Sometimes the very best the internet has to offer is overlooked. Take this bloggger’s simple but penetrating question: What do Sasha and Malia eat for lunch at their school? The question is pertinent because the daughters of President Barack Obama attend a private school here in the District of Columbia–Sidwell Friends–where lunch just might consist [...]
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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