Sweet Georgia Onions: We are currently gathering up for another amazing season for our Sweet Georgia Onions. We are almost ready to begin digging up these delicious layered beauties so they can be delivered fresh at your door. Our sweet onions are harvested by hand and then moved to be cleaned, sorted and dried for shipping! This year we have a favorable supply with the continued demand for these sweet onions and look forward to an excellent season!
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Continue ReadingDo you find it harder to fall asleep during the spring and summer months? You’re not alone – between lengthening days with later sunsets, allergies, and dehydration (not to mention the heat and, depending on where you live, humidity), summer nights can prove problematic when it comes to falling asleep quickly and easily. Before you reach for an over-the-counter sleep aid, though, consider trying all-natural remedies first – specifically, changes to your diet. Don’t worry – these changes are easy, delicious, and something you probably already enjoy: fresh fruit! Can Eating Certain Fruits Really Help Improve Sleep? It’s true –…
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Continue ReadingPuzzling over what to get your mother for Mother’s Day this year? You’ve probably been down the traditional road (flowers, cake, taking her out to brunch) in years past, but if you’re looking for something different, Pittman & Davis can help! Here are some of our most popular gourmet and fruit gifts that will delight Mom with their ingenuity while still giving a nod to those old, beloved traditions. A Colorful Bouquet Flowers! More flowers are sent on Mother’s Day than at any other time of the year. They’re pretty, colorful, sweet-smelling, and a great way to brighten Mom’s day.…
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Continue ReadingThere’s a surprising amount of truth in folk medicine. For years, people wrote off the notion that chicken soup is better than other soups for soothing a cold as an old wives’ tale, but studies performed in recent decades have shown that the time-honored chicken recipe does indeed contain anti-inflammatory properties that help people recover from a cold faster. As it happens, there’s another folk remedy that may turn out to be true: premium cherries (like fresh Bing cherries you can find at Pittman & Davis each summer) for arthritis relief! Cherries May Help Arthritis Sufferers For generations, people have…
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Continue ReadingJust as sweet-and-tangy navel oranges makes us think of Christmas stockings and crisp, juicy apples evoke images of fall, so do delicious, melting peaches make us think of summer. If summer had a taste, it would surely be peach, for when else can you enjoy fresh peaches in fresh cream, warm-from-the-oven cobblers, or whole and juicy while sitting in the swing on your front porch? The answer is: right now! It may not be warm enough yet to enjoy them on your porch, but Pittman & Davis Sweet Petit Peaches can bring back that summery feeling before the first day…
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Continue ReadingMyth: Eating half a grapefruit for breakfast every morning will cause you to lose weight effortlessly, because grapefruits contain a magical, fat-burning enzyme. Fact: While grapefruit does indeed help you to burn fat (the reason why isn’t conclusive), it’s not going to do the job of letting the weight off for you. But adding fresh grapefruits to your diet is a huge help, because grapefruit is a superfood in so many ways! 3 Reasons Why Grapefruit is Good for Your Waistline Grapefruit is low in calories. Do you love oranges? You’re in good company – the Navel Orange is the…
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Continue ReadingWhen it comes to cooking, onions are as integral as eggs or butter. Much like celery, they don’t add much to dishes in terms of nutrition (or calories), but they do add a ton of flavor – so much flavor, in fact, that even those who claim to dislike onions would notice if they weren’t there. This is why onions can be found in every kitchen, from the simplest to the most elaborate. Gourmet onions form the basis of numerous dishes, be they raw, baked, sautéed, boiled, or steamed onions. It would be hard to imagine hundreds of dishes without…
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Honey Mandarins: As we approach the end of our Honey Mandarin season, the internal quality is at it’s peak. We’ll be harvesting for just a few more weeks. They are eating very well and internal color is a rich, deep orange. We’re also very happy with the size this year as they are a little larger than what we’ve seen recently.
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Continue ReadingDo you have a loved one with diabetes to whom you’d like to send a gift for Easter, Mother’s Day, or another holiday? Buying food gifts for someone with diabetes can be a little tricky, but the good news is that many fruit baskets make great, attractive gifts for diabetics. Not only that, but the right fruits consumed in reasonable portions can also actually help regulate blood sugar, satisfy cravings for less healthy sweet things, and provide essential vitamins, minerals, and dietary fiber that everyone needs to stay healthy – including diabetics. Here’s half a dozen of Pittman & Davis’s…
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Continue ReadingFruit! Most everyone loves it, most everyone can eat it regardless of food restrictions, and most everyone buys it regularly. That’s why, if you’re struggling to come up with an amazing gift and have no idea what to get, a gift fruit basket will definitely stand out! Different Types of Gift Fruit Baskets Fruit baskets are always great gifts, but gift baskets containing fruit plus other gourmet treats can go even further to make your gift stand out. You can order fruit baskets for a variety of occasions – anniversaries, birthdays, Mother’s Day – but the holidays are a great…