Fridge Flashing

Subject: unedited and unposed photo of the contents of my refrigerator.

Date photo taken: Friday, May 4, 2007.

From the looks of my refrigerator, you wouldn't have guessed that N and I were leaving town the next day for an impromptu trip north for the weekend.

Receiving a weekly Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) basket from Two Small Farms every week is a mixed blessing. On the plus side, my fridge is bursting with fresh locally grown organic produce for just $20. The negative side? Same sentence, heavy emphasis on the word bursting. When you catch yourself fearing that you can't go away for the weekend because you'll fall behind in your veggie consumption, it's time to worry. Or feel guilty. Or, in my case, both. [Thanks, Mom]. I'm starting to feel like Sisyphus. Instead of a boulder, I have a CSA basket.

This picture was snapped 2 days after picking up last week's basket. Thursday, after a meeting with my Oakland-based architect, I headed to Berkeley to pick up a Hoffman free-range chicken (delivered fresh Wednesdays and Fridays) at Magnani Poultry and some sweet sweet sweet strawberries from Lucero at the Thursday farmers' market on Shattuck. Now that the bridge toll's gone up a buck, I wanted to make sure I got my money's worth from the trip. [Thanks again, Mom]. For good measure, I swung across town and tried the ice cream at Ici for the first time. Angels sang when I tasted the voluptuous scoop of chocolate. The marsala was "just good" in comparison.

But we're talking fridges here. Click on the picture above to get a detailed description of virtually every item in my fridge (If you're reading this post in an RSS reader, you may need to click through to IPOS to access the detailed descriptions). A window will pop up from my FlickR page. Hover your cursor over the food item and read the descriptions to your heart's content. Go on, peep away. You know you want to.

How's the contents of the fridge looking today, 4 days later? Saturday morning, the chicken went in the freezer (although I just pulled it out again for tomorrow's dinner). The strawberries joined us on our journey north. The rest? Most of those once fresh vegetables are still in there untouched.

Our one saving grace is our killer fridge. If you ever need to buy a new refrigerator, get thee an Amana. Our produce stays in perfect condition for longer than you can imagine. Better than a professional kitchen's walk-in refrigerator. Better than N's parents' fancy Sub Zero that cost triple what we paid. I never cease to be amazed.

What's with all this fridge nonsense, Brett? You can thank Sam of Becks & Posh. She's the Lady Godiva who started all this nonsense. Go peep at her fridge now, Tom. And Cookiecrumb's. And Sean's, Jen's, Marin Catherine's, San Francisco Catherine's, Dr. Biggles' ... the list goes on.

Fridge voyeurism. It's the new "cheese sandwich."

I gotta run. I have a lot of veggies to cook and eat before our next basket comes. Tomorrow.

Comments

[sam]

smarty pants except you've got more change of seeing me naked than on the back of a horse. Both at the same time - no chance!

[jen maiser]

Funny - I totally was thinking of the cheese sandwich thread as these posts were going up. That cheese sandwich guy must be going nuts!

[cookiecrumb]

"The new cheese sandwich"!!!
=snerk=

[catherine]

Nice job! Now I have to figure out how to get a little more high tech with my photos!

[mopalia]

What kind of anchovies? Where do you buy them? (Continuing the quest for the best possible anchovies...) Love your blog!

[david]

Vintage Corelle!!

[sam]

did you know he is now the Editor of the food section of the new york times?

[radish]

I'm so jealous you get weekly produce boxes for $20! That for me is reason enough to move to SF :)

[Brett]

Sam, I don't know what to say....

Jen and Cookiecrumb, a cheese sandwich is good every once in a while.

Catherine, thanks. It's all about the FlickR.

Mopalia, the anchovies are from the Spanish Table in Berkeley. You can also order them on line. Check my earlier post on anchovies for more info.

David, good eye! Corelle in the upper left corner.

Sam, yes, I noticed Pete Wells was now the editor of the NYT food section. Good for him!

Radish, I suspect CSA boxes in NYC wouldn't cost much more. Check this site for a list of some CSA programs that deliver in NYC.

[elarael]

CSA overload is no problem when you have a juicer! Your extra veggies will become a super healthy treat and your fridge is ready for the next box in no time.

[Emilie]

Your fridge is jam-packed!
You definitely love your greens!

[Jessica Schessler]

I never realized how fun it was to peek into someone else's fridge!

[Mademoiselle French Chic]

I looooove Sardines... Sardine is my favourite fish, last I ate one of those such particulare fish it was at Anglet, south of France. God save Sardine!! I think your fridge is cool... I actually want the same for my birthday (october!!) I gonna add you on my French Chic Link, my favourites blog, because you're so right, Sardines deserve a blog! Come and have a look on my page, it's in english as well, all about french Chic trendy, and food as well (I love white wine) Hope to read from you soon... peace, & continue. Mademoiselle French Chic (aka Suzy...) direct from Paris-France!

[San Francisco Photos]

Wow, that's a major stocked fridge ... a bit messy for me but it's good to have the food in the fridge to put together last minute meals!

[Noodle Princess]

Oh man, I totally LOVE your unedited, uncensored photos of your fridge contents.