Surely the "golden apple" that Paris awarded to Aphrodite as the fairest of the goddesses was not an apple at all, but an abate fetel pear—beautifully golden, with a hint of blush, and shaped like a classical torso. First cultivated in France in the 1860s, the abate fetel has become my favorite variety of pear—lovely, flavorful, firm, and with a satisfying crunch even at the peak of its ripeness. It's also perfect in Martha Stewart's Pear Upside-Down Cake. Abate fetels are available at Just Food Coop in Northfield.
In the Double Minority
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Novelist Philip Roth recently predicted that within twenty-five years,
reading novels will be a “cultic” activity, reserved for an enthusiastic
minority wh...
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That is indeed a sexy fruit -- and not a variety whose name is familiar to me. And it's a beautiful photograph!
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