It can finally be told: we are moving. Not far. Just to a building I renovated 24 years ago and have kept as a rental. We’ve sold our house on the big corner lot here in Columbia Heights to a developer who will turn it into six condos. Yes, we’ve really rattled around in this [...]
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My green breans braised three hours have become world renown. But to my mind, there’s a new contender for best green beans. That would be these Italian-style flat beans harvested in our garden yesterday and sauteed with garlic and anchovies. They are so meaty and delicious. Heck, they could almost stand in for this rib [...]
Tags: anchovies·green beans
I finally got around to planting this year’s cucumbers. Why, you might ask, did I wait so long? I’m so glad you ask. Last year we had problems with cucumber beetles killing all of our plants. Actually, it’s not the beetles. They just like to feed on the plants. But they carry a bacteria in [...]
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.
What's in your turkey? We killed and butchered more than 80 birds on the farm of Mike and Michelle Klein in Prince George's County. Thankfully, Michelle did the gutting. Unfortunately, Mike bought his turkey chicks earlier than usual and they did not stop growing. Our prize for helping was a carcass that weighed nearly 40 pounds. It barely fit in the oven. Here, Mike is subjecting a slaughtered bird to the "magic fingers," a machine with a nubby, rotating barrel that removes most of the feathers. 
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