Julian Barnes is one of the most celebrated and most variously rewarding of Britain's younger writers--that is, those who were born in the late 1940s and began publishing in the late 1970s or the 1980s, a group that also includes Martin Amis and Ian McEw...
Melon is a term used for various members of the Cucurbitaceae family with fleshy fruit. Melon can refer to either the plant or the fruit, which is a false berry. Many different cultivars have been produced, particularly of muskmelons. The plant grows as...
decorating step-by-step We received such a positive response to the miniature jack-- o'-lanterns carved from oranges in our October 2001 issue that we decided to offer another bright idea along the same lines. Here, we've crafted candleholders from melons. Use them to decorate...
COOL OFF WITH SUMMER'S JUICY FRUIT Everyone at the Santa Fe Farmers' Market will be watching for Jake West this month. West, an 80-something organic farmer from Fort Sumner, New Mexico, grows the best melons in the Southwest. And he won't grow his...
The Dole Fresh Fruit Co. recalled several thousand cartons of imported cantaloupes Friday after the fruit tested positive for salmonella.The recall, which covers the eastern United States and the Canadian province of Quebec, is the second sparked by salmonella fears this week.On Wednesday, ConAgra Foods...
(EDS: UPDATING TO NOTE ONE HAS BEEN BOOKED FOR SALE, ADDING OTHER INFO) A pair of melons from the bankrupt city of Yubari, Hokkaido Prefecture, fetched a whopping 2 million yen at this season's first auction at the Sapporo central wholesale market in...
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