The tables at the Sunday farmers market were groaning with early fruits and berries, especially cherries. Here’s the cherry display at the Dupont Circle market. Normally we would be out picking our own tart cherries–15 pounds or more to make pies and cobblers and freeze for the rest of the year. But somehow we haven’t [...]
Sour cherry cobbler with farm-fresh half-and-half. Preparation time: five minutes Shopping: none Here’s a real treat first thing in the morning: fininding sour cherry cobbler left over from Sunday’s dinner. Quick! Get me a bowl! I heated the cobbler in the microwave, then doused it with some of the sweet half-and-half we get delivered from [...]
Tags: breakfast·cobbler·dairy·sour cherries
Doesn’t this look like a festive scene? Our friend Lavinia (middle) is in town from Salvador, where she’s working with a disaster relief agency and it was her birthday. In addition, or friend Tom Janota, the guy with the big smile, is here from Mexico City. Can you say, Fiesta! Even better, Lavinia brought her [...]
Tags: gumbo·pierogies·sour cherries
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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