by Fruit Maven | May 8, 2012 | Citrus, 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...
by Fruit Maven | Feb 16, 2012 | Citrus, pummelo
If you pride yourself on your pithy prose, then this is the fruit for you! Let’s talk about pith. Or actually, let’s learn a new word today — albedo. I heard this word on one of the tours at the UC Riverside Citrus Collection a few weeks ago and I...
by Fruit Maven | Feb 8, 2012 | Citrus, Tool
Cool Tool is an ongoing series where I highlight crazy stuff related to fruit. You can see more over here. Today we have an entry in the “You-paid-how-much-for-ANOTHER-tool-for-cutting-fruit?” category. You could keep using the $1 version but of course all...
by Fruit Maven | Feb 3, 2012 | Citrus
Sometimes I just miss being in fourth grade. My afternoon started out simple enough with me photographing all the citrus on my table and the next thing you know I’m googling the relative size of the planets to make my very own solar system out of citrus. You...
by Fruit Maven | Feb 2, 2012 | Citrus
Last Thursday I had the extraordinary and somewhat life changing (oh yes, I like to be dramatic) privilege of visiting the UC Riverside Citrus Variety Collection. I didn’t realize it until arriving but this was the first time the collection had been open for...
by Fruit Maven | Jan 31, 2012 | Citrus, recipe
I write this post with great relief as I have been fiddling with these bergamots since last week and haven’t been able to come up with anything that I would even remotely be willing to tell you about. Until now. I tried a cookie, a truffle, another scone and...
