I have always been fascinated by food. My earliest food memories are of me at the age of 4 0r 5, standing on a folding wooden stool by the kitchen sink, and using mom’s vegetable trimmings to make a “salad” in an recycled plastic storage container. Sure, it was an odd combination of lettuce cores, carrot trimmings, and the ends … Read More
Fruit: Is it “Ripe”?
Why don’t grocery store tomatoes taste like the flavorful ones we get from farmstands and our backyard? Why don’t nectarines found in the store in February every taste like the ones in July? It all comes down to understanding ripeness. Ripeness in fruit is not based on color alone. Color will change as a fruit becomes ripe (red bell peppers … Read More