Whoever said gardening was easy? It might not be immediately obvious, but getting our front-yard kitchen garden to look like this took the better part of the Memorial Day weekend. By the end of it, we were grilling burgers and hot dogs and sipping our gin-and-tonics, but I was bushed. First, I harvested about 10 [...]
Tags: compost·cucumbers·garden·planting·spring·summer·summer squash·tomatoes
Have I mentioned that one of my ambitions is to initiate the ultimate squash cook-off here in the nation’s capital? Are you up to the challenge? Maybe next year. Meanwhile, the food section at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has put together this enticing collection of squash recipes. Have any of your own you’d like to add [...]
Tags: summer squash
After an exhaustive search for a summer squash casserole recipe that does not call for heavy cream and cheese, I have hoisted the white flag. I officially surrender. But to make the casserole a bit more interesting, I’ve added fresh bread crumbs made from one of Whole Foods’ “Asiago Volcano” breads. Otherwise this casserole seems [...]
Tags: summer squash
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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