Strange weather we’re having. Our tomatoes were too stressed by the hottest summer on record to make many tomatoes. But as soon as things started to cool down, they bounced right back. Shortly before Thanksgiving I finally decided it was time for the annual fall garden cleanup and began dragging the tomato plants to the [...]
Tags: fall·green tomatoes·pickles
I celebrated the first day of fall with the kids in my food appreciation classes by making a classic French stew with the finest vegetables the season had to offer. Turns out the kids were already familiar. I gave them a clue: Think of a rat who works under a chef’s hat. “Ratatouille!” they cried in [...]
Our fall crop of salad greens is coming up nicely. In the photo above from left to right are ragged edge collards, arugula, red mustard and mizuna. Sounds like a perfect salad bowl to me. In fact, I broadcast my own mix of salad seeds in one area and am a bit disappointed to see that [...]
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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