My daughter hates winter fruit. Bananas, pears, oranges, even those little tangerines they sell at Trader Joe’s are all rejected summarily. But I have a little ally when it comes time to convince her to eat yet another apple: The Local Foods Wheel, two cardboard disks that spin to display the Bay Area fruits and vegetables that are ripe each month. When my daughter begs me for stone fruits or berries, I just spin the wheel and show her how many months are left before I’ll be able to fulfill her request.
“See, honey, it’s going to be April when the first strawberries come. And June before we see any peaches. Would you like your apple cut in rounds or wedges?”
The Local Foods Wheel was created by chef Jessica Prentice, artist Sarah Klein, who made the charming little line drawings of the produce on the wheel, and designer Maggie Gosselin. At $12.95 it makes a great little gift for Bay Area kids, or for yourself, to hang on the back of the kitchen door and show your kids what’s ripe right now. And who knows, maybe it’ll convince them to eat kohlrabi or kale (both good eating right now).
Available at various local bookstores and natural food stores, or from localfoodswheel.com.
Franlky I think that’s absolutely good stuff.
July 10th, 2011 at 2:01 pm