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A few weeks ago, I was invited to talk about fall fruit on KTLA, a local Los Angeles TV station. As I set up the table for the segment with Juana and Miguel—two of The FruitGuys’ amazing LA team members—I noticed just how excited the crew and reporters were about the fruit. Behind the Scenes at KTLA Some were fruit
Can you guess what holiday it is today? I’ll give you some clues. Let’s play “blog charades”! It’s five words The first word is synonymous with “across the country” The second word is part of our name The third word is a tiny connector; it indicates where or when something is The fourth word is something most of us do
A few weeks ago, I was in Palm Springs, California, for the Society for Hospitality and Foodservice Management’s annual conference. As the team and I set up our booth for the show, I got a call from my wife. “I’m so sick that I can’t get the kids to school,” she said quietly. “I can’t even make their lunches.” She
I have a confession: I haven’t eaten an orange in the office or at home for at least a month. Valencia oranges are my go-to variety in the summer, and it’s not their fault—I’ve just been incredibly distracted with the bounty of summer fruit. And now, because I missed my window, I might not get a chance for a little
Years ago, my wife and I went to a friend’s wedding in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The packed schedule of wedding activities didn’t leave us much time to explore the city. But on the last day, a bunch of us hopped into a van and a hotel staff member took us to their favorite street taco spot. I still remember the
I’m standing in the grass in front of our office, and my fingers are sticky from the oranges I just speed-peeled. It’s National Fruit at Work Day 2017—and our team is celebrating with a round of “Fruit Olympics.” We’ve already competed to see who can peel the most oranges in a single minute and who can spit watermelon seeds the
Even before I was an official FruitGuy, I had a fruit nickname. My dad called me “Plumbody” as a kid because I ate an inordinate amount of plums. I still have vague memories of pulling open a door below our stove that I used as a table/seat and sitting there to eat my fill—but I don’t remember why I liked
There’s something magical about farmers markets. My family and I love strolling through the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market in San Francisco, greeting the growers The FruitGuys works with, and taking in the rainbow of fresh produce. My sons’ favorite traditions are climbing on the Gandhi statue and eating fresh strawberries—or whatever fruit is in season—by the handful. At The FruitGuys,
I’ve been a very lucky lady this summer. My parents took our entire family (including my siblings and their families) to Italy to celebrate their sixtieth wedding anniversary. Our first stop was in Venice, where almost everything happens by boat. The city had garbage boats, delivery boats, police boats, ambulance boats, and even fruit boats! On our first day in
It’s Gravenstein apple time! The FruitGuys has celebrated the Sebastopol Gravenstein for almost twenty years. Every August during the harvest, we highlight this specialty apple by packing it in our limited-time Annual Gravenstein Apple Box. Last year, we got a lot of questions about the Grav, so I thought I’d answer some of them for you. Let’s start with the
I mentioned in my last post that my kids love nectarines; they just can’t get enough. So even though we don’t have a backyard, I thought it would be fun to see if we could grow a nectarine tree from seed. Farms generally don’t do this. They start their orchards with rootstock—hardy tree roots they can combine with the stem
I can’t get enough summer stone fruit—we’re flying through it in my house. My sons have been known to eat at least four white nectarines or peaches a day! But that bounty is starting to wind down here in California as pears and grapes arrive. It’s bittersweet to watch it happen, but you might not see the same thing: In
In my almost 20 years of working at The FruitGuys, I’ve learned a thing or two about how to keep bananas fresh in the summer. There are a surprising number of similarities between what we do for an office fruit delivery and what I do with my bananas at home. In this article, I’ll share a few of the tricks
My feet are caked in dirt. I’ve been scrubbing for a good five minutes, and I still can’t seem to get it all off. My family and I just returned from an amazing week at a family camp near Yosemite National Park called Camp Mather. To get a chance to camp there, you have to apply at the beginning of
Relax for a minute while I tell you the story of a few of my favorite fruit hybrids. It starts in an orchard far, far away… Apricot and Plum’s Love Story When Apricot and Plum met that fateful day, they didn’t know that their love story would be one for the ages. Plum dangled dramatically from her branch just a
It’s a Monday night, and my family and I are glued to the TV, waiting for a geyser of red foam called “elephant toothpaste” to erupt from a massive 20-foot-tall flask and into the sky. Elephant toothpaste is a foamy concoction that you can easily make at home. But it’s one thing to make it in a water bottle as
Arctic Fire, Honey Blaze, clingstone, freestone—the terms we use to talk about peaches and nectarines would make awesome band names! These fun variety monikers are relatively recent, but peaches and nectarines have been around for quite a while. A Brief History of Stone Fruit Both stone fruits likely originated in China thousands of years ago. From there, they made their
When I think of cherries, I usually think of Bings (the dark red ones) and Rainiers (yellow with a red blush). But in truth, there’s a whole world of cherry varieties to choose from. Our farm partners grow the Arvin Glen, Black Pearl, Lapin, Royal Hazel, Royal Tioga, Sequoia®, and more. There isn’t exactly a rainbow of cherries available, but
One thing I love about being part of a food company is the amazing people I get to meet. Early on in my career with The FruitGuys, I was so excited and proud to explore the often-hidden world of produce. I felt giddy over early morning trips to the market in Philadelphia and visits with farmers who walked me through
Wondering what fruits are in our fruit delivery boxes in May and why you might not see peaches just yet? I’m here to help. In today’s Chief Banana newsletter, I’m answering some burning questions from fruit fans like you. 1. I saw peaches at the store–why aren’t there any in my FruitGuys box yet? Great question! The harvest of summer
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