Exploring Patterns: Ogee, Paisley, Scroll

Exploring Patterns: Ogee, Paisley, Scroll

Have I mentioned lately that fruit inspires me? Perhaps this is obvious since I write a website about fruit, wrote a children’s book about fruit and spend my free time traveling to farmer’s markets, university citrus collections and foraging...
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,...
Fruit Maven’s Guide to Peaches!

Fruit Maven’s Guide to Peaches!

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...
Fruit is Fabulous: An Alphabet Book

Fruit is Fabulous: An Alphabet Book

I’m borrowing a concept from Ms. Havi Brooks today and using this blog post to convene an “Enthusiastic.” An Enthusiastic is like “show and tell” but for grown ups and it is super duper fun. Everyone gets to be very enthusiastic!...