Greensboro's Heart

Why this chef won’t use lemons or olive oil

How often do we get a true locally-sourced meal? Not only is this Chef sourcing produce and meats from farms in Prince George’s County, but he is also only using ingredients that are from the mid-atlantic region. That means no olive oil, no lemons and some self-foraging.

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Cabin Creek Heritage Farm

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How often do we get a true locally-sourced meal? Not only is this Chef sourcing produce and meats from farms in Prince George’s County, but he is also only using ingredients that are from the mid-atlantic region. That means no olive oil, no lemons and some self-foraging.

Tagged:

Cabin Creek Heritage Farm

farm to fork

farm to table

mid-atlantic

foodie

farmersmarket

blagden alley

Black-Owned Restaurant Month in Washington, DC

I Don’t Do Clubs is kicking off its Black-Owned Restaurant Month DC-style in early November. I’m guessing this idea is an evolution of the digital magazine’s Black-Owned Businesses Series. This is something to check out! Can’t wait until the participating restaurants are announced.

Starting Monday, November 2, 2015, I DON’T DO CLUBS will curate Black-Owned Restaurant Month in Washington, DC. Sin…

I’m on my morning walk along the Anacostia River in Colmar Manor across from Bladensburg Waterfront Park and what do I see? There is a ton a trash that spans at least a quarter of a mile. The multiple rainstorms have caused a lot of runoff (and trash) to flow into the river and have also caused the river to rise. When the river returns to its “natural” level some of the trash is left behind on…

Psalms 69, Contemporary English Version 3 I am worn out from crying,     and my throat is dry.     I have waited for you     till my eyes are blurred.

4 There are more people     who hate me for no reason     than there are hairs     on my head. Many terrible enemies     want to destroy me, God.     Am I supposed to give back     something I didn’t steal?

7 It is for your sake alone     that I…

Justice for Juniors Justice for Juniors is a juvenile justice service program based on the campus of George Washington University. The program focuses on reducing juvenile recidivism in the Washington, DC area through mentorship and interfaith dialogue. Current efforts are concentrated on mentoring youth currently detained in the DC Youth Center and working with students on probation. As a member…

I don’t care about Rachel Dolezal. I don’t want to read more about how she pretended to be a a black woman. People are giving this woman more shine. Release her artwork, her presentations, her scholarly writings. Now, she’s getting press interviews. You know a book deal is coming soon. People studied and researched this woman for a week now. If blackness only exists in comparison to whiteness…

It seems as if the Dominican Republic is proceeding in its plans to deport thousands of Dominicans of Haitian descent. What’s most interesting is that this issue is now only starting to cause uproar and fury in the United States and the pan-african community. Tremors have foreshadowed this fate since the horrific Earthquake that devastated half of Hispanola five years ago.  In light of the…

Class sizes, teacher salaries and per-student spending: How D.C.-area schools stack up

I didn’t realize that Prince George’s County had some of the smallest class sizes in the region.

Arlington Public Schools will outspend its counterparts in the Washington suburbs by at least $1,500 per student this year, with per-student spending above $19,000, and Prince William County schools have the largest class sizes in the region.

Those are two of the findings in a recently released report