Years back we did my "Tropical Fruit Posters" which were published by 'Ten Speed/Celestial Arts'. It was my great fortune to learn so much about the subject from a man born in India living and working on the estate of Dr. David Fairchild, Larry Schokman. I asked many people over the next few years who saw the posters in our restaurant which their favorite fruit of all was. Many got that dreamy look that lets you know they absolutely are speaking from the heart and murmured ... 'mangosteens'...
I had a mango tree in my front yard when I first moved to Fort Myers. The ones I didn’t eat I bartered for fresh fish caught by a local man.
Hope it was grouper. But I’d settle for mullet …
Years back we did my "Tropical Fruit Posters" which were published by 'Ten Speed/Celestial Arts'. It was my great fortune to learn so much about the subject from a man born in India living and working on the estate of Dr. David Fairchild, Larry Schokman. I asked many people over the next few years who saw the posters in our restaurant which their favorite fruit of all was. Many got that dreamy look that lets you know they absolutely are speaking from the heart and murmured ... 'mangosteens'...
My people … and I had one of those posters.