Customer Reviews

Fruit the Ripe Pick: Fruit Selection Made Easy!

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This is the best book on fruit I've ever come across. If you love fruit but have trouble knowing how to pick out the best sweet juicy ripe stuff, this book will tell you exactly what to look for so you'll never be disappointed. The first watermelon I picked out after I got this book was fantastic. The mango, peaches, and grapefruit I bought were great too. Every fruit I've ever heard of is in here, along with some exotic ones I've never seen or tried. The language is simple and straightforward, yet very informative. I really enjoy the little stories behind each fruit, history and myths, that make the book fun to just sit and read. There are also helpful storage tips. Altogether, this is a book you can enjoy and really benefit from, in a beautiful little package.

This is a brief summary of information found in other places, taken too lightly, I don't know how it got rated so high when the only thing worth it on the whole book are the pages on the right, under "Did you know...

Most of the advice is very obvious when it comes to pick up ripe fruit or how to store it, things we know from TV shows, our grandmothers, the farmers market or even the grocery store tags next to the fruit price. These tags even tell you about how to prepare the produce.

This so called recomendations, underestimate the reader, not further research or anythiing else. I understand the book was aimed to homemakers but I think they deserve better, even Elmo can teach us more about fruits.

The positive side? the size of the book that homemakers said they take it to the store when buying fruit, is handy, convenient.

Better options?, check the many versions of "Field Guide to: meat, produce, fish etc"
by Aliza Green, I found this a better option, very solid information, lots of research and esay to read with simple illustrations and pictures. Eventhough you end up paying more, you will be more satisfied.

Nothing against the seller, book arrived promptly and in perfect conditions :-)

Miguel Ubidia
Culinary Spy Facebook

Fruit: The Ripe Pick is a superbly presented, pocket-sized guide which describing fifty different kinds of fruit ranging from the ordinary to the exotic. Family cooks and shoppers are provided with time-saving and money-saving techniques for selecting, buying, and storing fruit properly to ensure both great taste and lasting freshness for fruits selected for the dining table and snack menus. Nutritional data, popular varieties, and peak seasons for each fruit are clearly laid out in a text specifically designed for quick access and featuring an easy-to-read, bulleted text. Historical facts and culinary lore on all fifty fruits enhance this lively, practical, "user friendly" guide that both informs and entertains. Fruit: The Ripe Pick is enthusiastically recommended to anyone confronted with the necessity of acquiring fruits from supermarkets to roadside stands.

I have used this book to help me pick, oranges, lemons, limes and other fruits. I have used it to give co-workers tips in selecting their fruit purchases, they are pleased with the results. It teaches you ripening techniques and gives interesting "did you know" tidbits about each fruit. I recommend it to all fruit lovers. It is attractive and small enough to carry with you. It is a little treasure.