I’ll justify it by saying that they’re named after a vegetable, but I want to tell the world about my favorite band, Artichoke. I’ve been listening to the new CD 26 Scientists, Vol. 2 (Newton – Zeno) almost nonstop in the car for the past two weeks, and I love every song on it. Timothy [...]
Not a huge haul this morning, although our two single apricot trees gave us a respectable 140 lbs or so. This tree is on Curtner right near the freeway (where they support Campbell annexation, BTW.) I got there a good 15 minutes early, and wondered if the homeowner knew I was from Village Harvest, or [...]
From the always-thought-provoking David Zetland
A long day at Veggielution, but lots of fun. I wanted to make pasta sauce to serve at lunch, and so I started as soon as I arrived, first harvesting onions, tomatoes and basil, then cooking them on the camp stove in a nice new pot I bought just for the purpose this week. The [...]
I rode my bike along the Guadalupe River Trail this morning, amazed, as always, to see the airport after pulling up the short, steep hill under 880. There were several events going on downtown, a classic car and truck show and what I guess are the day-before festivities for the Live Strong Challenge. I thanked [...]
I’ve so far mostly spared you from my other obsessions, including California politics. (Recall that I started blogging in 2003, when I was running for governor myself.) But when I read this article in the Chron yesterday, my first response was “Gavin is trying to lure me away from Jerry Brown!” At City Slicker Farms [...]
I know I have no one but myself to blame for the torrent of fruit rushing through my kitchen, but it’s still pretty amazing. You may recall that I signed up for the extra fruit option in the CSA, although I can’t think of why just now. So I had a box of fruit (and [...]
It was like Tuesday on Thursday today, as Village Harvest returned to the streets of San José to glean backyard fruit. We were mistaken for a roving party at first, as we were brunching on the hood of Julia’s car, with a spread of smoked salmon in cream cheese, pepper jack, and Henry’s apricots, which [...]
There are a couple things I want to link to, this Wednesday of food articles. First, Kim Severson in the NYT, about rock star butchers, which, like so much else I read about food, only makes sense if you are, in fact, totally obsessed with the scene. I am, in fact, totally obsessed with the [...]
We went back to the same orchard in Los Gatos that we’d picked the Saturday before last, but it was a bust. We had less than 100 lbs of fruit suitable for distribution to show for our pains. But a morning with Village Harvest is never wasted. I brought a loaf of the apricot bread [...]