Today I made a short trek to find Mara des Bois Strawberries at Chino Farms, the exclusive little farm stand made famous by Alice Waters. As always, the produce was stunning, the staff ridiculously snotty, and the prices exorbitant. They had peaches and nectarines but couldn’t be bothered to tell me anything more about [...]
Entries Tagged as 'spring'
Camarosa Strawberry
May 13th, 2011 · No Comments · Berry
If you are tired of being seen as unoriginal, then this Camarosa Strawberry is the fruit for you!
Visited the Carlsbad Strawberry fields for some good old fashioned berry pickin’. Found this crazy little cutie in the midst of all the other standard berries and just had to share.
Delicious!
If you are in the area, do [...]
Tags:Berry·spring·strawberry
White Mulberry
June 21st, 2010 · 4 Comments · Berry
If you tend toward the macabre, then this is the fruit for you!
Atemoya
March 5th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Cherimoya
If you are still hoping to find your prince by kissing a little tree frog, then this is the fruit for you!
Atemoyas, a cross between the cherimoya and the soursop, look like tumorous little forest creatures but taste like tropical flowers. Eating one is a pure delight, but so is reading about it. Take this page for [...]
Carambola
February 22nd, 2010 · 3 Comments · Carambola
If you’re so healthy that you do that yoga with the heat turned up to 100 degrees and you feel guilty when you eat strawberries, then this is the fruit for you!
The Carambola, or Star Fruit, comes in tart varieties and sweet varieties. The sweet only has 4% sugar though (compared to a speckled and [...]
Manzano Banana
January 25th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Banana
If your new year’s resolution was to increase your ability to wait and wait and wait and wait and… wait, then this is the fruit for you!
APPEARANCE
Totally cute, small, yellow banana with pale, off-white flesh.
AROMA
Strong, flowery, banana fragrance with a little bit of something bright, maybe pineapple.
TEXTURE
Soft with a [...]
Frederick Passion Fruit
January 12th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Passion Fruit
If you always wanted to pick your nose and eat the boogers (we will just pretend you don’t do this every day in private), then this Frederick Passion Fruit is the fruit for you!
APPEARANCE
Extremely wrinkled, purplish, greenish, reddish oval fruit about the size of the palm of my hand (I know you don’t [...]
Tags:fall·Passion Fruit·purple·spring·winter
Sorrento Lemon
January 2nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Citrus, Lemon
If enjoy stuff like giving a baby a lemon and watching them make crazy faces, then this is the fruit for you!
APPEARANCE
Looks like every common (Eureka) lemon you have ever seen in your life.
AROMA
Crazy strong and acidic, perfumy lemon scent.
TEXTURE
Tight, firm and juicy flesh.
TASTE
Nicely acidic, not overwhelmingly [...]
Queen Victoria (Baby) Pineapple
December 1st, 2009 · 2 Comments · Pineapple
If you’ve been looking for that special broach to spice up your annual Christmas sweater (the one with the embroidered rudolph and the battery powered nose), then Baby Pineapple this is the fruit for you!
APPEARANCE
Cutest little pineapple I have ever seen. The base is just slightly bigger than a lemon and fits perfectly [...]
Tags:baby·fall·Pineapple·queen victoria·south african·spring·summer·winter
Kiwano/Horned Melon
November 8th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Melon
If you’ve been looking for a way to legitimately use the word “horny” in a conversation, then this Kiwano Melon is the fruit for you!
APPEARANCE
This reminds me of a punk rock tiger fish! It is a spiky orange fruit with animal-like yellow spotting. The flesh is a gorgeous bright green that is in [...]
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