Goodwill and favors

     For pizza night, make a thin crust pizza and grill in a very warm oven (500 or hotter)
for 5-8 minutes.  Look at the blog from September 13, 2011 for a good whole wheat crust recipe.
Try these toppings from your garden for a change to the classic pizza:

Pizza #1:
            2 whole onions, carmelized
            3 cloves garlic, minced
            11/2 cups kale, chopped and grilled
            1 TBSP coarsely chopped sage, or full leaves
            1 tsp chopped thyme
            sprinkling of goat cheese
Heat in the oven for 5-10 minutes.

Pizza #2:
            1 can chopped artichokes
            8 cloves garlic, minced
 Roast the artichokes and garlic in the oven for 30 minutes, until soft and buttery.  Then spread on the pizza.  Slice tomatoes on top and heat in the oven for 5 minutes.



     "He'd like to imagine a farm where no money traded hands, only goodwill and favors.  He had a theory that you had to start out by giving stuff away, preferable big stuff, worth, he figured, about a thousand dollars.  At first, he said, people are discomfited by such a big gift.  They try to make it up to you, by giving you something big in return.  And then you give them something else, and they give you something else, and pretty soon nobody is keeping score.  There is simply a flow of things from the place of excess to the place of need.  It's personal, and it's satisfying, and everyone feels good about it.  This guy is completely nuts, I thought.  But what if he's right?"

                                                               - Kristin Kimball, from the book The Dirty Life

     I recently obtained eggs in exchange for a home-cooked breakfast (thanks Alice!).  I also carted home 20 pounds of tomatoes in exchange for a box full of peppers, kale, and basil from my garden. My tomatoes did not do well in our soil, but everything else did!  Give something away and see what comes your way!