Our all-seeing school bus driver with the flip-up, two-tone shades, and an extra-wide mirror above her head had a ranking system that was distinguishable by the depth and tone of her voice. Sit in …
Tastes like Home
These slender green stems are Gai Lan, also known as Chinese Broccoli or Chinese Kale. It is an upstanding green used in many Asian dishes, especially Cantonese ones. Gai Lan has the slight …
A Peachy Mothers Day
Chrissy W., a Fruitguys customer service expert, flies me back to South Carolina on a magic carpet woven just for Mother’s Day from matriarchal memory threads in a southern storytelling …
Reviving Wilted Greens: A Step-by-Step Guide
Revive your wilted greens and restore their crisp texture using this quick and easy ice-water bath method. Our guide will show you how to perk up your greens in just a few simple steps, getting them …
Owl Update
The FruitGuys recently donated an owl box to Kauffman's Fruit Farm in Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania. Here are a few photos of owls on the farm. We hope they'll begin using our box soon! Stay tuned for …
Bebop-a-Rhubarb
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 …
Of Rabbit Holes & Writing Desks
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 …
Strawberry Orange Rhubarb Muffins
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 …
Spiced Cauliflower and Parsnip Soup
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 …
Office to Home; Inside to Out
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 …
Black Radish and Carrot Salad with Lemon-Dijon Dressing
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 …
Swords into Ploughs
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 …
Banana Jungle
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. …
The Sound of Cold at Night
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 …
Chris Mittelstaedt’s LBAM Testimony
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 …
Mothra Update
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 …
The Spring Transition
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 …
Carrot and Potato Home Fries
INGREDIENTS 4 potatoes, scrubbed 2 carrots, peeled and cut into 3–inch chunks 1 tablespoon butter, cut in half 1 clove garlic, peeled and minced 1 leek, white and pale green parts only, halved, …
Seeds for Schools
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 …
A Natural Belly
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!” …
