Another CSA Box: The November 17, 2011 Haul
The boxes didn’t stop but yes, the blogging did. Without any further hulabaloo, it’s time to re-boot. From the top… (ah one, two, ah one two three four!)
Compared to the past few weeks, this is an inspiring assortment of fall’s best colors, flavors and textures. Ok, so saying the “past few weeks” is a bit of a stretch — we forgot to pick-up the box two weeks ago. Curses! In the fine tradition of community supported agriculture, this stuff happens. Not to cry over lost leeks, on to celebrate what we do have.
Today’s box:
- Pomegranate
- Cauliflower
- Green onions
- Filthy, muddy, first spinach of the season
- Collard greens (Southern April sez, “YES!!”)
- Flat leaf parsley
- Eggplant
- Arugula
- Pep-pep-peppers
- Red kuri squash
- Fuyu persimmons
- Delicata squash
- The EXTRA SPECIAL CLOSE-UP SHOT: cabbage.
woohoo.
What does this bunch of goods inspire? A lot of raw eating, that’s for certain. Slice up the persimmons and pomegranate for a snack, wash the leafy greens for salads (gack) or a quick sauté (because salads are for the weak). Most of the veggies would be a good compliment to the sort of hedonistic meat dishes mandated by Fall weather. There are also some risotto superstar ingredients (squash, oh hell yes, and maybe something I hadn’t thought of before?). Do you have any not-to-be-missed preparations? Please do tell!
And now, the healthiest eye candy you wish you could eat through a computer:
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Welcome back! 🙂
My name’s Mitchell. I’m an assistant to Robin Shulman, a journalist who has worked for the New York Times and the Washington Post. Next month, Crown/Random House publishes Robin’s debut book, Eat the City.
We think of New York City as a world distant from farmers, fishers, foragers, slaughterers, brewers, and winemakers, but Eat the City unveils the city’s little-known history of producing food. Robin takes us on a journey from Harlem farms in the 1880s to the 1980s abandoned lots where people grew vegetables in community gardens. She shows us the city in the twentieth century, when animals marched to their slaughter through Midtown streets, and also in present-day Williamsburg, where rock star butchers cut organic bacon.
The book focuses on food producers in New York, but the same story could be told about any city in America. Eat the City is the story of the things we all long for: closer human connections, a sense of something pure. It shows how people always find ways to use their collective hunger to build their own kind of city.
If you would like to read and possibly review Eat the City, I’d be happy to send you a copy. Also, Robin Shulman is available for an interview at your convenience.
Please email me at msunderland.gm.slc.edu. I thank you for your time and look forward to hearing from you soon.
Sincerely,
Mitchell Sunderland