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Space (I believe in)

getting around d.C.

Take the METRO.


Try Capital Bikeshare. All the cool kids are doing it.


Go for a walk.

heaven or las vegas

D.C. at Night

korean delaware

b's west coast friend dennis is spending the summer working in the nyc area. he had some time off, so we joined him last weekend on a road trip to washington d.c. on the way we stopped for lunch in wilmington, delaware for korean food! it was some of the best me and b had ever had. and cheap!

CSA Love

b and I are enjoying the challenge of coming up with ways to use our CSA share. I feel spoiled, really. each week we get such a great variety of greens, herbs, aromatics, root vegetables, berries, stone fruits and eggs, and now zucchini. I've been snapping photos of our dishes- everything looks so pretty.


mizuna salad with radishes, garlic chives and tuna.


quinoa elbows with a light tomato sauce and tempeh. steamed broccoli and green beans. snips of fresh oregano.


ground beef bok choy wrap. I ate about 5 of these.


gringo tacos. name stolen from calexico.




oven roasted corn. garbanzo bowl: beans sauteed with onion, cumin and mustard seeds, simmered with some vegetable broth; seared summer squash with garlic; sauteed callaloo; millet. tahini sauce: tahini, lemon, tamari, water, minced garlic scape.

summer rags

Time to clear some stuff out of our overfilled brooklyn apartment! To start off, we have spring/ summer clothes left over from our Red Hook store:

Men's short sleeved shirts, mostly western style, plus some odds and ends.

Women's dresses, skirts, blazers, tops and pants. A couple of bags and swimsuits.

Women's scarves and shoes.

t-shirts

Most items are $5.00 to $20.00 each. Available for wholesale only. (no buying one or two items, please)

Fall and winter clothes are available too.

email me at info@molliedash.com to set up an appointment!

down on the farm

b and I joined the Red Hook CSA this year, and the pickups started last week. We are lucky not only to have a CSA in our neighborhood, but one that supports its own urban farm. Red Hook Farm sits on city park land that had formerly been a paved baseball field. (yes, that's how they used to do it) You can see its history in the remaining backstops and perimeter of London Plain trees, one of the city's most commonly planted species. When you're at the farm nature takes over and you can barely notice the Ikea right across the street! New York Harbor is on the other side of Ikea, its ocean breezes periodically breaking the heat on the farm. Membership requires that we work nine hours a season, and we've already fulfilled our requirement. As the farm will take walk-on volunteers, (show up at 10am on Saturdays if you're interested!) I have a feeling I'll be down on the farm a lot this summer.



Here's what I did with some of the ingredients from our first pickup:



Egg-bowl brunch. I sauteed chopped collard greens, kale and garlic scapes in a small pan. Since the heavy greens took a while to cook, I cracked the eggs right on top of them to finish cooking. The result was something between a fried and a poached egg. (I placed a lid on top for the last few seconds, to cook the whites) This went in a bowl, topped with my homemade kimchi, a dash of tamari and sprigs of oregano. Eaten with Finn Crisp. I made a similar version with zucchini (not from the farm) the next day, and placed the whole shebang on korean yam noodles. yummers!



Another use for the garlic scapes- hummus! While it can be tempting to pick up a tub at the supermarket, the amount of salt in most brands is insane! I prefer to make my own from dried garbanzos, tahini, lemon, a bit of cayenne and salt. Of course the variations on the recipe are endless. Substituting the scapes for bulb garlic was magic. Second pickup is today!

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