by Andrea Gudeon March 17 is often associated with leprechauns, corned beef and cabbage, and green beer. But another joyous holiday shares that date this year. Purim, a holiday that commemorates how the Persian Queen Esther saved the Jewish people from the evil Haman, is sometimes called “Jewish Halloween.” Kids dress up in costume, adults […]
While they try to beat it, they’re eating it. Garlic mustard is a tasty invasive plant.
by Marlene Berlin John Burwell, the Pinehurst Project weed warrior who has lately adopted Broad Branch Stream, recently invited a small group of volunteers to help pull invasive garlic mustard that is now rapidly intruding along the banks of the nearby Linnean Stream. His invitation included a couple of recipes for the weed, one for […]
Grocery shopping in a pandemic: How local stores are managing social distancing, and what’s disappearing from their shelves the fastest (Corrected)
Correction: Bread Furst has entrance control procedures in place to limit the number of people inside at one time. The item below has been changed. by Will Fowler The District has made some strides toward allowing normal life to resume. In Phase 2, restaurants are welcoming dine-in customers again. You can work out at the […]
Market Finds: Pumpkins – not just for jack o’ lanterns and pies
by Jenn Krasilovsky and Andrea Gudeon Pumpkins — whether baked in a pie, flavoring a latte, or perched on your front porch on the last night of October — are a popular sign of the season. But this versatile fall vegetable should also have a starring role on your dinner plate. Many of the hundreds […]
Market Finds: Think beyond lettuce for a fresh seasonal salad
by Andrea Gudeon If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? What is the sound of one hand clapping? Is a salad a salad without lettuce? Okay, maybe this last one isn’t yet one of the great philosophical riddles of our time, but […]
After Soapstone Market leaves, Uptown Market will move in
Everyone has been wondering what is coming to the space that Soapstone Market will exit after the end of the month. Wonder no more. Uptown Market is coming sometime in March: Uptown Market is thrilled to bring our neighborhood market concept to Van Ness in spring 2019. You’ll find locally sourced and thoughtfully curated offerings […]
Compost companies turn your kitchen trash into treasure for gardens
by Anne Rollins Composting kitchen scraps is becoming a big business. Prince George’s and Howard counties are experimenting with programs for collecting and composting food waste, largely to keep the garbage out of landfills. But the resulting compost is also proving very marketable (see The Washington Post story “Turning Food Scraps Into ‘Gold’”). If you’ve […]
Neighborhood in the news: Coffee shop campers; Banana Leaf review
We haven’t done one of these for a while, and the links are piling up. So let’s get this show on the road: When customers overstay their welcome: Bread Furst is in this Washington Post article about the work-from-a-coffee-shop crowd and their impact on small businesses. Banana Leaf a Washingtonian “cheap eats” pick: The writers […]