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Adapted from a recipe by Tanya Milosevich INGREDIENTS 3–5 plums, peaches, and/or nectarines, cut in quarters, stones removed Juice of one orange 2–3 tablespoons regular or lavender sugar 1 medium baguette, diagonally sliced, lightly toasted 8–15 oz. fresh ricotta or goat cheese to spread PREPARATION Put juice and sugar in a pan and heat on [...]
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Everything you always wanted to know about stone fruit (but were afraid to ask) Stone fruit season is coming. Here’s a primer on some of our favorites. Stone fruit that is woven into the pit is called “cling.” Fruit that has less fiber woven into the pit is called “semi-cling.” And fruit that is free [...]
By Heidi Lewis The USDA classifies family farms as “any farm organized as a sole proprietorship, partnership, or family corporation.” But a cold definition is never the whole story, is it? Mick Klug grew up on his family’s farm. His parents established their 40-acre farm in the 1930s. The reason you often hear of farms [...]
Rainier White, White Caps, Dove, Linen, Bone, Blanco, Acoustic White, Eggshell, Sierra, Frost, Mist. It’s no longer simple to pick up a bucket of white paint. Arctic Mist nectarines are white fleshed and low-acid. This freestone is variegated red and green.
By Chris Mittelstaedt There’s a fast-paced smart device game called “Fingerzilla” that lets you rain Godzilla-like destruction down upon virtual cityscapes and towns using only your finger. While being at the helm of such fiery chaos may make users feel invincible, the truth is that we are all at the mercy of the elements in [...]
Recipe by Tanya Milosevich INGREDIENTS 2 white nectarines 1 basket strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, or a combination 1 half pint whipping cream 4 tablespoons sugar 1 store bought angel food cake, or other good white cake PREPARATION Slice the nectarines into a bowl and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon sugar. Let stand for 5 minutes. Repeat this [...]
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Recipe courtesy of Delilah’s Farm INGREDIENTS 3/4 cup water 1/4 cup orange juice 1/2 cup sugar or 1/4 cup agave nectar 3/4 cup grated raw beet (peel first) 3/4 cup chopped nectarine 1 teaspoon finely chopped mint 1 teaspoon orange zest PREPARATION In a small saucepan, heat the water, juice and sugar or agave nectar [...]
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Adapted from epicurious.com INGREDIENTS 3–4 ripe peaches, nectarines, and/or apricots, pitted and chopped 3/4 to 1 cup Greek-style yogurt (1/4 cup for each piece of fruit) 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice 1/3 cup water Pinch of salt 2 tablespoons Amaretto (optional) PREPARATION Equipment needed includes 8 (1/3-cup) ice pop molds and [...]
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By Chris Mittelstaedt It’s summer and I’m 12. We’ve been riding around the block for the last month on our banana-seat bikes. We are a motorcycle gang, with playing cards duct-taped to the back struts of our bike frames, clicking against the spokes menacingly, like souped-up game show prize-wheels letting anyone watering their yard know [...]
By Chris Mittelstaedt We’re so organized it’s almost bewildering. All week long we’ve been going down the checklist helping the kids get ready for camp. “Sleeping bags?” “Got it, Dad!” “Flashlight?” “Daaadd! I’ve got it!” All three of my kids are heading into the Sierras for two weeks. There will be songs, canoeing, archery—it brings back memories [...]
Recipe by Tanya Milosevich INGREDIENTS 1 cup quinoa, rinsed 2 cups water 2 apricots, chopped 2 to 4 peaches and or nectarines, sliced 2/3 cup chopped mint 1 cup toasted almonds, chopped Salt Curry-Yogurt Dressing 1/2 cup plain yogurt 4 teaspoons curry powder 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 2/3 cup olive or grape seed oil [...]
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By Chris Mittelstaedt My daughters are in a rock band. One plays bass and the other drums. My 10-year old drummer has a problem with The Go-Go’s song “We Got The Beat.” “I keep losing my beat,” she says. “Have you looked in the root vegetables bin?” I chuckle. “Dad, not that kind of beet,” [...]
By Heidi Lewis The parenting adage goes, “Put on a sweater, your mother is cold,” but we needn’t worry about the health of a nectarine, which is indeed a sweater-less peach. Peaches’ fuzzy coats help protect them because pests don’t care for their texture, but nectarines get extra mothering. Nectarines thrive with the special care that many orchardists [...]
Ed Magee spends his days thinking about sunlight. When he isn’t working on his 38-acre orchard of white peaches and nectarines in Vernalis, California, he’s in a lab studying the energy of electrons. This scientist-farmer’s day job aids NASA researchers in determining the elemental mix of stars. Ed is a scientist through and through and he takes a very [...]
Fruito the Ripenificent was a world famous fruit magician. For years he had competed for top billing against Vern the Vegetastic until Vern suffered a fatal injury while trying to extricate himself from a giant zucchini flower into which he had been stuffed head first (top hat, tails, and all) before it was filled with [...]
In the pantheon of great lyrical misunderstandings I remember this: summer sunlight circa mid-1970s and me dancing around our living room while singing at the top of my lungs to the “The Age of Aquarius” by The Fifth Dimension on my parents’ cabinet stereo system. Me (falsetto): “This is the dawning of the Age of [...]
The Mango Nectarine has a wonderfully unique texture and taste. When ripe it is rich and soft like a mango that melts on your tongue and lingers with a demure honey-perfumed flavor. They are best when they begin to soften to the touch.
The Jade is a white freestone nectarine, that hails from France but flourishes on the East Coast.
Rainier White, White Caps, Dove, Linen, Bone, Blanco, Acoustic White, Eggshell, Sierra, Frost, Arctic. It’s no longer simple to pick up a bucket of white paint. Arctic Snow nectarines are white fleshed and low-acid. This freestone is variegated red and green, shiny like an apple – but brother that ain’t no apple.
[SCENE: In a box on back of a farmer's truck on the way to The FruitGuys.] NECTAR: To be or not to be! That is my question. Whether it is better to suffer the branches and soil of an orchard-lived life or travel and uncover the hidden mystery—that is the song of myself. NECTARINE: [Gives [...]
By Chris Mittelstaedt Wayne, PA, June 1981. It’s a hazy and humid gray-blue Saturday and the summer beetles are whistle-clicking as I push the riding mower backwards out from the garage. I’m in grasscutting gear—white shorts with green piping, tube socks pulled up to my knees, a blue Adidas T-shirt, mirrored sunglasses, and super-absorbent plush white-and-blue wristbands. [...]
This week, we spent a day driving through the Brentwood agriculture corridor hunting of the perfect nectarine. Brentwood is only a 90 minutes drive from San Francisco and is a perfect oasis near the California Delta. For decades, Brentwood has been known for its bountiful cropland and u-pick opportunities; and our fruit buyer, Dan Lemley, [...]
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