Seasonal
Sections

August

Keep the meal. Change the season.

Peppers reach their sweetest now. Figs don't wait. Nectarines need almost nothing. The basket changes. The meals stay. Your kitchen starts to taste like August.

The August basket

This is what I'd bring home.

Ripe figs 1 pint Buy them ripe. Plan to eat within two days. Yogurt, cheese plates, weekend meal Red bell peppers 3–4 The house flavor starts here. Rice bowls, tacos, house flavor, chicken Eggplant 1 large or 2 small Roasts into something completely different. House flavor base, rice bowls, pasta, sides Cherry tomatoes 1 pint Still abundant. Still worth it. Pasta, tacos, rice bowls, snacking Jalapeños 3–4 The sauce needs two. Keep the rest. Tacos, eggs, house flavor, everything Zucchini 3–4 medium They carry the week without asking much. Rice bowls, pasta, chicken, sides Basil 1 bunch Same as last month. Buy a pot if you can. Peppers, tomatoes, pasta, the drink Nectarines 4–5 The peach's quieter cousin. Almost as good. Yogurt, breakfast, snacks, the plate

Around $35–50 for the seasonal basket. Proteins and pantry basics are separate.

→ All 8 ingredients, in full
The meals

Your usual meals, wearing August.

Keep what you already make. Add what's ripe.

Rice bowl → Roasted peppers, zucchini, cherry tomatoes, torn basil. The pepper does the work.
  • Peppers + cherry tomatoes + basil The version you'll make most often.
  • Peppers + zucchini + charred pepper sauce If you made the house flavor. Worth it.
  • Cherry tomatoes + jalapeño + cotija If you want something closer to the taco bowl direction.
All of it →
Pasta → Cherry tomatoes burst in olive oil. Basil after the heat. Still no jar. Still August.
  • Cherry tomatoes + basil The simplest version. The tomatoes are the sauce.
  • Cherry tomatoes + roasted pepper + basil If you have leftover roasted peppers, fold them in.
  • Cherry tomatoes + jalapeño + cotija If you want heat and something salty at the end.
All of it →
Tacos → Peppers, jalapeño, cherry tomato, cotija, lime. Brighter than it has any right to be.
  • Peppers + jalapeño + cherry tomato + cotija The August version. Brighter than it looks.
  • Peppers + jalapeño + charred pepper sauce Use the house flavor as the salsa.
  • Zucchini + pepper + lime + cotija If you want a vegetable-forward taco.
All of it →
Yogurt → Sliced figs or nectarines, a little honey. Breakfast becomes the moment.
Chicken → Zucchini, peppers, charred pepper sauce alongside. The sauce is why you made extra.
House Flavor

Charred Pepper Sauce

One jar. A week of flavor.

  • Spoon it over a rice bowl.
  • Drizzle alongside chicken or fish.
  • Stir into scrambled eggs.
  • Thin it for pasta.
→ Make one jar
The drink

North Park Cooler

One drink. Make it as long as watermelon is around.

Watermelon, basil, lime, sparkling water

→ Make the drink
The weekend meal

Fig, prosciutto, burrata, and arugula.

One meal should feel like the reason you went shopping. In August, this is it.

Figs, burrata, prosciutto, arugula

→ Make the weekend meal