Back in May, Katie (my roommate) and I enthusiastically signed up for a half-share at the Kensington/Windsor Terrace CSA in Brooklyn. The pickups started in late June. With a half-share you are supposed to pick up your veggies every other week, but restless/busy/weekend booked as I have been this summer, this was the first Saturday that I was able to be the one to go pick up our vegetables.

And I will report, that I had so much fun! It was a fantastic week. We got purslane, and corn, tomatoes of every color, purple basil, fennel... yum. And beautiful. Everything looked so delicious that Katie and Nick (other roommate) and I decided to have an impromptu dinner party to celebrate our CSA booty.  Svetlana, Tom and Sarah who are in town from LA came, along with Brandon, one of Nick's new friends from medical school. We had a huge salad, with the fennel, purslane and tomatoes-- we added some other farmer's market goodies like peaches and feta too.  And we also made purple basil pesto with walnuts. It did not look as purple all ground up, but it was still tasty. 

For dessert I made a peach crumble, and we had ice cream with an assortment of fun toppings (toasted nuts, coconut, raw cacao powder, sprinkles, creme fraiche) for mini-sundaes. We also discovered something sort of naughty, well I don't know if that's the right word-- but I accidentally had some of the creme fraiche on a bite with my vanilla ice cream. I know it sounds like a little much, but I will go on record as saying that I liked it better than whipped cream. 

Assuming I will be here for more CSA pickups (I already know I'm going to be in San Francisco for Slow Food Nation next one) we want to have more CSA dinners. Everything is so fresh and delicious-- so much better eaten right away and shared with friends.