Have I mentioned that our daughter is a picky eater? Complicating matters, she is also a Capricorn, which makes her stubborn by nature, according to my wife. We have certainly tired of the nightly arguments over what’s for dinner. It seems no matter what we do it’s never quite right. This morning our 10-year-old–who wished for [...]
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Assorted leftovers from the fridge, constituting a vegetarian feast: Roasted parsnips and carrots, boiled potatoes, chopped spinach, sauteed mushrooms, canned baby peas. Drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil. Season with coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper. Dust with leftover grated parmesan cheese. Preparation time: 5 minutes Shopping: none
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It seems like we haven’t been to the grocery in weeks, yet after holiday meals and holiday parties, the refrigerator is groaning with food. At a certain point, it’s hard to tell what’s in there. I set up a folding table in the kitchen and began to unload, sort through, rearrange, throw out (gasp…we hate [...]
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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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