I have had three grandmothers in my life and they couldn’t be more different. One I barely knew as she had dementia and lived in a nursing home most of my life. One is still alive and is extraordinarily prim and proper. The last time I ate breakfast at her home, she removed the jam [...]
Entries Tagged as 'summer'
Frog Hollow Farms Peaches
August 20th, 2012 · 23 Comments · Peach
Ohhhhh. Today’s post is a woozy doozy. I’m giving away a box of sweet, succulent peaches to one of you! Well… I’m not actually giving them away — Frog Hollow Farms is doing it, but I’m taking all the credit. Because I can. They don’t get to look at this post first – haha! … [...]
Tags:cal-red·o'henry·Peach·stone fruit·summer
Charentais Melon
August 7th, 2012 · 5 Comments · Melon
I know it says charentais melon up there at the top and that’s true; but what is also true is that this is a canteloupe — a real one. Not one of those impostor musk melons calling themselves canteloupes at the grocery store and farmer’s markets. I talked about this briefly a few weeks ago [...]
Tags:canteloupe·charentais·Melon·summer
French Baby Melon
July 20th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Melon
I’m sitting here trying to figure out how to introduce one of the very best cantaloupe varieties I’ve ever had when I know for a fact it isn’t actually a cantaloupe. I could just tell you about the best musk melon I’ve had, but for most people that won’t mean anything. So let me just [...]
Tags:cantaloupe·Melon·musk melon·summer
Seedless Concord Grapes
July 19th, 2012 · 7 Comments · Grape
Do you know what the main problem is with seedless concord grapes? … … THE SEEDS! … Every single time I have purchased seedless concord grapes they have had seeds. Every time. It took me 45 minutes to de-seed these seedless grapes so I could make David Lebovitz’s concord grape pie using this to-die-for crust. [...]
Angelcot Apricots
July 13th, 2012 · 5 Comments · Apricot
Seems like on this Friday the 13th I should start with some confessions. How that relates to the 13th? No idea. Just seems right. And who am I to question these things. Confession #1: It was only this week that I admitted I truly love fruit. Oh, I know this site has existed for three [...]
Tags:Apricot·stone fruit·summer
Fruit Maven’s Guide to Peaches!
May 25th, 2012 · 5 Comments · Peach
I found myself up in Santa Monica this past week visiting the famed farmer’s market there and was truly blown away by the quality of fruit on those tables. I had been once before on the weekend and couldn’t figure out what the fuss was about, but apparently vendors pull out all the stops for [...]
Christmas Fig
December 8th, 2011 · No Comments · Fig
If you happen to be the person I accidentally elbowed at the farmer’s market while yelling “OMG! Are those Christmas Figs?” and barreling my way to the table, then this is the fruit for you!
September Yummy Plum
December 5th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Plum
If you find yourself humming songs in the grocery store that go a little something like, “Yummy, yummy, yummy, I’ve got love in my tummy and I feel like alovin’ you,” then this is the fruit for you! (If you do not know this song, please just stop and go over to youtube and listen [...]
Anna Apple
November 21st, 2011 · 3 Comments · Apple
You would think that people would give me fruit to try all the time since I’m the Fruit Maven and all, but alas you would be wrong. Actually I am rarely on the receiving end of exciting fruit, which is ok I suppose since my close friends aren’t exactly as obsessed with finding the next [...]
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