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By Chris Mittelstaedt on August 7, 2006
During a heat wave in August 2006, our produce buyer Dan has been suffering it more than most. On his long fruit-finding trips to the central part of California, Dan sweats the details of delicious …
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By Chris Mittelstaedt on July 25, 2006
It was 1982 — 7th grade at Valley Forge Junior High school. My shop teacher, Mr. Mickey, had the stereotypical nub of an index finger that he could put on his nose, so it looked like it was going into …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on July 3, 2006
The Black Apricot. Our trusty fruit scout Dan discovered these treasures in Kingsburg, California and brought them back for us to experience. Even seasoned FruitGuys staffers were left speechless …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on June 28, 2006
In Vernalis, California the Magee family has a farm of white peaches and nectarines. Their house is bordered on one side by a row of peach trees that run into their backyard - a 38-acre orchard. They …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on June 19, 2006
The Aguilar family has been farming their land in Modesto for four generations. Serafin Aguilar (picture far right) and his two sons, Hector and Frank, share the duties of tending their crops. The …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on June 12, 2006
The folks around the office make fun of me when the flavorosa pluot begins to come in. I must have some synaptic cross-wiring because when I bite into the sugary-sweet flesh of the purple-plum looking …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on May 23, 2006
Dan, our produce buyer, is an amiable jokester. Quick-witted with a lanky frame that can mime the backdrop to any story - he's a natural at making people laugh. He glides smoothly amongst farmers, …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on May 15, 2006
It's mother's day, and I'm thinking about the perfect gift for my wife. Sure there will be the extra hour of morning sleep while I try to keep the kids tip-toeing around like secret prep-cooks - …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on May 9, 2006
Imagine a tree, a gigantic herb really, that produces a single flower. From that frightful and fantastic flower grow 20 hands. If this seems impressive and terrifying to you, if it puts images of …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on April 24, 2006
The kids are sitting quietly as we all read the adventures of Harry Potter and the students at Hogwarts school of magic. It's an obsession in our household lately, and the cat hates it. I go running …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on April 18, 2006
A two-year-old boy has a blonde peach-fuzz head, long eyelashes, and sky-blue eyes. He's toddling around the office after his dad - Erik, picking up trash. The inflatable blow-up bouncy-bounce is …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on April 9, 2006
It's 4:30 on a Friday afternoon at LAX. I'm waiting for my flight to San Francisco to board. A group of five-year-old kids wearing i-pod headphones is singing out of key and out of synch. People wait, …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on April 3, 2006
It must be spring because my son had his first little league game. An hour into the game, as tired kids slumped at their positions, the second to last batter hit a ball between first and second base. …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on March 27, 2006
According to the March 18th, 2006 San Francisco Chronicle article "Apricots fall from favor," in 1980 24,900 acres of California farmland was devoted to apricots while only 14,500 are today. The …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on March 19, 2006
It must have been the time I was eating my Alpha-Bits cereal and watching "Letter-Man" on The Electric Company, that 1970s post-Sesame Street PBS show with the superhero who pulls letters from his …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on March 13, 2006
Here's my elevator pitch: George Cunningham, the grower of this week's Cocktail Grapefruit, could be the Tom Cruise of farming. In the 1988 movie "Cocktail," Cruise moved from New York to Jamaica to …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on March 6, 2006
I love Bob the Builder, that Canadian claymation contractor, if for no other reason that he exists in a world where happiness comes from having a pleasant conversation with an anthropomorphized …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on February 27, 2006
It's 6:00 pm on a Thursday night, the kids are hungry, dinner is ten minutes from blast off and I'm looking for the limbo stick. We pull two chairs back to back, lay the yard-stick across the chair …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on February 20, 2006
Strawberries have a history, too—learn about how they developed into such a popular crop. Plus, our thoughts about why unwrapped produce is the way to go.
By Chris Mittelstaedt on February 13, 2006
I want to offer my apologies and share with you the explanation for the inconsistency in banana ripeness over the last few weeks. On October 4th of 2005, hurricane Stan hit Mexico and generated …
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