We noticed a new food stand in Freeport (that would be Maine) this year, advertising “wicked lobster rolls” for the bargain price of $19. What! At the most recent price here in lobster country, you could buy three whole live lobsters and cook them yourself. Which is precisely what we do. We boil them in [...]
Tags: lobster·Maine·sandwiches·tuna
Every year around this time we hunt down the best corned beef we can find to go with our homemade dill pickles. We found a winner. It’s the corned beef made on the premises at Wagshal’s Delicatessen right here in the District of Columbia. I should have known. I first frequented the place back in my [...]
Tags: beef·sandwiches·sauerkraut
Egg and onion sandwich with homemade “crock” pickle. Preparation time: 10 minutes Shopping: none My wife declares this “the best” egg sandwich ever. It’s made with a fresh pastured egg from Creekside Farm & Orchard in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. Daughter and I walked to the Dupont Circle farmers market on Sunday and picked up [...]
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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