A Simpler Place in Time

Here is a new chapter in my never ending saga of finding locally grown organic food in Tampa.  Found a new service, A Simpler Place in Time through this article in Temple Terrace Patch.  This is a picture of my order which came to about $30.  Things I like about this service: you order online, free delivery, only have to commit to a single week at a time (but must order a minimum of $25), if you right-click on an item, you find good information on the item and might even link to recipes, the web site tells you who is supplying the food (for local suppliers) or the place where it is grown (for out of town suppliers) and there is a variety of things that I have never tasted.  Pictured above is this week's delivery: Chocolate mint plant (leaves taste like girl scout cookies- a sprig in your coffee cup adds that great flavor), opal basil, english garden peas (haven't seen those fresh in a long time), cremini mushrooms (which just turned out to be baby bellas- but that's OK- learned the real name for them), carrots, garlic, Japanese eggplant (which Rob proposes to turn into Sichuan eggplant but I want to turn into eggplant parmigiana), kale (but we ordered collards), heirloom tomatoes, kabocha squash (an Asian pumpkin which Rob wants to turn into pumpkin curry and I want to turn into pumpkin cheesecake) and local raw unfiltered honey.  They also included a sample packet of Java Planet's expresso mix.  I have been dying to try Java Planet because they are a local organic coffee roaster, and was disappointed to find that this week they were out of stock at A Simpler Place in Time.  Rob want to nix them because he didn't get his collards, but I like the convenience and the variety, so we probably will order again.