Thursday, May 8, 2014

Foraged Wild Ramps

Take a gander at these delicate wild ramps. Fresh picked this morning in Michigan, rush shipped this afternoon to Palo Alto, CA. What a world...

I was wondering about the full-on obsession that seems to surround this humble vegetable. Found a good history of all the hoopla at http://www.grubstreet.com/2013/04/the-history-of-ramps-popularity.html

Dinnertime!!


Saturday, May 3, 2014

Fresh Orchard Apricots

"Perfectly imperfect" is one of my favorite sayings recently. Case in point, take a look at this just-picked apricot. Notice the dents, scars and divets peppering it's delicate skin. Tiny little battle wounds. But bite open the fruit, and the darned thing is ripe and juicy and tastes freaking delicious. Mmmm... perfect.