I asked the kids in our food appreciation classes if they could name some vegetables that are “in season” this time of year. One five-year-old piped right up: “Peppers!” he declared. “That’s absolutely right,” I replied. “But how did you know that?” Kids, after all, aren’t supposed to know their vegetables. “Because,” he answered confidently, [...]
Tags: coconut milk·coconut oil·eggplant·food appreciation·okra·stew
Did you know that sweet potato leaves are edible? Until last year, I didn’t know either. When I got the news, I was inspired to create this Indian-like stew of okra and sweet potato leaves smothered in coconut milk and seasoned with curry spices. As you might imagine, this is one of those dishes from [...]
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If the only kind of okra you know is what you see in the supermarket, it may be you’ve never been inspired to eat it. What passes for okra in the store is typically awful looking. Even in our local Whole Foods the okra looks to be weeks old–all shriveled and covered with brown blotches. [...]
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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