Below is my email for a friend who invited me to pick in her garden today:

Dear L,

My lunch today was a mixture of julienned raw beet (from your garden) and cubed cooked beet, your red lettuce, thinly-sliced red onion marinated in sumac spice and lime juice, Calabrian olive oil, chopped tomato, some puréed chana dal (Indian split chickpeas), fried small cubes of Cypriot Halloumi cheese, cooked French flageolet beans, fresh thyme and basil, and toasted walnuts. All accompanied by fresh slices of my whole wheat levain bread baked 2 hours ago and an Italian rose wine. 

Thanks for the vegetables!