by Fruit Maven | May 31, 2011 | strawberry
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...
by Fruit Maven | May 13, 2011 | 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...
by Fruit Maven | Jun 21, 2010 | Berry
If you tend toward the macabre, then this is the fruit for you! APPEARANCE Rating: Eww. AROMA Rating: Meh. TEXTURE Rating: Fine. TASTE Rating: SWEET!!! and a little more complicated than most of the black mulberries I have tried. OVERALL Overall Rating: FRUIT Mulberry...
by Fruit Maven | Mar 5, 2010 | 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...
by Fruit Maven | Feb 22, 2010 | 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%...
