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After a year and a half, I finally decided to call it quits with my CSA Farm Fresh To You. Like most relationships, it started off hot and heavy. My initial boxes were always eagerly overflowing with sumptuous, ripe fruit, crisp vegetables and even love letters from the owner. But, in the past few months, [...]
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For all you CSA-subscribing, farmer’s market-loving, seasonally-dedicated foodies out there, can I get a little “hallelujah” now that Spring is finally upon us?? After months of sauteing kale, chard, and cabbage; roasting sweet potatoes and butternut squash; and surviving on citrus and pears for my fruit intake, I was elated to get my box last [...]
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I have been a subscriber to Farm Fresh To You for about two years now, receiving a mixed box of their fruits and veggies at my doorstep every two weeks. And it’s been a glorious ride…until last week’s box contained a mango and cucumber. It is the middle of winter so you can imagine why [...]
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You can find several kinds of cabbage in the market, including green, red, Mustard or Napa, but the type that keeps popping into my winter CSA box is savoy. Originating in the savoy region of Italy, this cabbage is generally more mild than other types of cabbage. The leaves are very crinkly and tender, making [...]
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The most rewarding thing about writing Farm and a Frying Pan is hearing that we’ve inspired somebody to take the plunge and sign up for a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) box. It makes all the failed recipe attempts, crazy late nights trying to squeeze in time to write and re-taking out-of-focus photographs worth it. Because that means one [...]
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Every other Wednesday, I walk home just a step quicker because I know there is a little gift waiting outside my front door. I lug the unassuming but familiar brown box into my kitchen and pull out all of the contents. Depending upon the season, I find vibrant Satsuma mandarins, tender Spring greens, just-pulled-out-of-the-dirt potatoes, [...]
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After months of receiving CSA boxes from our still mysterious nearby farm, Farm Fresh To You, Jillian and I decided it was time to find out where all the magic happens. Up until this point, our “eating local” experience had been limited to the fruits and veggies that arrived every other week and an occasional [...]
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