This is always an interesting time of year in the garden. Coming out the back side of winter, the garden looks like death warmed over. But there are signs of life and even a few things to eat. Some of the greens we were harvesting last fall–collards, kale, mizuna, arugula–are springing back. Very soon they [...]
Our recent beet harvest yielded about seven pounds, but since these beets were first planted last August I was anxious to see if they were actually edible. The beet greens, braised with garlic, shallots and red wine, yielded a delicious lunch earlier in the week. I cooked the beets yesterday in batches in a large [...]
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A Ziploc bag of arugula arrived with our CSA box last Thursday and I am determined not to let it go to waste. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up with the produce arriving from the far. It goes back into the cold room–out of sight, out of mind. We also are down to the last [...]
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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