Receive thoughtfully curated handcrafted and organic foods, support our community's most respected growers and makers, and discover their stories. Your personal health, the health of your community, and the health of our soil are all connected and thrive together. Build your perfect box by mixing and matching our curated selections with your favorite a la carte products.
Choose the frequency that works best for you. Varying weekly, enjoy ingredients and recipes to cook suppers you can take your time with. Taste your way through the seasons with curated bundles of produce, meat and plant-based proteins, and pantry selections based on different culinary themes. For households who prefer to do their own thing.
Choose the frequency that works best for you. Varying weekly, enjoy ingredients and recipes to cook suppers you can take your time with. Taste your way through the seasons with curated bundles of produce, meat and plant-based proteins, and pantry selections based on different culinary themes. For households who prefer to do their own thing.
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At Narrative Food (formerly known as Out of the Box Collective) we believe nourishment comes from way more than calories, proteins, and fats. We are also nourished by food memories and culture, by our community, and by our friends and family. Our approach to healthy food happens in the context of a healthy food system and a healthy community.
You can order a single delivery at any time. You can also set up recurring orders -- weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly delivery -- for any of our Supper Kits, bundles, or a la carte items. You can change your preferences at any time or pause for the holidays. Depending on your location, we deliver between on Saturdays (between 12p-6pm) and Sundays (between 3p-9p).
Piette approaches food from an environmental perspective and only sources food from people she considers to be 'stewards of the land' who are producing 'clean food'. Piette says she is more concerned about 'a long-term, holistic solution to our lost food culture' and 'reliance on on mass-production' than a strictly local diet.
Reviews (18)
Thomas Nester
May 17, 2021
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Emily F.
May 17, 2020
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If your ordering a box and don't want to feel like you just got scammed then just be aware that what is listed under what is included in your box is really included. The website is very misleading. You think you are getting this great list of items that are clearly listed under "what's included" but half of the items say "default zero" in tiny print which means they are not included. It's on me that I didn't realize this but I'm sure I'm not the first person to get their box hoping for all this great stuff only to realize you just paid $90 bucks
Antoine Day
Jul 05, 2019
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Amelia V.
Mar 28, 2019
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Irene K.
Oct 12, 2018
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I appreciate Jennifer's response. However, I do know about letting plums ripen and not eating them while they are still hard, I am not a fool. These ones did not ripen - they eventually wrinkled, but remained tasteless. This is what happens when stone fruit is picked too soon. Also, the apples and grapes were just bruised and bad on the day they arrived. Whoever put them in the box must have known this. It is outrageous at the prices they charge.
Christopher Lee
Aug 10, 2018
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John H.
May 12, 2018
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Danielle G.
Sep 23, 2017
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I've tried many CSA's and food deliveries, and this is the best. Jennifer is always responsive and on top of customer service. The variety of the food week to week is much better than your average CSA. The food is organic (with locally produced grains and cheeses, and pastured meats), and the quality of all the food is excellent. OTB saves me a lot of time running to the farmer's market, seafood store, butcher, etc so I think the price makes sense.
Oh, and the recipes in the box are fantastic! ;)
Oh, and the recipes in the box are fantastic! ;)
Laurene U.
Aug 31, 2017
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I get a delivery every other week. I enjoy the organic produce as the mass market by me does have much in the way of organic offerings---and the store "organic" produce is as bland in taste. I would say that about 90% of the time the fruits and vegetables from this company far exceed the taste of the "organic" offerings in my market. Love the peaches, artichokes and melons. More expensive--maybe a little--but very much worth the taste!
Jennifer's response time is fantastic.
Jennifer's response time is fantastic.
Clare C.
Jul 18, 2017
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Ems H.
Jul 12, 2017
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I'm not sure how this is rated so highly...it is all organic so it is pretty pricey. The food is average, bordering on flavorless for the fruits and baked goods. I got the pistachio croissant, cinnamon bread, and fruit pie as well...it tasted pretty bland and not as good as something you would get at Ralph's for half the price. It tastes more like the typical mass produced baked product, and I was expecting something that tasted pretty close to homemade. The peaches were tiny and half of them were bruised so badly that they were ruined by the next day. Fruits didn't have a lot
Craig S.
Jan 09, 2017
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Mary J.
Aug 14, 2016
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We've been using OOB Collective for several months now. It is slightly expensive, until you think about how many grocery trips it saves you and the infinite number of extras that sneak into regular grocery trips. OOB has helped me to cook with things I would never have done otherwise (lemon cucumber, okra, sunburst squash in a brown butter sauce) and provides great recipe ideas. Until this week, we have just been getting the produce boxes with a couple of extras added in, but I just ordered our 1st Real Food Box for next week. We chose the vegetarian option since we buy our meat in bulk from
Maggie Z.
Feb 22, 2016
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OOB Collective is the best! It is a tad pricey but the quality is consistently high. I get a weekly produce box that is fantastic. I can even log in to view the fruits and veggies of the week and make swaps if so desired - I think that level of tailoring is very customer-oriented and says a lot about their approach.
I used to get regular blooms along with my produce box (the fresh flower delivery option, a surprise each week) but that was shut down for the winter as they couldn't guarantee good flower quality in the cooler months. Can't wait for the blooms to return.
In addition the
I used to get regular blooms along with my produce box (the fresh flower delivery option, a surprise each week) but that was shut down for the winter as they couldn't guarantee good flower quality in the cooler months. Can't wait for the blooms to return.
In addition the
Tiffany K.
Dec 10, 2015
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Back in July, I discovered this business online and was intrigued because they shopped at the farmer's markets in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara. I decided to write them an E-mail to find out whether they delivered to Santa Barbara, in the off chance that they did. The reply I received was instantaneous. I was informed that no, they did not, but hoped to implement this in the fall. I wrote back, thanking Jennifer for her response and let her know that this service sounded like exactly what I was looking for because I'm blind and unable to drive so getting out to the farmer's market
Beth S.
Oct 21, 2015
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One of my resolutions from last year was to get more vegetables in my family's diet. Often when preparing dinners I can get into a rut, making the same recipes with the same ingredients. Ditto for buying vegetables in the market, I kept to the same choices each week. I worried that my family was not getting a variety of nutritional vitamins and minerals from my limited choices. "Out of the Box" produce boxes are an excellent solution to the problems stated above. The weekly produce boxes (I chose 75% vegetables and 25% fruit-jumbo) offer a variety of vegetables I can now include
Kristin A.
Sep 22, 2014
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We used to like this a lot - a tad overpriced but nice produce and convenient. As of late, however, there always seems to be a mistake in our order (as in, a missing item or an inferior item replacement). Beware as well that substitutions are not guaranteed - even though we cannot use lemons we get them most of the time.
The reusable boxes are gone now as well, which were one of the reasons we switched from our previous service.
They used to have nice vegetarians recipes, but these are mostly gone now as they have started to push set boxes that include everything for a meal. The meals are not to
The reusable boxes are gone now as well, which were one of the reasons we switched from our previous service.
They used to have nice vegetarians recipes, but these are mostly gone now as they have started to push set boxes that include everything for a meal. The meals are not to
Stephanie Q.
Jan 31, 2012
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This is the most wonderful idea & executed so beautifully. You can dump your box of organic produce on your counter & shoot it for the cover of a food magazine. The artisanal cheeses, the beautiful meat & farm fresh eggs should be enough but there are chefs recipes that come with it. It's like Christmas every week.
