Regular readers already know how much I like beef tongue brined and boil. I make it on a regular basis with the tongue we order from our local dairy, Smith Mountain Creamery, which keeps its own beef herd in addition to its dairy cows. I happen to love tongue for breakfast next to a fat cheese [...]
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This breakfast represents two of my personal weaknesses: I love fried ham, and I can’t bear to throw good food away. Last December we catered a Christmas party for a law firm where we served mini ham sandwiches on homemade sweet potato biscuits. We cut a spiral ham into pieces. Some of it was left [...]
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We will be off the air until October 10. Until then, I leave you with this breakfast of fresh zesty greens–mizuna, mustard, arugula–topped with brined beef tongue and farm-fresh eggs.
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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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