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Soon the peculiar stone fruit was being used to upsell wide-eyed buyers on overpriced mortgages, pledging that just two or three trees would bear enough fruit to pay them off.
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Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
For $135, guests can opt for this six-course meal starting with a stone fruit ceviche amuse-bouche and culminating with a pan-roasted New York steak.
—Camryn Brewer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
Ferment stone fruits to make fruit wine, vinegars, kombucha and more.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2023
Just as good, though very different, was to use a curacao, which is oranges on a base of brandy or Cognac, so it’s got orange of course but also Cognac flavor—oak, vanilla, and stone fruit.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2023
Follow the same process as for apple, stone fruit and pear trees.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2023
Like some other stone fruits, peaches can come in either clingstone or freestone and white or yellow varieties.
—Patricia S York, Southern Living, 4 Aug. 2023
Depending on the fruit availability in your area, an alternate option is to make this cake with other stone fruits like apricots or peaches.
—Nik Pugmire, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2023
But even the most mundane stone fruit manages to thrill when wrapped in flaky pastry.
—Yotam Ottolenghi, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2023
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Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
For $135, guests can opt for this six-course meal starting with a stone fruit ceviche amuse-bouche and culminating with a pan-roasted New York steak.
—Camryn Brewer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
Ferment stone fruits to make fruit wine, vinegars, kombucha and more.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2023
Just as good, though very different, was to use a curacao, which is oranges on a base of brandy or Cognac, so it’s got orange of course but also Cognac flavor—oak, vanilla, and stone fruit.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2023
Follow the same process as for apple, stone fruit and pear trees.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2023
Like some other stone fruits, peaches can come in either clingstone or freestone and white or yellow varieties.
—Patricia S York, Southern Living, 4 Aug. 2023
Depending on the fruit availability in your area, an alternate option is to make this cake with other stone fruits like apricots or peaches.
—Nik Pugmire, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2023
But even the most mundane stone fruit manages to thrill when wrapped in flaky pastry.
—Yotam Ottolenghi, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2023
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circa 1534, in the meaning defined above
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