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I love it when I bite into one of the first great peaches of the season. It’s like running into an old good friend that you pick up right where you left off. The Snow White Peach is that kind of friend! Typically peaches disappear in the winter time, with the exception of some peaches from Chile, but I have yet to have a good peach shipped from that far away. Snow White is an early season white peach that is clingstone (pit sticks to the flesh). It is the 2nd earliest white peach, after the Snow Angel peach, that we didn't love this year. Their taste is low in acid, allowing for their natural sweetness to be more pronounced. The skin is fuzzy and creamy white in color with blushes of red
A solstice is an astronomical event that happens twice in a year, one in summer and the other in winter when the Sun’s apparent position in the sky reaches its northernmost or southernmost extremes. It is said that the sun stands still on these days. The name solstice, derived from the two Latin words sol (sun) and sistere (to stand still), signifies that the path of the sun comes to an end and it stands still on these two days before it reverses its direction. So, what does this mean to your health? 1. The solstice may affect the balance of the body. According to the ancient Ayurvedic medical traditions summer is related to the element fire, which has much to do with metabolism and body s
We couldn't resist the beautiful array of mixed medley heirloom tomatoes this week at The Pike Place Market. A striking medley of many different heirloom varieties are all roughly the size of a quarter, but in different shapes and colors. Flavor can range from highly acidic to candy sweet. Those varieties on the acidic side have a more concentrated tomato flavor, while the varieties on the sweet side are just that-sweet. During the course of the season, over two dozen varieties are grown, each with its own particular flavor. Our customers can expect eight to ten varieties per serving, representing the best available at the moment. Varieties may include: Cappuccino, Black Aztec, Snow Whit
Apricots are those beautifully orange colored fruits full of beta-carotene and fiber that are one of the first signs of summer. Although dried and canned apricots are available year-round, fresh apricots with a plentiful supply of vitamin C and are in season in North America from May through August. Any fresh fruit you see during the winter months have been imported from either South America or New Zealand. Relatives to peaches, apricots are small, golden orange fruits, with velvety skin and flesh, not too juicy but definitely smooth and sweet. Some describe their flavor as almost musky, with a faint tartness that lies somewhere between a peach and a plum. Apricots are rich in many plant
