Milk Bar Member Diary

At Milk Bar we know a good snack when we see one! At any given day in our busy office one may find a veritable smorgasbord of potential new treats laid upon our big meeting table for tasting like a Parthenon offering to the statue of Athena. A day’s work is all too often punctuatedContinue reading “Milk Bar Member Diary”

Southside CSA distribution June 16th

MimoMex Veggie Share: 1/2 pound salad mix 1/2 pound bok choy 1/2 pound sweet peas 1 bunch Swiss chard 1 bunch cilantro 1 bunch of 4 pieces of garlic 1/2 pound of garlic scapes Greig Farm Berry Share: 4 Qts of Strawberries 1 lb Sweet Peas Northwind Farm Meat Share: Sweet Italian Sauasage Shell ChickenContinue reading “Southside CSA distribution June 16th”

Meeshka Member Diary – Apples, Strawberries & Squash

Meeshka Share Family shares with us some yummy recipes for all those apples, strawberries in the freezer, and squash you have piling up on the counter….

Jacob-Hurwitz Member Diary for Week #8

I am a brand new member of the Southside CSA this season! After participating in CSAs in other neighborhoods with my boyfriend, we were delighted to find a CSA close to our new home on the south side. We’ve been picking up a half share of berries, vegetables, and soon fruit and we are alsoContinue reading “Jacob-Hurwitz Member Diary for Week #8”

Member Diary #6: George & Melissa- June 18th Share

This is our third year with Southside CSA and the coming of the new season has become one of the most exciting parts of our year!  We are a couple sharing a half monty, including veggie, orchard, and egg share, as well as a half berry and half chicken share.  We did do the meatContinue reading “Member Diary #6: George & Melissa- June 18th Share”

Member Diary #5A – Crack Fox – June 4th Share

  This is our 4th year being a part of the great Southside CSA. We usually do a full veggie and egg share, but after witnessing the insane berry bounty last year, we decided to go for the Full Monty Deluxe. I cook 1-3 meals for us every day, so everything is usually eaten by my husband andContinue reading “Member Diary #5A – Crack Fox – June 4th Share”

Week #5 – June 4 [A week]

It was a wet one. Distribution was inside and we forgot the camera…Regardless, the strawberries were sweet. In fact, so were those Sugar Snap Peas. Ate most of those raw with my tamale. Life is good at distribution… Greig Farm Share 4 quarts Strawberries 1 pound Sugar Snap Peas Feather Ridge Egg Share 1 dozenContinue reading “Week #5 – June 4 [A week]”

Member Diary #4 — AJ’s

CSA life: May 28th – June 3rd I chose this week to do a member diary, because I thought it would be a quiet and calm week after my teaching semester had ended, a week with plenty of time for cooking. But somehow I always think that, and I’m always wrong. This week my newContinue reading “Member Diary #4 — AJ’s”

Member Diary #3B: Tamara

Hi Fellow Southside CSAers, I’m Tamara and I split a ‘just veggie’ and an ‘empire’ share -which comes to the same thing as a Vegan’s Deluxe ,which in my mind I’ve been calling a vegan’s delight – with my boyfriend and our 17th month old son Meshak. We aren’t strictly vegans but we eat aContinue reading “Member Diary #3B: Tamara”