Alaskan salmon salad with green salad from the garden. I suppose you could make a gourmet version of this salmon salad using salmon fillet. But I’m usually on a budget and pick the canned salmon from Whole Foods. Salmon is rich in heart-healthy, Omega-3 fatty acids. But make sure the salmon you buy is from a [...]
Swiss cheese omelet with fresh chives, beef tongue, smoked salmon, over fresh salad greens. Preparation time: 15 minutes Shopping: none I get a big bag of salad greens at the farmers market on Sunday this time of year and augment it with greens out of our own garden: mizuna (done now), arugula, red mustard greens. [...]
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Have you noticed fresh Alaska sockeye salmon at your local seafood counter? We eat as much as we can afford from Whole Foods. Recently we harvested our remaining chiogga beets to make a simple side with olive oil and red wine vinegar. And the finest greens of all are the beet tops, gently sauteed with [...]
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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