Don’t look now, but I think I detect the flavors of fall creeping into the menu. I like simple pasta dishes. The whole wheat varieties have arrived at a point where you no longer have to fear they’ll have the flavor and texture of cardboard. They really are extremely good. I also like robust flavors [...]
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We are overwhelmed with Roma tomatoes from our garden. Perhaps this is a good time to teach the kids in my “food appreciation” classes a thing or two about canning. First job is to blanch the tomatoes in a big pot of boiling water for about 20 seconds (15 seconds is about the minimum). Chill [...]
On a recent visit to One Star Farm in Baltimore County I picked up this suggestion from owner Joan Norman for using kale: cook the kale in the pasta pot with the pasta. When the pasta is done, Joan said, so is the kale. We have a couple of gorgeous Tuscan kale plants in our [...]
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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