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By Chris Mittelstaedt A number of years ago, I made the mistake of telling my young daughters that I had brought home Pixies for us to eat. They gasped in horror. It was during their Peter Pan phase, and I had been spreading story-dust about the magical fairies and pixies who live with the flocks [...]
Friend’s Ranch in Ojai, CA, is a regular supplier of Pixie tangerines for The FruitGuys. The Friend family and its descendants (now into its fifth generation of family farming) have been growing fruit in Ojai since the 1880s and tangerines since the 1920s—one of the first California farms to do so. The family planted its [...]
Q: Why do some citrus have seeds and some don’t? A: We asked tangerine farmer Emily Thacher Ayala from Friends Ranch in Ojai, CA. She told us that seedlessness in citrus is a naturally-occuring genetic mutation. In the last century, growers have selected and grown more varieties that have few or no seeds, which many [...]
The Power of Citrus By Rebecca Taggart Once upon a time in the Victorian era, citrus fruits were rare and expensive, a delicacy to be enjoyed only on special occasions. Earlier still, the presence of oranges or lemons literally could make the difference between life and death for sailors suffering from scurvy on long voyages. [...]
By Chris Mittelstaedt It was the kind of month that gave a grown man a hangnail—the really nasty kind that snags easily on wool sweaters in dry fall air and requires Neosporin and a superhero Band-Aid. I had been working a case that had me stumped. Ginny Grapefruit had rolled into my office looking for her roots. [...]
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Recipe courtesy of Delilah’s Farm INGREDIENTS 1/4 cup water 1/4 cup sugar 1 teaspoon finely chopped rosemary 1 cup citrus juice, orange and grapefruit combined 1 tablespoon citrus zest, orange and grapefruit combined PREPARATION In a small saucepan, heat the water and sugar until the sugar is completely melted. Remove from heat and add the [...]
Q: Why do some citrus have seeds and some don’t? To find out, The FruitGuys asked Emily Thacher Ayala, farmer at Friends’ Ranch in Ojai, CA (Ventura County). Friends’ grows Pixies, not the fairies, but the little seedless tangerines that everybody loves, plus other great citrus such as Tahoe Golds, W. Murcotts, and Yosemite Golds. [...]
Don’t be alarmed by this fruit’s blood red interior. The taste is excellent – think orange with a tart hint of berry. Blood Oranges are native to the Mediterranean. Share and Enjoy:
So you made it through the holidays (Happy New Year, by the way!) and now you’re wondering what it was all about. Why did cousin Barry wear a kilt and rugby socks to your grandmother’s holiday dinner, and why did everyone feel uncomfortable when Aunt Clarisse spilled sherry on your father and called him a [...]
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INGREDIENTS 2 14.5 oz cans of organic cannellini beans, drained and rinsed 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided 1 bunch of asparagus, rinsed, ends removed, and chopped into 3- inch pieces 1 bunch of baby beets, scrubbed, peeled and quartered 1 head of rapini, coarse stems removed and leaves chopped 2-3 cloves of garlic, minced 2 [...]
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