I’ll be on the Kojo Nnamdi show today starting at 1:20 pm, talking about what it takes to create an urban kitchen garden in the nation’s capitol and all the great dishes you can make with foods you grow yourself. Kojo may even be sampling some of the goodies we saved from last year–such as [...]
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Here I am with Chef Cathal Armstrong of Restaurant Eve on today’s Kojo Nnamdi show discussing school food. It was great to have an hour for this topic, and we had lots of thoughtful questions from listeners. Meanwhile, my wife says I must buy new shirts next year. My entire Hawaiian wardrobe has faded. She [...]
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I’ll be on the Kojo Nnamdi show at noon today with Chef Cathal Armstrong of Restaurant Eve talking about the food in D.C. schools, something we’ve been writing about quite a lot in recent months. We’ve got an entire hour for the discussion, so don’t be afraid to call in or e-mail your questions about how [...]
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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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