunch. A glorious day–if you didn’t have to shovel. We’re so glad we did all that yesterday. 

 

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Blizzard of ‘10

February 6th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Blog

The Washington, D.C., area was hit with a blizzard for the ages last night. We spent most of the night shoveling. Not just the walkways–the roof as well. The city is shut down. Here are a few photos–with about 20 inches on the ground and snow still flying–from13th and Euclid Streets NW.
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