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Bon Appétit and Me
Bon Appétit just published an interview with me on their site, A Mighty Girl’s Quest to Taste 1,000 Kinds of Fruit. Isn’t that cool? I think so too. Go have a look. The post Bon Appétit and Me...
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Taste 1,000 Fruits: No. 71-73
Winter citrus! These are Mandarinquats, tiny Kishu Mandarins, and a Fremont Mandarin. Kishu Mandarins are so wee that the segments are about half the size of a quarter. They’re very sweet, with barely...
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Taste 1,000 Fruits, No. 74-88
I just added a bunch of fruits to my Taste 1,000 Fruits Project. A few of my favorites: Concord Grapes I finally realize where artificial grape flavoring came from. Concord grapes taste like the fruit...
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Taste 1,000 Fruits: Black Arkansas and Davisson Apples
I choose apples the same way I’d choose a puppy, by looking for the one with the prettiest spots. The Black Arkansas apple on the left is so gorgeous. So red, it truly is almost black, except for the...
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Taste 1,000 Fruits: Lemon Cucumber, Huckleberry
This is part of my Life List project to Taste 1,000 fruits. I’m inching my way toward 100. This year, my sister Raina started a little farm in Sonoma County and we visited this weekend. There wasn’t...
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Taste 1,000 Fruits, No. 97: Mountain Rose Apple
Can’t you almost smell that color? When I first saw a Mountain Rose Apple, my breath caught. It reminded me of a professor who said that one of the Impressionist painters — I think it was Matisse —...
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Taste 1,000 Fruits, No. 98 Pepino Melon
Dear Pepino Melon, I got you at Eataly in New York, and you are not very good. You’re like a cucumber-flavored honeydew, but not sweet. No, thanks. Love, Maggie The post Taste 1,000 Fruits, No. 98...
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Lifelist: Taste 1,000 Fruits, No. 100!
Thanks to the Kahuku Land Farms Fruit Stand in Hawaii, I’ve officially hit 100 fruits. Milestone! Bam. I told Mike, our trip lead, how close I was to being centufruitarian, and he went out of his way...
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10 Fruits to Try Before You Die
My Taste 1,000 Fruits Project began as part of my Life List, but my mom passed on an interest in botany, so fruit has always intrigued me. Plus, it’s pretty much all I ate as a kid. Here’s a little...
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When are Fruits in Season?
If you’ve been following along on my quest to taste 1,000 fruits, you’ll know that I’m a fan of this Seasonal Fruit poster by The Sweettooth Co. It tells you when you should be eating what, which is...
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Taste 1,000 Fruits: Gold Nugget Mandarins
I added Gold Nugget Mandarins to my list of fruits over at Go Mighty. I love it when I can upgrade a fruit I eat on the regular with one that has a similar flavor profile, but tastes much better....
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