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By FruitGuys Staff on May 4, 2010
Bebop-a-rhuba, spring rhubarb is here! Diner waitresses are hip-checking pie cabinets, kids stop hopscotching, and the milkman is grinning from ear to ear. What’s the deal with rhubarb? Why does it …
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By Chris Mittelstaedt on May 3, 2010
Nessie, the six-month-old chocolate lab, tears through the house wanting nothing more than to lick the cat until it becomes her friend. A puffed up and spitting blur of fur trailed by a bottle brush …
By FruitGuys Staff on May 3, 2010
INGREDIENTS 1 cup white flour 3/4 cup whole wheat flour 1/4 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup white sugar 2 teaspoons cinnamon 2-1/2 teaspoons baking powder 3/4 cup chopped rhubarb 3/4 …
Adapted from Grouprecipes.com INGREDIENTS 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 tablespoon yellow mustard seed 1 medium onion, peeled and finely chopped 2 cloves garlic, peeled and minced 1/2 …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on April 26, 2010
In my daydreaming mind, skyscrapers in cities all across America turn Chia Pet and sprout Alfalfa as a cover crop on their roofs; highway medians spontaneously erupt with tomato vines causing traffic …
By FruitGuys Staff on April 26, 2010
INGREDIENTS Four teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice 1/2 teaspoon Dijon-style mustard Two black radishes peeled, trimmed, and grated Two carrots, peeled, trimmed, and grated Two …
By Heidi Lewis on April 20, 2010
It’s quiet at Kokopelli organic berry farm except for the occasional proud exultation of a laying hen. Farmer Dr. Shepherd Bliss loves it that way; the quiet gives him peace after his own …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on April 19, 2010
Every summer when I was kid we would visit my grandparents in New Orleans. My dad’s folks lived in Metairie, a parish just outside the city near Lake Pontchartrain in a small, brick, one-story house. …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on April 12, 2010
As a kid, I always looked forward to springtime. Winter didn’t just mean less sunlight and standing at a bus stop early in the morning in a red down jacket trying to quickly mound up disparate …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on April 6, 2010
Chairman Florz, vice-Chair Maldonado and esteemed members of the Senate Committee on Food and Agriculture – thank you for taking the time to hear testimony today about the light brown apple moth and …
By Pia Hinckle on April 6, 2010
In March, California held senate hearings on the status of the state’s eradication program for the Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM). FruitGuys founder and CEO Chris Mittelstaedt testified in defense of …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on April 5, 2010
In the fruit world, spring is the hardest time of year. Summer brings its abundance of stone fruits, Fall its apples, pears, persimmons, and pomegranates, and Winter all varieties of citrus that grow …
By The FruitGuys on April 2, 2010
This isn't a last-minute dish—you've got to prep it the night before. But these tasty home fries are entirely worth the trouble!
By Heidi Lewis on March 30, 2010
What could be a more evocative image for our future than a child's palm-full of seeds? A shipment of seeds from The Natural Gardening Company in Petaluma, CA arrived at The FruitGuys last week …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on March 29, 2010
My daughter walks into the kitchen like a drill sergeant as we are getting ready for dinner. “OK everyone!” she yells. “Belly check!” We all look at each other as she approaches my wife. “Shirt UP!” …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on March 23, 2010
The plum tree in my backyard is awake with white blossoms that shine silver in the moonlight and cluster on the dark wood branches like downy-snow. These small, soft, flowery nests attract wobbly …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on March 15, 2010
"A handful of Jack Handey-esque musings on the magical force that is nature and the mysteries of vitamin C. "
By Chris Mittelstaedt on March 8, 2010
I’m a chaperone on my son’s 3-day, 5th-grade outdoor education trip. We’re on a bus heading back from a camp in Santa Cruz. As my head bobs against the cool glass window, I’m jarred out of a twilight …
By FruitGuys Staff on March 4, 2010
These beautiful and tasty maroon D'Anjou pears are an old European-style pear. They were discovered in Oregon on a sport of the green D'Anjou variety. …
By The FruitGuys on March 4, 2010
This pear, slightly sweeter than a Bartlett, lives up to its name!
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