Pearfect Planning – Exploring Joy with Alison
This week Alison joins our table to gush about planners and how they pair pearfectly with joy. In this episode we find out: If pears and peanut butter pair up and whether Alison always has peanut butter within arms reach How many different ways can Becky use the word...
Throw It Away? There Is No ‘Away’
Let’s talk literal and metaphorical composting with Megan Goehring! Becky finally learns how to compost and realizes she’s been out of compliance for seven embarrassing years. But first — we share a Hass avocado. Is it a fruit or vegetable? Savory or sweet? Do we even...
Do Grape Minds Think Alike? Sharing What We Love
Our host, Becky, the Fruit Maven, is joined this week by her first esteemed guest, Lia Riley, co-host of Afternoona Delight and Afternoona Army podcasts. Becky carries precious cargo 500 miles to share her $30 Korean grapes and explore some questions: Does truly...
Fig Love: Fated Mates, One-Night Stands, and Unexpected Pregnancies
Feeling like a juicy superhero, our Fruit Maven saves a single fig from its lonely fate and shares a shocking secret. From there she dives into a romance for the ages with fated mates, one night stands, sex dungeons, unexpected pregancies, and the ultimate sacrifice...
Rambutan Rendevous: Finding Sweetness in Hairy Situations
We all love those big, memorable moments in life, but what about the smaller, hairier situations? Can we turn life's mundane into moments of pure magic? In this episode I spill the beans on some truly unexpected pleasures. From fruits mysteriously showing up at a nail...
Grape Expectations: When You Need a Little Help from Your Friends
This episode takes a different approach to the idea of joy as I recently met unexpected heartache. I explore grapes as an analogy for community and ask some tricky questions: What is the role of community when we are facing something hard? What can our approach to...
Fruit Confessions: A Love-Hate Melonfesto
In this episode I rant about the sneaky unwritten rules that sometimes hold us back from fully embracing what we love. Plus – I reveal my ultimate fruit nemesis, and spill all the juicy details. This is also the first fruit to receive a rating on sound. Let's dive...
The Cherry on Top: What the Hell is Joy?
How much do words matter and what happens when we define and reclaim them? This episode defines joy, happiness and enjoyment, while diving into the fascinating stories around the naming of the Black Republican Cherry and the Balaton Cherry. Plus the lickability...
Unleashing the Inner Dragonfruit
What are you supposed to do when you realize you’ve put yourself into a box and are silencing the very voice you want to have? Can you go full Game of Thrones and pretend to be Khaleesi, the Mother of Dragons, and burn it all to the ground? What happens when you...
Fruity Recipes
Bergamot Iced Tea
I write this post with great relief as I have been fiddling with these bergamots since last week and haven't been able to come up with anything that I would even remotely be willing to tell you about. Until now. I tried a...
Pear Thyme Scones
Today I am bringing you one of the most comforting, toasty, tender baked goods I have ever made, not to mention one of the easiest. In the last week I have made this recipe no less than four times and I don't think I will get tired of it any time soon. Other members...
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