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Fairbanks CSA blog 2016

Fairbanks CSA blog 2016

Brussels sprouts in all their glory + lots of purple stuff (week 10)

Lauren sent me a text message with this exciting photo from the CSA, shortly after going to pick it up.

Sep 17, 2016

Brussels sprouts in all their glory + lots of purple stuff (week 10)

Sep 17, 2016

Fairbanks CSA blog 2016

Pushing the beet salad envelope too far (week 9)

This week I made the fussiest looking but worst-tasting recipe I’ve made this summer.

Sep 8, 2016

Pushing the beet salad envelope too far (week 9)

Sep 8, 2016

Fairbanks CSA blog 2016

Celebrating beets, celebrating color (week 8)

Not too many many greens this week, mostly oranges and purples. Even spirals!

Aug 24, 2016

Celebrating beets, celebrating color (week 8)

Aug 24, 2016

Fairbanks CSA blog 2016

Sweet week (week 7)

Alaska’s veggies get sweeter than lower 48 veggies because of our long summer hours. I think that sweetness is especially obvious in two of…

Aug 24, 2016

Sweet week (week 7)

Aug 24, 2016

Fairbanks CSA blog 2016

Doubling down (week 6)

This was a big week for vegetables and a bad week of documentation.

Aug 17, 2016

Doubling down (week 6)

Aug 17, 2016

Fairbanks CSA blog 2016

Bold midsummer veggies: Romanesco, broccoli and peas (week 5)

We skipped a week last week while Lauren and I were in Chicago. While we left, mid-summer has come to Fairbanks, bringing with it some…

Aug 10, 2016

Bold midsummer veggies: Romanesco, broccoli and peas (week 5)

Aug 10, 2016

Fairbanks CSA blog 2016

We ❤ basil (week 3)

The small bag of basil that arrived this week wasn’t enough to make a batch of pesto, but it still spiced up pasta dishes most of the week…

Jul 19, 2016

We ❤ basil (week 3)

Jul 19, 2016

Fairbanks CSA blog 2016

Finding uses for Napa cabbage (week 2)

Another week, another giant head Napa cabbage. When Sunday arrived this week we still head half a head of Napa cabbage in the fridge…

Jul 13, 2016

Finding uses for Napa cabbage (week 2)

Jul 13, 2016

Fairbanks CSA blog 2016

“Strong vegetable” sandwich and tasty salads (Week 1)

The growing season starts off slow. One plastic grocery bag with salad greens, Napa cabbage and a few small things waited for us at the…

Jul 1, 2016

“Strong vegetable” sandwich and tasty salads (Week 1)

Jul 1, 2016

Fairbanks CSA blog 2016

Fairbanks CSA blog 2016

I live Fairbanks, Alaska and write about the vegetables that come in the box each week. This isn’t an official blog of Pioneer Produce. I’m just a customer.

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