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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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.
When this happens, we [...]
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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.
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.
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