Most people have a love affair with potatoes and the fingerling varieties are particularly loveable. Their size, shape and flavor make them extremely versatile for culinary use. Fingerling potato varieties come from producing areas all over the world. Many varieties...
The finger lime is a long oval shaped fruit native to Australia. The outer skin is similar to that of a lime, while the inner fruit resembles fish eggs ranging in color from green, to red, to purple. The inner juice filled vesicles will burst in your mouth with...
There are more than 700 varieties of figs and they range in color from the deep purple or black of the Mission to the pale yellow-green of the Calimyrna. Fresh figs have a sweet nutty flavor that can be enjoyed in many different ways. Figs are used in preserves,...
The fiddlehead fern is named for its resemblance to the scroll on the end of a fiddle. Fiddleheads are not a cultivated crop, but are gathered in the wild in spring. These leaves, taken from the ostrich fern, are best when harvested as soon as they appear. Fiddleheads...
The feijoa, sometimes called the pineapple guava, is made up of a gritty white meat with tiny seeds encased in a rough green skin. The meat is sweet and tastes like a combination of pineapple and mint. The feijoa is a great source of Vitamin C, and is most often...
