Do you take your squash perfectly smooth, or a bit lumpy? That was the dilemma I wrestled with in my “food appreciation” classes this week. I wanted the kids to experience the old-fashioned method of turning vegetables through a food mill into soup, but I wasn’t sure how they would react to the texture. As [...]
I’m glad we’re coming into fall vegetables. I just wish the weather would cooperate and cool off a little. Making client meals over the weekend I improvised this tasty and very easy way of preparing acorn squash with pomegranate molasses. Pomegranate molasses is one of my favorite pantry items. It has a delicious tang and [...]
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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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