I finally got my hands on a bergamot orange this week and I have been scheming about what I’m going to do with the luscious rind. Heidi from 101 Cookbooks just happened to post a recipe for gorgeous citrus salts a few days ago, which are a definite possibility. But I am thinking I want [...]
Entries Tagged as 'orange'
Mango Orange | Vaniglia Sanguigno
January 10th, 2012 · No Comments · Citrus, Mango, orange
I realized this weekend that I do not have even one mango reviewed on this website. I was truly puzzled by this discovery because I would list the mango as one of my very favorite fruit of all time. It was the first “exotic” fruit introduced to me by my grandmother when I was five [...]
Clementine Cuties + the sweetest Christmas poem you’ll read this year
December 16th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Citrus, mandarin, orange
I have mentioned this briefly before, but when I was a little girl Santa always brought a nice plump orange to fill the toe of my stocking. Since then, I have heard repeatedly that people receive a clementine and when I saw these Cuties at the store, I had to pick them up. Even though [...]
Tags:christmas·clementine·cutie·orange·winter
Sky Valley Heirloom Navel Orange
March 24th, 2010 · 11 Comments · Citrus, orange
If you think I haven’t been posting enough lately and that I have lost my love of fruit (you are wrong) and…this is the fruit for you!
As I mentioned when I talked about the ever-so-lovely Shasta Tangerine, March fruit just isn’t inspiring me. So please don’t dismay, I haven’t abandoned the blog, but it is [...]
10 Ways to Cook with a Tangerine
February 27th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Citrus, Maven, Tangerine, mandarin, orange, recipe, tangelo
I am seriously in love with tangerines. I know they are all actually mandarins, but for some reason using that word seems pretentious to me, somewhat akin to appositely using the word “apposite” in a sentence outside of language arts class. Anyway, I grew up calling them all tangerines and so it will be. As it [...]
Satsuma
January 22nd, 2010 · 7 Comments · Citrus, mandarin, orange
If you are the kind of person always trying to get your latte foam to look like a heart or a monkey or whatever, then this is the fruit for you!
APPEARANCE
Squatty orange fruit with loose, slightly bumpy skin, bright orange flesh and no seeds.
AROMA
Sweet and fresh tangerine scent with the slightest [...]
Cara Cara Navel Orange
January 14th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Citrus, orange
If you like to use catchy catch phrases like “Fruit Maven is the new black“, then this is the fruit for you!
APPEARANCE
Regular looking orange skin, regular orange size, pinkish salmon colored flesh (not quite as pink as a ruby red grapefruit, but close) with very few little tiny seeds.
AROMA
Clean, pure orange.
TEXTURE [...]
Kishu Mandarin
January 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Citrus, Tangerine, mandarin, orange
If you are interested in the latest toe nibbling pedicure treatment and wanted to try it yourself, then this is the fruit for you!
APPEARANCE
Extremely small, squatty, orange tangerine; a little bigger than a walnut; orange. mostly seedless flesh (I have found a single seed here and there).
AROMA
Strong, citrusy and acidic.
TEXTURE
It [...]
Sanguinello Blood Orange
January 7th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Citrus, orange
If you like to wear pants with “juicy” on the buns (and you know we all do), then this Sanguinello Blood Orange is the fruit for you!
APPEARANCE
Fairly small orange, about 1.5-2 inches across. Orange skin with red blushing. Deep crimson flesh that bleeds dark pink juice.
AROMA
Sweet and perfumy orange. I find [...]
Moro Blood Orange
December 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Citrus, orange
If you have a deep, soulful physical beauty that makes tween girls (and their mothers alike) weak in the knees, then this Moro Blood Orange is the fruit for you!
APPEARANCE
This orange is a bit on the small size; orange skin with red blush, deep reddish orange flesh; pink juice! I’ve seen pictures of [...]
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