A weekly summer produce guide to what’s in season right now based on the contents of our CSA share, with CSA and farmer’s market recipes and ideas. This week’s end of August inspiration: corn, patty pan squash, poblano and sweet peppers, and zucchini.
summer produce guide: what to eat right now (mid-august)
A weekly summer produce guide to what’s in season right now based on the contents of our CSA share, with CSA and farmer’s market recipes and ideas. This week’s mid-August inspiration: red peppers, fennel, leeks, peaches, and nectarines.
This week brought a palpable shift towards fall. Summer produce traded bright greens and reds for saturated jewel tones. The hue of the tomatoes deepened, red peppers appeared, pale green summer apples made way for early MacIntosh with their flashes of scarlet, and even the late season peaches and nectarines took on rich maroon hue. I spotted the first green acorns under foot. And, in what may be the biggest harbinger of all, a friend brought a bunch of backyard concord grapes to a party. [Read more…]