http://foodperson.com/2007/07/27/odd-spring-weather-makes-me-berry-sad-in-summer/ You are what you eat Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:38:12 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://foodperson.com/2007/07/27/odd-spring-weather-makes-me-berry-sad-in-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-1271 Apples, apples, apples, and thank goodness | foodperson.com Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:16:46 +0000 http://foodperson.com/2007/07/27/odd-spring-weather-makes-me-berry-sad-in-summer/#comment-1271 [...] common wisdom is that the fruit trees in this region are making up this year for last year’s noncrop. Apple trees are no exception, sending out vast amounts of fruit, just as the pear trees and cherry [...] [...] common wisdom is that the fruit trees in this region are making up this year for last year’s noncrop. Apple trees are no exception, sending out vast amounts of fruit, just as the pear trees and cherry [...]

]]> http://foodperson.com/2007/07/27/odd-spring-weather-makes-me-berry-sad-in-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-1226 Kansas wine tour leaves pleasant taste in mouth | foodperson.com Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:24:22 +0000 http://foodperson.com/2007/07/27/odd-spring-weather-makes-me-berry-sad-in-summer/#comment-1226 [...] though the winemakers were short on dry wines (my preference), due in part to last year’s terrible freeze. Several of the wines we tasted were quite complex, and most of the sweeter wines weren’t [...] [...] though the winemakers were short on dry wines (my preference), due in part to last year’s terrible freeze. Several of the wines we tasted were quite complex, and most of the sweeter wines weren’t [...]

]]> http://foodperson.com/2007/07/27/odd-spring-weather-makes-me-berry-sad-in-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-826 Return of the raspberries a joy to behold | foodperson.com Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:14:00 +0000 http://foodperson.com/2007/07/27/odd-spring-weather-makes-me-berry-sad-in-summer/#comment-826 [...] There. Yes, there at the Rolling Prairie pickup site were raspberries. Beautiful, succulent, just-picked local early-summer raspberries. Oh, how I missed them last year! [...] [...] There. Yes, there at the Rolling Prairie pickup site were raspberries. Beautiful, succulent, just-picked local early-summer raspberries. Oh, how I missed them last year! [...]

]]> http://foodperson.com/2007/07/27/odd-spring-weather-makes-me-berry-sad-in-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-474 The Ethicurean: Chew the right thing. » Blog Archive » Climate change already yielding food disruptions Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:01:06 +0000 http://foodperson.com/2007/07/27/odd-spring-weather-makes-me-berry-sad-in-summer/#comment-474 [...] what we got, and that weather is still on my mind, as I remember the utter absence of local fruit last year (except for some late everbearing raspberries). Oh, how we reveled in the warm days of [...] [...] what we got, and that weather is still on my mind, as I remember the utter absence of local fruit last year (except for some late everbearing raspberries). Oh, how we reveled in the warm days of [...]

]]> http://foodperson.com/2007/07/27/odd-spring-weather-makes-me-berry-sad-in-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-248 Kansas vineyards can grow table grapes as well as wine grapes Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:11:08 +0000 http://foodperson.com/2007/07/27/odd-spring-weather-makes-me-berry-sad-in-summer/#comment-248 [...] I wasn’t aware of anybody growing table grapes. Bob Lominska, one of the farmers at Rolling Prairie Farmers Alliance, by accident discovered that Davenport Orchards and Winery in Eudora does. He talked to Greg Shipe, who owns Davenport with his wife, Charlee, about picking some for Rolling Prairie customers who’ve been suffering from local fruit deprivation. [...] [...] I wasn’t aware of anybody growing table grapes. Bob Lominska, one of the farmers at Rolling Prairie Farmers Alliance, by accident discovered that Davenport Orchards and Winery in Eudora does. He talked to Greg Shipe, who owns Davenport with his wife, Charlee, about picking some for Rolling Prairie customers who’ve been suffering from local fruit deprivation. [...]

]]> http://foodperson.com/2007/07/27/odd-spring-weather-makes-me-berry-sad-in-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-203 Janet Majure Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:28:21 +0000 http://foodperson.com/2007/07/27/odd-spring-weather-makes-me-berry-sad-in-summer/#comment-203 It makes you realize just how sensitive our food is to weather changes, doesn't it? Hope they don't ban apples in luggage before you get yours. :-) It makes you realize just how sensitive our food is to weather changes, doesn’t it? Hope they don’t ban apples in luggage before you get yours. :-)

]]> http://foodperson.com/2007/07/27/odd-spring-weather-makes-me-berry-sad-in-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-201 Joanne Wed, 01 Aug 2007 23:35:18 +0000 http://foodperson.com/2007/07/27/odd-spring-weather-makes-me-berry-sad-in-summer/#comment-201 Wow, we are having the same sadness this summer! I have been bemoaning the lack of raspberries, blueberries, peaches--well, you said it better than I could! I am saving up my apple energies for a couple of long distance trips this summer to Michigan and upstate New York. I hope to get some apples home in my luggage. Not local, but then, there is nothing locally but blackberries, the odd plum or too, and a whole lot of melons and tomatoes. Wow, we are having the same sadness this summer! I have been bemoaning the lack of raspberries, blueberries, peaches–well, you said it better than I could! I am saving up my apple energies for a couple of long distance trips this summer to Michigan and upstate New York. I hope to get some apples home in my luggage. Not local, but then, there is nothing locally but blackberries, the odd plum or too, and a whole lot of melons and tomatoes.

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