Kohlrabi is one of our favorite vegetables (why don’t they sell more of it in the stores and at the farmers market), but I started my plants a little late last fall and they never fully developed. I had a similar issue with my broccoli and someone suggested just eating the broccoli leaves. So when [...]
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Quick, what would you say is the most underrated vegetable in the garden? There is only one correct answer: kohlrabi. Kohlrabi is in the brassica family along with broccoli, cabbage, turnips, Brussels sprouts and all the other cruciferous vegetables that we love. You hardly ever see anything written about it, and rarely does it make [...]
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I have a secret love for kohlrabi. Kohlrabi has a wonderful, sweet flavor somewhere between turnip and broccoli. But you so rarely see it for sale anywhere that we mostly just dream about it. That’s why we planted it in the garden this year–to satisfy our craving for kohlrabi anytime we like. Our friend Larry [...]
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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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