We are working our way through spring’s seasonal fruits and vegetables in our “food appreciation” classes. Kids love engaging the food with their hands and strawberry shortcake gives them plenty to do, such as cutting the butter into the flour for our biscuits. You can do this with knives or forks, but we like doing [...]
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All year the kids in my “food appreciation” classes have been bugging me to make something sweet. And all year I’ve been the tough taskmaster, keeping them focused on things like corn and cabbage and sausages. Well, the strawberries are in and they’re irresistible. And fast. And easy. Perhaps one of the best desserts in [...]
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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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