Has there ever been a time when more attention was paid to what poor people eat? Cheap food–and I would argue cheap, refined carbohydrates above all–are blamed for a national epidemic of obesity and diabetes and nowhere has the scourge of modern diseases hit harder than among the poor. It stands to reason, then, that [...]
With the entire nation girding for a gustatory blowout, we would do well to remember that not everyone has the means to put on their own feast for Thanksgiving. One D.C. blogger has been doing exactly that, chronicling for the past month a challenge she set for herself: survive at least 30 days on a [...]
Tags: Food Blogs·food stamps·poverty
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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