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Fruit and News: Week of May 27th 2013

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This Week’s Fruit Bing Cherries Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA Farmer Al likes to say, “Bing is King!” Not only is the Bing our most popular variety, they’re the most popular and commonly grown cherry in California today. For good

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Recipe: Couscous with Apricots and Mint

Ingredients 4 apricots ½ cucumber 3 tablespoons fresh mint, chopped juice of ½ a lemon 3 tablespoons olive oil 2 teaspoons honey ½ teaspoon cumin seeds, toasted then ground 1 cup couscous 1 1/3 cups water Preparation Bring water, honey,

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Fruit and News: Week of March 25th 2013

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This Week’s Fruit Hass Avocados Las Palmalitas, Carpinteria, CA Creamy in texture, nutty in flavor, with a small to medium seed. The Hass skin is easy to peel and darkens from green to purplish-black as it ripens. You can tell

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Recipe: Apricot Chicken

Apricot Chicken Thanks to Kristin (Piedmont) for submitting this recipe. She made this for her book club, and now has a standing request for the dish at every meeting she hosts. Kristin, you’ll have to try it with peaches and

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Week of March 12th, 2012

Box of Avocados, Oranges, Kiwi, Apples

In This Week’s Box [box_list] Pink Lady Apples, Cuyama, New Cuyama, CA Navel Oranges, Hass Avocados, Olsen Organic Farm, Lindsay, CA Kiwi, Brandt Farms, Reedly, CA Ruby Red Grapefruit, Sundance, Oceanside, CA Golden Nugget Mandarins, Cunningham Organic Farm, Fallbrook, CA

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