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By Chris Mittelstaedt on May 11, 2009
Some things just seem impossible to have together: a blizzard in Miami in July; midnight and noon at the same time; flippers and feet. But once in a while a strange convergence of natural coincidences …
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By Chris Mittelstaedt on April 20, 2009
Sometimes things just don't work out. Take the time I wanted to build a hovercraft from a lawnmower. Or the time that a 6th grader convinced me that if I sang Pink Floyd's “Another Brick in the Wall” …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on April 13, 2009
If I were a betting man, I'd wager most of you know about the board game "Hi, Ho! Cherry-O." It's a simple game, originally released in 1965, where a spinner tells players how many cherries they gain …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on March 30, 2009
FruitFriends, most of you now understand the way popular culture and random-access memory connects us to fruit. This week's newsletter started out no differently when I heard there would be delicious …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on March 2, 2009
This March in History: March 1938. Abbott and Costello debuted their famous "Who's On First" baseball routine for a national radio audience 71 years ago this month, and their classic comedic gem …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on February 16, 2009
Whether corner, cubicle, home, or Oval, The FruitGuys believes all offices are created equal in their right to have fresh fruit and nutritious fare available in the workplace. In honor of Presidents' …
By Jeff Koelemay on December 8, 2008
The sound is deafening. In the post-Thanksgiving haze of sleeping babies and whispering adults tip-toeing on sock feet, the plastic-on-plastic rumbling of the Boggle game sounds like a string of …
By Jeff Koelemay on December 1, 2008
1938 - Bartholomew Cubbins takes off first of 500 hats 1957 - IBM 704 plots Sputnik's exact orbit over a period of six days 1981 - Kwicky Koala premiers following The SuperFriends Hour, 8 am …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on November 11, 2008
Jeff, a longtime FruitGuys guy, provides an edifying description of the Fuyu persimmon: how to identify it and how to eat it.
By Chris Mittelstaedt on November 3, 2008
By Chris Mittelstaedt Early November 1975. Richie, Chachi, and Ralph Malph are drinking milkshakes at Arnold's Drive-In Restaurant, swapping wholesome fantasy stories about catsuit-clad rock star …
By Jeff Koelemay on October 27, 2008
By Jeff Koelemay Dracula and Linus walk into a Halloween pumpkin patch. Linus says, "Hey, are you waiting for the great pumpkin too?" Dracula strokes his pointy chin and looks a little embarrassed. …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on October 6, 2008
"Dad," my seven-year-old daughter, whispers. "Yes," I grunt. She's standing next to my bed at 6 am on Saturday morning. "Do you have a ruler?" I open one eye. "Huh?" I croak. "A ruler," she says. …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on September 21, 2008
In a past post, I wrote about Passion Fruit. A lot of you had questions about this tasty, interesting and fun fruit. I wanted to play this newsletter one more time for those of you who missed it just …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on September 8, 2008
The first time I traveled out of the United States, I remember going into a bank with my parents to change money. This was sometime in the 80s when you still had to go to a bank or currency exchange …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on August 24, 2008
As you may have learned last week, Bartlett Pear, known to his friends as Many-of-Two, or Two for short, was a wondrous kind of fruit, that is, A Pear Who Wondered. One end-of-summer-day that we'll …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on August 18, 2008
Bartlett Pear, known to his friends as Many-of-Two, or Two for short, was hanging on a tree at Jelich Ranch in Portola Valley, California, singing proudly to himself. He had invented this little song …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on July 28, 2008
Red Flames may not be what people want to hear about in a month of record wildfires, but these are the delicious thirst-quenching kind. Red Flame Grapes are the first eating grapes of the season to …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on July 14, 2008
So it's a hot summer day at work, and you're looking through The FruitGuys fruit crate thinking about what would be the most refreshing piece you could pick when the light glances just right off the …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on June 30, 2008
Don't overlook the apricot! This unassuming, delicate, scrumptious stone fruit has an interesting history, involving hybridization and Silicon Valley.
By Chris Mittelstaedt on June 16, 2008
Don't like peach fuzz? You're not alone. But you'll miss out on lots of nutrients if you peel a peach, so you may just want to invest in a razor.
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