Happy Raisin Christmas and a Sultana New Year
OK. So it’s the time when all the old fruitcake jokes are trotted out. Journalists desperate for Christmas stories repeat Johnny Carson’s quip. “There is only one fruitcake in the…
Read moreWhich fruit was the biggest illegal in the US?
Yup. The humble tejocote (teh-HO-cot-ay). In a great article in the LA Times, fruit expert David Karp explains why this was and how it is changing.
Read moreGolden tejocote: Praise to a humble Day of the Dead fruit
A clutch of tejocotes (te-ho-COT-es) with a plum tomato by their side to give you a sense of scale. They look like minature golden apples, don’t they? Doll’s apples. So…
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