Prescott Frost raises organic, grass-fed cattle in Nebraska. (Photo courtesy of Prescott Frost)
Photo by Donna (click the photo to go to her posts)
This was what I was looking at when my vegetable love alarm went off. A San Francisco hotel room during BlogHer 2010. Unfortunately, it's going to happen. We forgot to pick up our CSA. Donna had flown to New York first thing Saturday morning after a last minute invite for some city fun (bloodies at Balthazar, Aquagrill for cherry stones and oysters, Eataly for pizza and pastas, the rooftop terrace at the Grammercy Park Hotel for drinks and then Peasant for a late dinner of razor clams, octopus, tripe, cuttlefish and veal bolognese over a thick eggy pasta—oy, I went to the wrong coast!)—so asking a friend to pick up our share had not been on my pre-flight to do list, and Donna, in her haste, didn't think of it. When I remembered, it was 8 am Saturday, west coast ...
Ohio CSA Week 17, photo by Donna Turner Ruhlman (click photo to see her alternate shot)
photo by iPhone
photo by donna
The mysterious okra (photos by Donna)
This is week 13 of my CSA from Geauga Family Farms (my iPhone, Donna was on the road). Very happy (green peppers went into a steak and bell pepper stir fry). Tomato garlic basil pasta for dinner tonight, along with a green bean, onion and corn salad with a creamy lemon peper vinaigrette. The cubanos will be stuffed with sausage and cheese and grilled.
The photos below show a nice cross-section of CSA's from around the country, from Cape Cod to San Diago, thanks everyone. It would be interesting to see fall CSA shares from southern states. Hold your cursor over the photo for the name and location of the sender. I was unable to add the name of the farm or the CSA or link to each one, but if you see yours here, please ...
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