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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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 Heidi Lewis on
A fashion edict of the 20th century was “only wear white between Easter and Labor Day.” Wearing white flapper dresses, knickerbockers, and shoes in summer has its practical purposes, and eating white …
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Filed Under: Food, FruitGuys News Tagged With: growing peaches, peach farm, summer, White Nectarine, White Peach, white shoes
By Miriam Wolf on
In June, we must eat stone fruit. Stone fruits are those fruits that consist of flesh surrounding a single hard pit. They include peaches, nectarines, plums, apricots, cherries, and even mangoes. …
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Filed Under: Food, FruitGuys News Tagged With: dessert, glazed, stone fruit, summer
By Chris Mittelstaedt on
I have been given a copy of Robert Palter’s The Duchess of Malfi’s Apricots, and Other Literary Fruits. It’s a great reference book if you like those moments of clarity when writers unravel the human …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News, The FruitLife Tagged With: aprium, plum, plumcot, pluot, spring, stone fruit, summer
By Rebecca Dienner on
Recipe by Rebecca Dienner for The FuitGuys INGREDIENTS 1 ½ cups whole tomatillos (about 6 medium-sized tomatillos), husked and washed well 1–3 hot peppers, depending on heat preference (such …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News, Recipes Tagged With: appetizer, cilantro, east recipes, garlic, healthy salsa, healthy snack, Peach Tomatillo Salsa, salsa, salsa recipes, salsa verde, summer, tomatillo reipes, tomatillos
By Rebecca Dienner on
Recipe by Rebecca Dienner for The FruitGuys INGREDIENTS 1 1/2 cups tomatoes, diced (regular, roma, or cherry) 2 tablespoons fresh basil or parsley, or 1 tablespoon fresh oregano, minced 1 …
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By Rebecca Dienner on
Recipe by Rebecca Dienner for The FruitGuys INGREDIENTS 2 peaches, ripe (fragrant) but not too soft 2 cups sweet white or dessert wine 1/4 cup maple syrup, agave, or sugar (see Cook’s …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News, Recipes Tagged With: Peach, peach recipes, peaches, stone fruit, summer, vanilla poached peaches
By Rebecca Dienner on
Recipe by Rebecca Dienner for The FruitGuys INGREDIENTS 2–3 medium zucchini, cut in 1 1/2-inch rounds 1/2 cup onion, cut in 1/2-inch pieces 2 tablespoons olive oil 1–2 cloves garlic, …
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The Dapple Dandy Pluot is a sweet plum-apricot flavored pluot with beautifully dappled skin. These pluots contain fiber and complex sugars for sustained energy, and the taste is fantastic. …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News, Produce Glossary Tagged With: Apricot, dapple dandy, fruit hybrid, plum, pluot, pluots, stone fruit, summer
By FruitGuys Staff on
from Good Humus Produce, courtesy of Capay Valley Farm Shop A combination of Royal and Blenheim Apricots From the Luxemburg Gardens in Paris to England’s Blenheim Palace to the imperiled orchards …
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Filed Under: Farms, FruitGuys News Tagged With: Apricot, apricots, ark of taste, blenheim apricot, Capay Valley, capay valley farm shop, capay valley farmshares, farm shares, good humus produce, heirloom fruit, royal blenheim, stone fruit, summer
By Jeff Main on
by Jeff Main of Good Humus Farm, Courtesy of Capay Valley Farm Shop Image courtesy of Good Humus Produce With the passing of the 2013 equinox a few weeks ago, and all the warmth and wetness …
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Filed Under: Farms, FruitGuys News Tagged With: apricot blosoms, Capay Valley, capay valley farm shop, capay valley farmshares, cherry blossoms, equinox, farm shares, good humus farm, hawks, jeff main, spring, spring flowers, spring on a farm, summer, tulips
By FruitGuys Staff on
Put some Harry Belafonte singing Yellow Bird on the hi-fi and cut open a sweet Canary Melon for a double tropical treat. Yellow rind and pale green flesh. …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News, Produce Glossary Tagged With: canary melon, melon, melons, summer, yellow melon
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The tear-dropped shape contains "A taste of honey. Tasting much sweeter than wine. I dream of your first kiss and then..." This fruit of desire goes way-way back to the Old Testament and the very …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News, Produce Glossary Tagged With: black fig, black mission fig, fall, Fig, figs, mission fig, summer
By FruitGuys Staff on
Blue Ray Blueberries are big, juicy early blueberries. Blueberries are power packed with nutrients. Add some sweet notes to your yogurt or granola by tossing in a few of these real-deal berries. …
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Blackberry thumb is what some call the sickness of too much texting. [:-(] At the Emerging Technology Conference in San Diego, the theme was "The Attention Economy," Linda Stone spoke of a "continuous …
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By FruitGuys Staff on
Yeah! Cherries! A fruit so packed with taste and lore, in poems, paintings, and punk rock songs- how we worship this fine little fruit. For many the first cherries are a sign of spring and renewal, …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News, Produce Glossary Tagged With: Bing Cherries, cherries, cherry, stone fruit, summer
By FruitGuys Staff on
Albion strawberries are the variety that put strawberries front and center in terms of market and availability. This vigorous and big berry has made it possible to have strawberries more often …
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By The FruitGuys on
What do you get when you cross a cherubic Hummel figurine and an apricot? An Angelcot. Developed by Ross Sanborn, this unique short season apricot is notable for its very pale yellow—almost white …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News, Produce Glossary Tagged With: Angelcot, Apricot, stone fruit, summer
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Recipe by Non-Reactive Pan, clarosouthwick.com/blog INGREDIENTS 10–12 Padron peppers 1/4 teaspoon coarse salt 2 tablespoons olive oil PREPARATION Heat a skillet over high heat, …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News, Recipes Tagged With: coarse salt, padron peppers, pepper, peppers, side dish, summer, tapas, Tapas-Style Padron Peppers, vegetarian, west recipes
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