Blue Foot Mushrooms

This colorful mushroom has a meaty taste.  It goes well with egg dishes, fish, fowl, soups and sauces.  Use in place of button mushrooms for that extra flavor.  

Ramps

Wild ramps have been described as having a mild onion flavor with a hint of garlic.  Other find that it leans more to the "garlicky" side.  Either way these members of the leek family make a delicious addition to any dish.   (Did you know that Native Americans used ramps to treat coughs and colds?)

Morels

This honeycomb mushroom is also called dryland fish or hickory chicken. Morels have a flavor similiar to fish.  They are found in wooded areas usually around ash, sycamore, old apple trees or dead elms.  Most prefer to dip them in breading and fry them in butter or oil..

Bing Cherries

Cherries are a versatile fruit.  They can be eaten fresh, cooked with meat or used in desserts.  Cherries are wonderful way to welcome Spring.  Did you know at one time the state of Kansas made it against the law to serve ice cream on cherry pie? 

Donut Peaches

Donut Peaches are also called Peento, Chinese flat or Saucer Peaches.  This white-fleshed variety is much flatter in height than traditional peaches, with a center depression on the top and bottom.  A juicy peach with great flavor and low acid with a hint of almond taste.  They can be eaten fresh, baked, glazed, or even sauted in butter and brown sugar.

Lychee or Litchi Fruit

Protected by a bumpy, leathery rind that is inedible, the inside is sweet and crispy.  Delicious and juicy fresh fruit.  Often used in cooking to flavor meat dishes.  Lychees are also pressed for juice for lychee martinis or pulped to make sherbet.  Did you know that an unusual use of the lychee tree is to hive bees in the groves?  It is reported that the honey from these grove bees have some of the lychee flavor in it.

Organic Baby Mixed Heirloom Lettuce

This would make a wonderful and unique selection to add to your menu.  The box contains a combination of some of the following lettuces: Black Seeded Simpson, Grenoblase, Green Perella, Red Perella, Vulcan, Sweet Gem and/or Red Butter Baby.  A case of this special lettuce is high yield and worth the investment.

Seckle Pears

Seckle Pears are the smallest of the commercially grown pears.  Also known as "sugar pears" because of their extra sweet flavor.  They have chubby, round bodies with small necks and a green skin that may have a red to maroon color blush.

Icicle Radishes

These crisp radishes have a peppery hot flavor.  Good for hors d'oeurves or as a snack. They add a flair and taste to any salad. 

Purple Fingerling Potatoes

Purple Potatoes?  Yes, they are purple-brown on the outside and bright purple on this inside.  These potatoes make a great accompaniment to any dish.  Give them a try.

Hedge Hog Mushrooms

These usual mushrooms are called Hedge Hog mushrooms because instead of gills like most mushrooms they have soft little spines underneath that look like quills of a Hedge Hog.  These beautiful mushrooms are plentiful right now!

Baby Tri-Color Carrots

These unusally colored carrots are a treat for both the eye and the palate.  They can be serve raw in a salad or cook as a side.  The yellow and red carrots have a higher sugar content than the usual orange carrots. 

Yellow French Beans

These tasty yellow beans are a change from the everyday and add a dash of color if mixed with green beans. 

Fresh Rhubarb

Rhubarb is usually the first produce to appear in a spring garden.  Seems as no one is sure if it is a fruit or a vegetable.  It depends on how it is served.  It adds a zippy tartness to pies and can be combined with strawberries, raspberries and apples for additional sweetness.  Rhubarb makes a terrific sauce for chicken, venison, halibut and salmon.  You can also add rhubarb to muffins, cakes and biscuits.  

Porcini Mushrooms

With a firm white stalk and large brown cap these mushrooms are easily recognized.  They are delicate enought to flavor sauces and stews, yet hearty enough to go with that thick, grilled steak.  

Sunchokes

Also known as Jerusalem Artichokes, these tubers are a member of the sunflower family.  They have an artichoke flavor with the texture of waterchestnuts.  They can be served roasted, raw, boiled or steamed.  They have been used for years as a healthier substitute for potatoes.

Spring Garlic

Young garlic is harvested before the head develops.  It has the appearance of small sized leeks.  This sweet mildly flavored garlic is good in soups, stir fry, salads and in salad dressings.