Call them dumplings. Call them Polish pot stickers. Call them whatever you like. Pierogies are just plain delicious, and kids have a blast making them. This is the first time we’ve attempted a stuffed dumpling in our food appreciation classes and pierogies–a huge favorite in Eastern Europe–do take a bit of practice. The trick is [...]
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Our food appreciation classes continue on their world culinary tour, landing this week in Northern Europe and specifically Poland. And what would dinner in Poland be without kielbasa–Polish for sausage. Making sausage is one sure way to get kids’ attention. In short, it’s a blast, from cutting and grinding the meat, to adding herbs and [...]
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After our food appreciation classes on Wednesday I got wind of a parent spreading the word that she had witnessed our kids fighting for helpings of Brussels sprouts. Imagine, kids actually loving Brussels sprouts! Well, the moral to this story is that sometimes food is all about the preparation, not necessarily the ingredients. Many vegetables, [...]
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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.
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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