Celebrated Rachel’s birthday with a traditional food-centric gathering at the Manzanita House. On the menu: Apple Cider Donuts, Pork Chili, Cornbread, Nutella Bacon Rice Krispies, Potato Gratin, Cabbage Salad, Bacon Brussels Sprouts & Asparagus, and Bacon Baked Beans.
Leaning tower of cornbread.
Glazed Donut by Amy Kim.
Flowers from Silver Lake Farms.
My favorite, w/ Victoria.
I bought a whole chicken through Silver Lake Farms CSA. The chicken was from New Frontier Family Farm out in Chino, and was sustainably and organically raised. Having never cooked a whole chicken before, I thought this was a perfect piece of meat to start with. I implored the help of the girls from the Manzanita house to help me out.
Rachel collected some sage, thyme, and rosemary from her yard. With the herbs, onions, lemons, and garlic, we stuffed the chicken and roasted it.
Amy carved up the chicken. I got the wishbone.
Arugula Beet Salad, Roasted Potatoes, and Graham on the side.
backwards beekeepers meeting at farmlab under the spring street bridge. amazing space.
altadena urban farmer’s market at zane grey estate. soup!
chickens
goats
I paid for stuff with Time Dollars! $6 Fresh Orange Juice = $1 + 1 Time Dollar.
$3 Mustard Soup = $1 + 1/2 Time Dollar.
Joint house dinner at Manzanita with Avishay’s crew.
Jill & Co. threw a birthday party for hubby, Justice. Kids’ games were abound. Like 13!
Silver Lake Spice Station. A nice lady named Christie helped me buy some Cumin.
Steph Marchan’s bday party at Manzanita. Complete with fried corn nuts…
and popcorn…
to put on your ceviche.
kevin failed. but his porkchops w/ bacon were amazing.
Spent the day figuring out how Marcel the Shell would be built. For dinner, walked over to Kevin’s for dinner. After joining the CSA for the sole prospect of getting eggplants, Kevin was disappointed after 10 weeks of no eggplant. Finally, on the 12th week, Kevin got 2 eggplants. He had us over for dinner to showcase his mom’s recipe for her eggplant parmesan, noted as kevin’s favorite dish EVER. I prepared pasta, rachel made bok choy, gen made garlic bread, and victo made fried rice.
More photos of the day via Genevieve Santos.
