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Italian Marble Oranges Celebrate Ages-Old Wedding Tradition

(ContentDesk) May 1, 2004--Since ancient times, weddings have been festooned with oranges and orange blossoms meant to represent the ideals of marriage ? happiness, fulfilment, fertility and everlasting love.And, while present-day wedding guests select gifts off the bridal registry, trendy gift-givers give the gift of marble oranges, extraordinarily lifelike Italian marble fruit sculptures that commemorate the centuries-old romantic wedding tradition."Our artisans in Italy insisted we put together a collection of marble oranges as a wedding gift idea," said Jessica Parise, co-owner of The Marble Fruit Company.
"They told us the wedding history of the orange and we knew Americans would love to add a little European tradition to their wedding gift-giving!"History tells that giving oranges and orange blossoms as a wedding gift originated in ancient China where they were emblems of purity, chastity and innocence. And, because the orange tree is one of the rare plants that blooms and bears fruit at the same time, it became the wedding symbol of fruitfulness and fertility. During the time of the Crusades, the custom was brought from the East first to Spain, then to France, then to England in the early 1800's.
Europeans embraced the tradition and The Marble Fruit Company has expanded on it by offering marble orange collections as the perfect wedding gift."We thought this charming tradition would be accentuated by our Italian marble oranges," said Samantha Martin, co-owner.

"A collection of marble oranges is an ideal wedding gift ? Italian marble art in the form of the fruit representing happiness and fulfilment and, they will last forever, just like their love!"Marble fruit is unique because it is not mass-produced like other faux fruits.
There are five Italian artisans who sculpt, paint and use a process to add texture to each individual piece therefore, not one piece looks the same as the next ? just like real fruit.
And, the prized white Carrera marble used to create the pieces is mined from the same quarries in Italy that supplied Michelangelo with the raw material to produce his outstanding sculptures ?David' and ?Pieta'..

Best Recipes: Mango Peach Smoothie

Do you like mangoes? You've got to try this delicious Mango Peach Smoothie. The mango gives this refreshing drink a luscious tropical twist and the peach brings a mellow groove that makes the flavors in this fruit smoothie really cool indeed.Mangos are becoming very popular and are a lot easier to find in your supermarket fruit section. So why not try something a little different? Bring home a mango and enjoy it in a nice cool smoothie with some peaches and a twist of lime. Oh, how sublime.Mango Peach Smoothie1 cup peeled mango chunks1 large peach, peeled, pitted, and cut into chunks1 cup peach nectar2 tablespoons lime juiceDirectionsCombine all ingredients in blender and blend until smooth..

Fruit > Best Recipes: Mango Peach Smoothie

Fruit Fly Set to Invade Nations Bookstores

NORTHAMPTON, MA (PTRWEB) August 29, 2004 -- Massachusetts native and author Janice Tucker has published her first novel, "Fruit Fly". Set in the picturesque city of Northampton, Massachusetts, "Fruit Fly" takes you on a satirical romp through the lives and relationships of a middle aged woman and her best friend, a gay man in his thirties. "Fruit Fly" is a delightful glimpse into an esoteric friendship, which brings Northampton and its cast of characters to life.Tucker, who has had a passion for writing since childhood, currently resides in Massachusetts and has two grown children. Unison Media Group will be publishing her next novel, a historical romance entitled "The Mist Of Laurel Glen" in late 2004."Fruit Fly" is published by Northampton based Unison Media Group and is available through most booksellers.(ISBN 1-932764-00-3; $12.95; 192 pages).

Fruit Fly Set to Invade Nations Bookstores

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California Historic Business Honored With First Pitch Duties at SF Giants Game

Hollister, CA (ContentDesk) May 24, 2006 -- Gene Zanger, managing partner of Casa de Fruta, threw out the first pitch Monday night at the San Francisco Giants game against the St. Louis Cardinals. Zanger launched a fastball to start the first game in San Franciscos only at-home series with the Cardinals.With so much emphasis on baseball records and players of the past, it is interesting to look back at history. When we founded our fresh and dried fruit business in 1908, players such as Ty Cobb and Honus Wagner were at their prime and breaking records. What a thrill, 98 years later, to have the opportunity to throw out the first pitch representing Casa de Fruta in the presence of todays great baseball stars such as Barry Bonds, Omar Vizquel, Tony LaRussa and Albert Pujols.Casa de Fruta (www.casadefruta.com) is a 98-year-old family business based in Hollister, California.

