We picked up our first CSA yesterday. To say we were excited would be an understatement... you'd be better off describing us as giddy. Over produce. Local. Organic. Biodynamic. Incredible. Produce. We've never done a CSA before, for various reasons. Moving. Out of town for too many weeks in the summer. Moving again. Farmers' market just down the street. Moving. You get the picture. But this summer we had no excuses. You never realize just how limiting grocery store produce can be until you see the other side; the incredible variety of vegetables, fruits, and herbs that can be grown on a single farm. Talk about trying new things, this particular meal contained two things we had never eaten before, let alone cooked. I present to you: beet greens and garlic scapes. The greens, the result of the farmer thinning his beet crop for a better harvest, were surprising. I expected a bitter green, something along the lines of Kale or collards. But what we got was not bitter at all; rather, a rich

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