Part of my upcoming Powerpoint presentation on pickling at the local historical society focuses on international pickles. People are fairly familiar with things like Korean kimchi and French cornichon by now but I don’t think our appreciation of pickles from other countries is nearly wide or deep enough. Pickling has been practiced in Asia for [...]
Tags: cauliflower·Indian·pickles
Don’t look now, but I think I detect the flavors of fall creeping into the menu. I like simple pasta dishes. The whole wheat varieties have arrived at a point where you no longer have to fear they’ll have the flavor and texture of cardboard. They really are extremely good. I also like robust flavors [...]
Tags: cauliflower·leeks·pasta
Warning: Heart-healthy cooks, avert your eyes. This dish is full of cheddar cheese. But it is also full of cauliflower, and now that we are approaching the “dark days,” when the freshest local produce may consist mainly of cauliflower, Brussels sprouts and other hearty brassicas, a good cauliflower recipe is not such a bad thing. [...]
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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