Category: Weekly Update

California Bartlett Pears

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.1″ custom_padding=”|||0px||” link_option_url=”http://52.11.233.165/market-report/”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.2″] Westlake Weekly Update 7.7.21    Featured Item: Eureka!   California struck it rich in 1849, and I’m not talking about gold.  What the most successful early settlers actually discovered was a golden fruit…the Bartlett pear.  During the gold rush, travelers brought the Williams pear or Bartlett […]

Opal Apples

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.2″ custom_padding=”|||0px||” link_option_url=”http://52.11.233.165/market-report/”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.2″] Westlake Weekly Update 9.23.20  Featured Item: Opal Apples   Apple season is here, and we’re all dying for our favorites to hit the markets.  One such gem is the Opal apple.  Descended from the Golden Delicious and Topaz apple, it kind of has its parents beat in […]

La Calera and Imported Citrus

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.1″ custom_padding=”|||0px||” link_option_url=”http://52.11.233.165/market-report/”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.2″] Westlake Weekly Update 7.28.21    Featured Item: Imported Citrus We have lots of great fruits available during the hot summer months, but that doesn’t mean we don’t crave an easy peeling mandarin or a juicy orange.  After all, what’s easier to eat at the beach, a […]

Pomegranates

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.2″ custom_padding=”|||0px||” link_option_url=”http://52.11.233.165/market-report/”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.2″] Westlake Weekly Update 10.7.20  Featured Item: Pomegranates   Pomegranate season is upon us, and fans of the “world’s oldest-known fruit” are poised and ready to start working on these red globes.  As super as this fruit is, it does make you work for it!   The apple-sized […]

Hatch Chiles

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.1″ custom_padding=”|||0px||” link_option_url=”http://52.11.233.165/market-report/”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.2″] Westlake Weekly Update 8.4.21    Featured Item: Hatch Hype   As we roll into August, most of us have school on the brain.  We’re out there bulk buying pencils, pens, and notebooks. But in the Southwest, everyone has Hatch fever!  They’re stocking up on Hatch chiles […]

Brussels Sprouts

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.2″ custom_padding=”|||0px||” link_option_url=”http://52.11.233.165/market-report/”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.2″] Westlake Weekly Update 10.28.20  Featured Item: Brussels Sprouts   Brussels Sprouts are considered the most scandalous of all vegetables.  Next to politics, they can evoke very strong feelings and arguments around the holiday table.  People tend to have a decisive opinion about these leafy globes.  Simply put, […]

Gala Apples

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.1″ custom_padding=”|||0px||” link_option_url=”http://52.11.233.165/market-report/”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.2″] Westlake Weekly Update 8.18.21    Featured Item: Gotta Get Galas   There are some time-honored back-to-school traditions that we still hold onto, such as gifting a teacher with an apple on the first day of school.  In fact, the apple has become a symbol for teachers […]

La Noche Buena

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.2″ custom_padding=”|||0px||” link_option_url=”http://52.11.233.165/market-report/”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.2″] Westlake Weekly Update 12.5.20  Featured Item: La Noche Buena    ’Twas Nochebuena and all through our casa, every creature was kneading tamale masa. For one of our holiday tradiciones, is making tamales – not one, but montones! And every last person, both chicks and chicos, is needed […]

Pasilla Peppers

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.1″ custom_padding=”|||0px||” link_option_url=”http://52.11.233.165/market-report/”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.2″] Westlake Weekly Update 8.25.21    Featured Item: Pasilla Pepper aka Poblano Pepper Ok, folks, let’s talk peppers.  There are so many different types of chili peppers grown and available, and it’s hard to know the difference between one and another.  It’s even hard to agree on […]

RESOLUTIONS

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.2″ custom_padding=”|||0px||” link_option_url=”http://52.11.233.165/market-report/”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.2″] Westlake Weekly Update 1. 5. 21    Featured Item: Resolutions Year after year, January rolls around and we make healthy resolutions to become a better version of ourselves (ie…thinner, stronger, happier).  This new year more than ever, food and eating are probably at the top of our […]