Pinata Apples & The Top 10 Apple Varieties

[1] The Piñata apple from Stemilt is a crisp, juicy eating apple (photo © Stemilt). [2] Try it in a warm compote, plain or with ice cream (photo © Ziploc). [3] It’s also a great cooking apple. We love sautéed apples with a pork roast or ham (photo © Williams Sonoma). [4] Is there anything…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Red Grapefruit, The Best Winter Fruit

Grapefruit is a winter fruit, and we’re glad to have it. America is the world’s largest consumer of grapefruit, with large commercial groves in Arizona, California, Florida and Texas. But the grapefruit’s ancestor, the pummelo (also pomelo, pomello and other spellings), comes from far away. It’s native to Malaysia and Indonesia.     THE HISTORY…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Winter Fruits & Vegetables

Here’s our final installment of seasonal fruits and vegetables. We began this series with spring produce, then summer produce, then fall produce. With the winter season, our “year of produce” is complete. But don’t think of winter produce as bleak and limited. It’s time to revel in different types of citrus, try new fruits and…
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