reminded us:
Some gnarly apple which I pick up in the
road reminds by its fragrance of all the
wealth of Pomona. There is thus about all
natural products a certain volatile and
ethereal quality which represents their
highest value.... For nectar and ambrosia
are only those fine flavors of every earthly
fruit which our coarse palates fail to
perceive,— just as we occupy the heaven
of the gods without knowing it.Handling and Storing
Fruits and Vegetables
Post-Harvest Deterioration
There’s no match for the flavor of a vegetable
picked one minute and cooked the next. Once
a vegetable is harvested it begins to change,
and that change is almost always for the