The Produce Savant

Shouldn’t hybrid fruit have the best attributes of their parents? That was my thought when I tried Thomcord table grapes, a hybrid dev...

It's nearly 90 degrees outside, but Labor Day has come and gone, school is back in session, and the summer fruit has turned from cherrie...

Years ago my sister won a scholarship to study in Florence. Being a good sister, I made the oh-so-difficult decision to visit her in spring...

The fruit vendor's sign read: "Warning! These are quince, not apples. Ask us about the difference."  I could only guess the...

It's hard not to fall in love with New York, with Union Square, with the Union Square Greenmarket this time of year. Flowers, produce an...

My friend Bethanne  recently took a week-long trip to Cuba. In the past, travel from the US to Cuba required considerable planning and justi...