Arugula

Soooo excited about the first family's veggie garden--organic, started by Michelle Obama and some local fifth graders. The project is a combination of educating the young, feeding the first family, and providing fresh vegetables for a local soup kitchen.

And they even have the plans for the garden. I love that they are lining the walkways with flowers, especially marigolds, which keep out pests. It's a heavy greens garden, not much in the way of beans, potatoes, and tomatoes. But it'll make nice salads and steamed greens. They devote plenty of space to a variety of herbs.

I've been eating a salad mix from Whole Foods recently that includes mixed greens, dill, and parsley. I'll have to try that this summer with the farm food!

In other news, I finally invested in a real knife, the Wusthof Grand Prix II. I bought it at on the edge at Faneuil Hall Market Place, explaining to them that I get a lot of fresh meat that needs to be broken down sometimes, as well as tons of fresh veggies. And it's amazing! It takes about half the time for me to cut the meat and veggies, and the cuts are more even and accurate. It makes cooking fun again! OK, end of advertisement.