I’ve been writing a lot about food lately. I have a post over at the Green Phone Booth today about CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture) and it made me realize just how much I’ve been focusing on food lately. But its just so good, even when you’re not an expert at making it. I’m lucky enough to have an actual-for-real-live chef in the family and my brother is an amazing cook (so amazing that he catered our wedding of 250 people) so I know how good food can get.
A big reason we moved to the farm is to grow our food. (That, and I really want a cow and chickens. Chickens come next Monday! A cow will have to wait until I know a bit more about what I’m doing.) Its funny to realize that we’ve changed everything in order to eat better, but then again, its better than a lot of other reasons, right? (Even if you disagree, don’t tell me now :)
David’s bread is yummy and we haven’t bought a loaf from the store since Christmas. The recipe is from Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day
My dear friend Kirstin made us pain au chocolat from scratch. I still can’t quite believe it – croissants take days to make but they are so, so good. She made them, the froze them before the final rise so we have a lovely little bag of them in our freezer that we just let rise over night, then cook for 10 minutes in the morning. Lovely!
And our seeds have started arriving! I know there’s alot between us and eating these, but I’m so excited. It’s like a stack of new fabric or yarn – such potential!!
Here’s to everyone eating good food!
Someone asked me about the knife in the bread picture: it’s from Lamson, via Hill’s Kitchen. Good bread knife, pretty handle, made in the USA.
So if the chickens come in under a week, when does the chicken coop come? (Note to David: will trade (very) unskilled labor for beer, croissants, and/or firewood).
I like your post on CSAs too. I did one of these in college, but it’s been a while. I tried out Washington’s Green Grocer last week and liked it. The math seems to work out about like a CSA, except they give you more flexibility by allowing you to substitute items — no onions, double the apples, for example. Of course, those mangoes and bananas probably aren’t so local, but that’s what you get from fruits and veggies in February. I don’t usually spend $35 a week on fruits and veggies, but maybe I should…
My one complaint about the CSA “industry” is lack of standardization of box sizes. It makes it very hard to comparison shop.
Chris – fortunately, the chicks will be inside under the heat lamp in our basement for the first 6-8 weeks so we’ve got some time on the coop. We really need the snow to melt so we can get started on things! There is still about 6 inches out in the field.
Thanks for the tip on the Green Grocer, that’s another good option for sure!