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By Heidi Lewis on November 18, 2009
By Heidi Lewis While the glowering Mr. Jack O' Lantern will certainly do some face-melting in the next week or two, inspiring investigation by the budding entomologists in your family, there is …
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By FruitGuys Staff on November 18, 2009
As part of your FruitGuys subscription, we provide you and your employees online access to UC Berkeley's Wellness Letter, the newsletter of nutrition, fitness and self-care. It translates leading-edge …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on November 18, 2009
Introducing the Fuyu persimmon: a cute orange fruit that tastes sweet like cinnamon!
By Chris Mittelstaedt on November 6, 2009
Here's the thing about modern living. At 40 years old, I can form a rock band that gets top billing in my living room. Rehearsals are quick, and I tower over my band mates who barely crest four feet, …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on October 30, 2009
Mr. Brown is in the kitchen, head down, looking for a spork. Ms. Bright walks into the room and heads to The FruitGuys crate. They smile at one another, nervous to acknowledge the habit they have both …
By The FruitGuys on October 27, 2009
Nothing could be better than a homemade apple pie—except an award-winning homemade apple pie! This one—using only Gravenstein apples!—is a champion.
By Chris Mittelstaedt on October 16, 2009
We just got back from a trip to Southwest France to visit Jacky, my wife's ailing 82-year-old grand cousin. She's a very sweet lady who slaps your face when she is happy with you, lives in the tiny …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on October 5, 2009
My three-year-old niece takes a sip from her paper water cup and stops mid-gulp. Her pink Minnie Mouse ears are slipping. She purses her lips intently, tilts her head back and looks skyward as she …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on September 25, 2009
I'm just about to climb the Grapevine on I-5 South into LA when I get the call on my cell. "Papa," my daughter's voice sounds thin like she's trying to hold back tears. "Is Squeaky with you?" She …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on September 18, 2009
It's my humble opinion that Asian Pears are not only one of the tastiest of all fall fruit treats but also one of the most beautiful. The flavor of the different Asian Pear varieties plays in your …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on September 14, 2009
Scott, the Firebird-drivingm, WYSP-FM-listening, tan and mustachioed manager of the Friendly's ice cream restaurant in the King of Prussia mall, is scowling at me. I'm only a few months into my first …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on August 31, 2009
I took a late vacation in 2009 - one week at the end of August up at the Russian River in Northern California. We rent a small house that's down a bumpy one-lane road, up and over hills, and through …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on August 18, 2009
I felt pretty good going into Sebastopol’s Gravenstein Apple Fair as a rookie pie judge last weekend - just little bites I kept telling myself. As we sat under the tent around a card table, our chairs …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on August 14, 2009
"Mama, I woke up at 3:19 this morning!" my 8-year-old daughter announces to my wife. My wife, who has the superhuman ability to raise just the end of one eyebrow as if tugged on an invisible string, …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on August 7, 2009
Popi's brown Chrysler smelled of warm leather, 70s dashboard plastic, starched shirts, white mint Tic-Tacs, and something atomized that I couldn't quite make out that felt powdery and sticky in the …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on August 3, 2009
It comes up all the time. In cafes, at dinner parties, just chatting with folks on the bus in the morning: "When you play "superhero," what's your special power?" Sometimes I say underwater breathing, …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on July 20, 2009
By Chris Mittelstaedt At this time of year, new varieties of peaches come in and out of harvest each week, evolving from early June tartness to the cinnamony-sweet notes of late August. As I track …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on July 6, 2009
It was 2 pm when Jane called and asked for my assistance. "The IT department did it again," she sighed. "Where is he?" I asked. "In the server room." I walked past the IT team and heard the high …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on June 8, 2009
An ode to the cherry, and a brief recollection of the time The FruitGuys' founder went to Vegas dressed as a banana.
By Chris Mittelstaedt on May 26, 2009
[SCENE: Orchard. Dappled sunlight falls softly. Ripe fruit hangs on trees.] DAD: Nectar? NECTAR: Yes, dad. DAD: Well, son, we have something to tell you. Mom and I have been thinking that …
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