Do you prune your tomato plants? In the past, we enclosed our tomatoes in big cages made of concrete reinforcing wire and let then grow wild. By mid-summer, they didn’t look great–all that wilted foliage–but they were making great tomatoes. So who cares what they look like? Well, this year we decided to try a [...]
The miracle of seeds sprouting never gets old. Only the annual ritual of showing photographs of seeds sprouting gets old. Did you know that seeds are actually little embryos, waiting to be born? All they need are the right conditions: moisture and warmth. Some, like these tomatoes, need more warmth than others. I sprouted these in [...]
Tags: eggplant·germination·peppers·tomatoes
My wife thought these tomatoes coming out of a pot of steaming water were so lovely she inspired me to take a photo. I am peeling the tomatoes for a Senagalese black-eyed pea salad destined for tomorrow night’s parents night dinner at the elementary school where I teach my food appreciation classes. Normally I would [...]
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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