Rhubarb!

Growing up, we had an enormous rhubarb plant, and we never did anything with it - because my parents complained it was too tart to eat and there was nothing good to do with it. Then just a few years ago, a friend in Denver harvested the rhubarb from her yard, made pans full of rhubarb crisp, and then had a bunch of us over. I discovered my parents were wrong. I could have devoured the entire pan. I didn't. I stopped short of a plate.

Only because I was worried what people would think of me if I did finish an entire pan by myself.

This past week, I saw the season's first rhubarb and its glorious red stalks at the Farmer's Market. I took a pound and a half home for my first ever rhubarb crisp. Mine didn't come out as good as my friend's, but still with a scoop of Coconut Bliss Vanilla ice cream, it was delicious. I think next I'm going to attempt the classic Strawberry Rhubarb pie. Yum!