A reader recently sent me an e-mail asking if I had internet links to portions of an article I wrote more than four years ago for The Washington Post food sectioni called “The Spreadsheet Diet.” The article was a lesson in how to free yourself from recipes and use a multitude of whole grains, nuts, dried [...]
Tags: nuts·whole grains
It was bound to happen sooner or later. Someone has started growing and milling grain again close enough to the District of Columbia that you can buy it at the local farmers market. That would be Rob Moutoux, representing the third generation of Moutoux farmers famous for their orchards, formerly at Seven Corners in Fairfax [...]
Tags: farmer's market·local farming·local foods·whole grains
To hear the economists tell it, times may be getting even worse before they get better. Some people have already been forced to tighten their belts. For others, it’s time to think about tightening belts even further. Still, there’s a silver lining to these austere developments: Less consumption by us humans is better for the [...]
Tags: bulk foods·community gardens·Gardening Blogs·recession·seafood·vegetables·whole grains
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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