What I’m Cooking from Our CSA

Melissa Firman
4 min readJun 27, 2020

Discovering the deliciousness of spring onions, garlic scapes and pea shoots.

Photo of spring onions, ground coffee, garlic scapes, pea shoots, lettuce and a jar of Southern chow chow.
Photo by author: spring onions, ground coffee, garlic scapes, pea shoots, lettuce and mild Southern chow chow from week one of our CSA

During the early days of the pandemic, I was extremely anxious about potential food supply issues. Purchasing a CSA share from one of our local farms here in Western Pennsylvania felt like a bit of an extravagance (we’re a one-income family these days) but helped to somewhat ease my mind. If you’re not familiar with the CSA concept, it…

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Melissa Firman

Writes about books, GenX, politics, life. Currently working on a memoir. www.melissafirman.com