Leftovers, consisting of “Dad’s meatloaf” with mashed potatoes and collard greens. Preparation time: 5 minutes Shopping: none This meatloaf, a recipe we’ve adopted from Tyler Florence, is now our favorite. The loaf itself consists of ground beef and ground pork with eggs, bread crumbs soaked in milk and a wicked relish made of red bell [...]
Leftover meatloaf with hickory-smoked Benton’s bacon and tomato-bell pepper relish. Salad from the garden with extra-virgin olive oil, champagne vinegar. Shopping time: none Preparation time: 10 minutes
This weekend we are celebrating our friend Eric becoming an American citizen. And what better way to fete Eric, the Frenchman, and his embrace of the good ol‘ U.S. of A. as his permanent homeland, than with a meatloaf? Actually, there will be much more to this celebration. But I wanted to get right to [...]
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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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