CSA Season, Week 9
7Aug2009 Filed under: Farm Reports Author: Art D.
The basil is peaking
We’re finally up to All You Can Eat basil at our stop. Many shareholders start making and freezing pesto as soon as or even before we reach this point. We have had up to six quarts of it in our freezer for the Winter. It is an easy enough sauce to make; we use it as is with pasta or with some tomato sauce (or on a pizza instead of tomato sauce). I usually make it with walnuts instead of the traditional pine nuts and often omit the Parmesan cheese which many recipes call for. It is an easy thing to play around with, particularly if you have access to vast amounts of the primary ingredient.
What did you get from your CSA this week?
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DC Harvest is a family effort by Art Drauglis, Carly Lesser (aka Ketzirah) and Amy Monsarrat. Amy has a long history of environmental activism and social justice work and Ketzirah has strong focus on the spiritual side of local and seasonal eating. Art works for a CSA, cans, gardens, and is a rockin farm-to-table cook. All three have made the DC region their home for a decade (or more) and know from experience the difference eating locally can make.
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