Navajo Berries (and how to prepare a disaster)

Navajo Berries (and how to prepare a disaster)

I hope you didn’t misread the title. This isn’t a post about how to prepare FOR a disaster, but literally how to create one on your own. First you take an eight hour road trip with a four year old and you barely drink water because you don’t want...
Olallieberries

Olallieberries

Sadly my experience with berries (beyond blueberries and strawberries) is pretty limited. In fact, it is so limited that I rarely eat them down here in San Diego because the ones we get are often either bland or ridiculously tart. Somehow a mouth full of eye watering,...
Loquats

Loquats

I’ve been trying to get my hands on some loquats for somewhere around two years. They aren’t that exotic and I’ve somehow procured far more difficult items, but the lowly loquat has always eluded me. Lots of people have these in their yards in...
Pixie Tangerine

Pixie Tangerine

I just ate three pixie tangerines for lunch without batting an eyelash. And they were good — really good. Don’t worry, I’m not going all fruitarian on you, I can barely succeed at simple things like limiting dairy. Last night I had macaroni and...
Star Apple (Caimito)

Star Apple (Caimito)

I love brightly colored fruit. It takes what I already think is super fun and just multiplies it times a billion. Plus I’m a sucker for star patterns in fruit, so I was ecstatic when Specialty Produce let me know they had gotten a few of these in stock. Star...