Best Fruit Now

What’s your fruit IQ?

Welcome to Best Fruit Now’s fruit knowledge game!

Find out if you are a fruit expert.

Score a perfect 20 of 20 and you will WIN a 100% Organic Best Fruit Now T-shirt.

Try as often as you like, hopefully you will learn in the process! Click on any of the images to enlarge them.

Good Luck!

Strawberry Muddle Prosecco Popsicles

6-8 Fresh, ripe strawberries, halved 6-8 Fresh mint sprigs ½ c Simple syrup 2 Tbsp lemon juice 750 ml bottle of Prosecco (optional)

Muddle strawberries and mint in large pitcher. Add simple syrup and lemon juice. Stir in Prosecco and let bubbles settle for just a couple of minutes. Pour into popsicle molds, leaving 1/4 “ at the top for expansion. Stir the mixture [...]

Fruit Buying Guide – October 2009

October’s Fruit Buying guide is loaded with insider information from the fruit trade! Luckily trading inside information on fruit prices and quality is NOT punishable by law, so we don’t have to worry about winding up like Ivan Boesky or even Martha Stewart under house arrest! Recommendations begin with the Queen of Minnesota – the very popular and thus quickly consumed crop of Honeycrisp apples. Next learn Harvey’s old tip for eating Bosc pears and get the scoop on what grape variety is best now and why NOW is the time to buy! Next you’ll learn what fruit treats are actually tricks! Don’t be persuaded by store Ads to buy fruit that tastes like radishes or shoes! For something interesting to try NOW, learn about persimmons and the Clark Kent of all fruits the P_M_GR_NA_E!

Fruit Buying Guide – August 2009

The August Fruit Buying Guide begins with a plea to visit your local farm market and see the fresh and delicious offerings. Summer goes quickly and NOW is the time to enjoy fruit at it’s freshest! Also recommended are Dapple Dandy Pluots, this is the pluot that sparked a revolution and these babies are BEST NOW! Perhaps you like the sugary sweetness of a perfect white fleshed peach? Well now is the time as California’s are running awesome now! In the Fruit’s to Try section Tommy K suggests you seek out the sweet and delicate Champagne grape just before going out to slay the Dragon Fruit!