The vegetables arrive!

Dropped off the kids at camp this morning and came home to see this bounty! Thanks Andy and Julia and all the rest of you at Two Small Farms!


The tomatoes


Onions and some herbs


Potatoes


More potatoes


Cabbage for the coleslaw!


Ahh, the padrons!!

Ordering food from Mariquita Farms

For over 5 years we've been a host site for the Two Small Farms CSA. (It's also a point of pride for us that we are their number 1 volume site! Through no effort of ours, but I still boast about that!) Getting to know Andy and Julia and the rest of the team there has been so great - it's really important to us as a family to have a connection to where our food comes from.
So I was very happy that they agreed to let me do a "restaurant" order. After consulting with Chef Brioza, here's what I ended up ordering:
BASIL TIPS Genovese - 2 pound
CABBAGE Green 10pounds
HERBS: 1# oregano, 1# Thyme
ONIONS Red torpedo 12 bunches
PEPPERS Pimiento de Padron 10 pounds YEAH BABY YEAH
POTATOES Carola OR Red-gold Medium 10 pounds each
MINT TIPS 1 pound
TOMATOES EARLY GIRL 20 pounds
TOMATOES HEIRLOOMS 15 pounds

I love Mariquita and Two Small Farms! Thanks for letting me order guys!

Ordering the pig

I am so happy and grateful that our friend, and chef extraordinaire, Stuart Brioza, has agreed to help with the logistics of the pig, and even with the cooking thereof! Awesome - rock on Stuart!

A 100 pounder was selected and is coming from here:

http://www.devilsgulchranch.com/meat_devil

It arrives on Wednesday!

The genesis of the pig (party)

It's been decided. More importantly, it's been approved by the missus. It conjunction with the first ever San Francisco Street Food Festival (http://www.sfstreetfoodfest.com) we are going to roast up a big pig in our back yard. Some accompanying food from Mariquita Farms, a keg from Sierra Nevada, a margarita machine (loaned out by our friends Scott and Rio from http://www.metromint.com - thanks!)
Should be quite the party!