County's bounty: Locavores eat well, but can't have everything Jul 17, 2008
Locavores eat well, but they can't have everything. By Peter Rowe UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Getting Beyond Shamu Aug 19, 2007
"We have to go back, we missed the cherimoya!" insists my 6-year-old son, Rowan, pointing to our self-guided-tour brochure ... Backtracking through the groves of figs, bananas and exotic flora with names like white sapote, jujube and wax jambu, we find the knobby cherimoya, looking like a cross between an artichoke and an avocado, and tempting us with a mouthwatering description that likens it to a blend of pineapple, mango and strawberry. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
4) Ripe targets: Alex Renton on Whole Foods Markets Mar 28, 2007
" proclaim the signs at the entrance to the vast branch of Whole Foods Market in Austin, Texas. Yeah, right, you think. You wouldn't get that sort of tosh at Tesco - they couldn't take the ridicule. But shopping at America's only natural foods superstore chain is seductive in a way no British aisle-basher has ever known. Even at nine in the evening, everyone in the shop - students, nurses, workers from the nearby State Capitol building, where George W Bush once ruled - seemed to want to be... (Guardian Unlimited)
Subtropicals settle in California Jan 11, 2007
I can't tell you how many times I've hefted a softball-size cherimoya -- the fruit that looks like a green grenade -- but then put it back, heading instead for more familiar, more obviously local and seasonal choices in the produce aisle. I've missed out on cherimoya's sweet inner secrets, nature's own creme brulee in a skin (without the brulee) -- all because I didn't know that these subtropical fruits are now being grown more and more in California ... California cherimoya, for example,... (San Francisco Chronicle)
In Home & Design | A yard for wildlife (and people, too) Nov 19, 2006
Here and there are things that have significance for the people living here: a small statue of a Buddhist monk, a round ceramic cat, a ceramic penguin beneath the cherimoya tree, a couple of chairs that have worn through their primary function and serve cheerfully in a less supporting role ... Carambola, mango, allspice, black sapote, cherimoya, sugar apple, lychee, grapes, coconuts and canistel are the flavors of choice. (The Miami Herald)
- Drinks/Dessert Jun 19, 2006
"People are having cocktails with the fruit sorbets and fruit desserts. One thing we do a lot here is the Angeleno cocktail: pur?ed cherimoya and Thai guava mixed with Skyy melon vodka, orange bitters and ginger beer, then blended with ice. It gets sort of a sherbet-y texture. We serve that with fruits and sorbets, even with cake.". Don't tell me I'm wasting my time eating dessert in a bar, pally. (Los Angeles Times)
An ice cream tree? Sweet! May 6, 2006
As a tree in home gardens, the cherimoya's quirky appeal goes far beyond its edible splendor ... Under-watering, improper pruning, general neglect the cherimoya usually can handle it all ... "It is a very forgiving tree," says Nino Cupaiuolo, president of the California Cherimoya Assn., a group of growers, packers and cherimoya enthusiasts. (Los Angeles Times)
Pioneer Papayas Apr 20, 2006
He also is studying produce such as mangoes, guava, lychees, and cherimoyas. The hoop house bears testimony to his work: Mexican cream guava, Dr. White cherimoya and Valencia Pride mango share the same land as Red Lady papaya, Pusanana papaya and Tainung #2 papaya. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
