We love pears not only for their form, but also for their function—buttery as a fine chardonnay, subtly perfumed, and meltingly tender, a perfectly ripe pear can be a sublime eating …
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By Chris Mittelstaedt on
We love pears not only for their form, but also for their function—buttery as a fine chardonnay, subtly perfumed, and meltingly tender, a perfectly ripe pear can be a sublime eating …
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Filed Under: Food, Produce Glossary, The FruitLife Tagged With: Bartlett Pear, Bosc Pear, Comice Pear, fall fruit, fall fruit guide, forelle pear, guide to fall fruit, pear varieties, pears, produce guide, ripening fruit, ripening pears, seasonal fruit
By Chris Mittelstaedt on
I wrote a couple weeks ago about how much I love Gravenstein apple season– and now it’s here! We will be making deliveries the weeks of August 21 and 28. You can experience this endangered heritage …
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By Chris Mittelstaedt on
Summer for many of us is tied to the memory of a perfect piece of fruit. The tartness of that just-picked blackberry; the smell of a peach so sweet you salivate in anticipation of biting into …
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Filed Under: Diet and Health, Produce Glossary, The FruitLife Tagged With: fruit guide, fruit mixes, Gravenstein, Gravenstein Apple, harvest box, harvest upgrade, seasonal eating, seasonal fruit, seasonal mixes, seasonality, summer, summer fruit, summer fruit guide, The FruitGuys
By Chris Mittelstaedt on
Summer is flying by faster than a fish on a unicycle and that can only mean one thing: PLUMS. Plums are now joining the parade of stone fruit that began back in June with cherries and apricots, and …
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Filed Under: Ask the FruitGuys, Diet and Health, Food, Nutrition, Produce Glossary, The FruitLife Tagged With: lunch and learn, natural hybridization, plums, stone fruit, stone fruit hybrids, summer fruit, summer fruit guide, take a breather, Very Cherry Plums
By Chris Mittelstaedt on
I hope everyone enjoyed a fun and safe July 4th holiday. We gathered with family and friends and ate our way through half a case of apricots my wife had ordered through our buying department. The …
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By Chris Mittelstaedt on
My catfish Bicycle was 20 minutes into their workout on our new aqua treadmill when their hydrophone rang. “Blub, blub,” they mouthed in my direction, quickly transferring the call and motioning …
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Filed Under: Ask the FruitGuys, Diet and Health, Nutrition, Produce Glossary, The FruitLife Tagged With: clingstone, freestone, fruitguy noir, nectarines, peaches, stone fruit, The FruitGuys, White Nectarine, White Peach, yellow nectarine, Yellow Peach
By Chris Mittelstaedt on
At this time of year, varieties of peaches begin to come in and out of harvest almost weekly, evolving from June tartness to the cinnamony-sweet notes of late August. As I track the progression of …
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By Pia Hinckle on
Winter is the peak of the citrus season. Officially beginning on the winter solstice (December 21), the bright shades of orange, red, pink, yellow and green of citrus add brightness and light to the …
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Filed Under: Diet and Health, Farms, Food, FruitGuys News, Nutrition, Produce Glossary, Recipes, The FruitLife Tagged With: beet and orange salad, blood orange vinagrette, california citrus, california citrus farmers, cara cara orange, citrus, citrus farmers, finger limes, grapefruit, heirloom oranges, how to eat mandarinquat, how to use citrus, lemons, navel oranges, Orange sale, oranges, winter citrus, winter fruit guide, winter fruit salad
By Rebecca Dienner on
Recipe by Rebecca Dienner for The FruitGuys Two of winter's tastiest treats—squash and persimmon—come together in this healthy, colorful salad recipe. INGREDIENTS Winter squash, 2 cups, …
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Filed Under: Food, FruitGuys News, Produce Glossary, Recipes Tagged With: fuyu persimmon, persimmon, persimmon salad, squash salad, tday 2020, winter salad, winter squash
By Tanya Milosevich on
INGREDIENTS ½ pound mixed greens, washed and spun dry Two Fuyu persimmons, seeded and sliced (peel is edible but optional) 1–2 medium-size ripe pears, seeded and sliced Juice of 1 …
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Sometimes called "apple pears" because of their apple-like shape and pear-like taste, Asian pears are probably one of the first domesticated fruits. With hundreds of cultivars, varieties include …
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What fruit has the vitamin C of an orange, the potassium of half a banana, and the fiber of a half-cup of bran flakes? Hint: It's furry. Answer: Kiwi. Enjoy kiwis by peeling and slicing, or cut …
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A hybrid developed in 1958 at UC Riverside, yellow oro blanco gets its puffy coat from pomelo and sweet spritzy flavor from white grapefruit. Its thick skin and mild, seedless flesh create a nice …
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A happy accident! Discovered in a pear orchard in Nelson, New Zealand, in 1986, Taylor's Gold is thought to be a "sport" (a variety or strain resulting from another variety) of the Comice pear. Sweet …
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You wouldn't want to bite into the iridescent precious stone opal, but you would an Opal apple. Hailing from a cross of the Golden Delicious and Topaz apples, the Opal's sweet-tangy and extra crunchy …
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By FruitGuys Staff on
A herald of winter in many regions is the persimmon. Where the rain or even sleet has begun, the bare persimmon tree, with its orange ornaments, makes a striking silhouette against the grey horizon. …
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Filed Under: Food, Produce Glossary Tagged With: fuyu, hachiya persimmon, how to eat, persimmon differences
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Love the satisfying crunch of an apple and the sweet juicy flesh of a pear? Then you’re going to fall head over heels for the unique Crunchy Gold apple-pear from California’s family-run Kingsburg …
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Pucker up! Traditionally reserved for pie bakers and jam makers, Sour Cherries give their fresh tart-sweet burst of flavor a try before you cook "em up. Nutrient-rich sour cherries have even more …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News, Produce Glossary Tagged With: cherries, cherry, sour cherries, sour cherry
By FruitGuys Staff on
Chandlers are big. Big in popularity, big in flavor and big in size. They're the ones that are big enough to slice for treats like strawberry shortcake. Or if you're short on cake-- they stand up …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News, Produce Glossary Tagged With: berry, chandler, strawberries, Strawberry
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