Category Archives: Agrumes

SIA 2012 will be Ferrets to Foie Gras, Fine Foods and All

Excitement builds across France this week, as well as for this writer - I’m like a 5 year old those few days before Christmas Eve. Why? Because we are a few days off the opening of the ‘grande spectacle’ that is the 2012 … Continue reading

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Table Quails are Males

Quails are cute little round, feathered bundles whose sound is more a squeak than a chirrup. Their meat is less sought after than their eggs, so quails sold for cooking are the male by-product of a lucrative egg business. Animals, like … Continue reading

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Pockmarked and the better for that too

I have family connections with the Spanish citrus business through the Casanova family.  Years ago, I also worked for a time with South African citrus growers’ cooperative when they sold their fruit through the original Covent Garden Market in central London. … Continue reading

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