It’s not always easy getting kids to eat fish. Some automatically gag at the very aroma of seafood–even when it doesn’t smell at all. But the kids in my food appreciation classes adored the poached salmon we made this week, especially when it was smothered in a creamy dill sauce. (Some requested it without the [...]
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Egg poached in beef broth. Prepartation time: 15 minutes Shopping: none We have a tub of leftover pot roast surrounded by the broth it cooked in sitting in the fridge. More broth than meat at this point. So I thought, why not put some of the wonderful cooking liquid to good use. Flavored with onions [...]
Poached eggs with fresh salad from the garden Preparation time: 15 minutes Shopping: none You can always tell fresh eggs. When you slide them into your poaching water, they remain in neat little bundles. They don’t spread out all over the bottom of the pan. These eggs were very fresh. I poach them in a [...]
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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