To some of you, this is probably going to sound like a cheap catering trick. Most likely, it is. But when I asked my wife, the catering chef, how she thought I should make rice for 90 people for tomorrow’s “Parents Night” dinner where I teach “food appreciation,” she didn’t hesitate. “Do it in the [...]
Where would mankind be without beans? Beans are loved the world over in flavorful bean dishes and in processed foods such as tofu. They’re full of fiber and iron and lots of protein. But as the kids in our “food appreciation” classes learned this week, beans do not provide the complete protein needed to grow [...]
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Rummaging through the freezer the other day, I came across snack bags stuffed with last year’s carrots. They’d been cooked, stored and forgotten. I pulled some out to defrost and discovered they make a wonderful meal, simply heated in the microwave. The carrots are still tender and sweet–hard to tell they were harvested 8 months [...]
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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