It encompasses fruit and nut orchards, an orchard...

California Historic Business Honored With First Pitch Duties at SF Giants Game

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Best Recipes: Orange Fruity Smoothie

Orange smoothies are really delicious and this fruit-filled recipe for Orange Fruity Smoothie is one of the reasons why. You've gotta love a drink that has wonderful fruits like banana, peach, raspberries and mixes them with nutritious orange juice.Fruit smoothies are good for you and you will make this Orange Fruity Smoothie again and again. Orange Fruity Smoothie

1 medium banana, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
1 ripe peach, peeled, halved, pitted and diced
1 cup raspberries
1 1/2 cups freshly squeezed orange juice
3 ice cubes

DirectionsCombine all ingredients in blender and blend until smooth..

Fruit > Best Recipes: Orange Fruity Smoothie

Apples: The Taste of Variety and Health

San Diego, CA (ContentDeskP July 6, 2006 -- The apple, a member of the Rose family, is a very unusual fruit. To celebrate this delicious
and healthy fruit, www.earths-best-e-books.com has published a website with 91 free apple recipes at
http://www.earths-best-e-books.com/apple-recipes.The apple, a member of the Rose family, is a very unusual fruit. Take a seed from a Pippin apple, for example and plant it in your garden. When the apple tree grows you would expect to see Pippins on the branch, but you would be wrong.Apples do not grow true from seed. Each time a seed is planted a different variety of apple appears.

Most of these New Apples
or cultivars are sour to the taste and usually not very pretty to look at. So when a new variety of apple appears which is sweet on the tongue and easy on the eyes, a fortune can be made.Pippin apples and all the different kinds of apples thus originate from one tree. A trees whose branches have been grafted on root...

Apples: The Taste of Variety and Health

Fruit > Apples: The Taste of Variety and Health

Fruit Fly Set to Invade Nations Bookstores

Fruit Fly Set to Invade Nations Bookstores

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A Look at Fruit Gift Baskets

The original, the granddaddy of all of today's items bought and sold as fruit baskets, was in fact a basket full of assorted fruits. While there is no clear cut evidence when the first fruit basket was wrapped up and delivered to it's overjoyed recipient, it is known that in ancient times fruit baskets were routinely given to kings and feudal lords all over the world as a sign of respect and loyalty.

For whatever occasion applied, the coronation of a new king, a royal birth or even a wedding, the kingdom was carefully searched and only the best of all the fruits available were carefully assembled into a wicker basket and presented to the royal family. It wasn't until sometime later that other products, perhaps spices from far away lands, plants, wines and other products not indigenous to the kingdom, were included with the fruit. That's how it all began.

From that point forward, whenever that was, fruit baskets became a name only for any conglomeration of goods,...

A Look at Fruit Gift Baskets

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The Benefits of Fresh Noni Fruit

In Polynesia, ripe noni fruit is contained, so that it decomposes and ferments. The amber juice that forms on top of the fermented fruit is consumed daily as a general preventative medicine.

But in contemporary Western civilizations, fresh noni fruit is hard to come by. You could try to buy fresh noni fruit directly from a manufacturer of noni fruit products, but it would be expensive, because there is not enough demand to encourage regular supply.

Fresh noni fruit smells very pungent, and not an aroma one normally associates with fruit. Noni juice itself also radiates this aroma, but not to the extent that fresh noni fruit does. The riper the noni fruit, the stronger the odor.

Consuming fresh noni fruit is the healthiest way to benefit from its properties.

This is because it is completely unprocessed. All products made from noni fruit go through a process by which some of the nutrients are lost, decreasing their therapeutic value....

The Benefits of Fresh Noni Fruit

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