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    Stone Fruits

    Stone fruits (along with berries) are the quintessential summer fruit.

    And they come in every single color of the rainbow! And every single year there’s new varieties at the farmers markets.

    Stone-what?

    Ya know, peaches, nectarines, plums, apricots, cherries, plots, lychees, mangoes, coconuts, dates, olives and more. They’re also called drupes and they’re fruits with a large “stone: (pit) inside surrounded by a fleshy outer area.

    Stone fruits range in size, color, texture and flavor.

    Size: From small fleshy lychees to adorable little cherry plums to giant heavenly white nectarines and enormous Keitt mangoes.
    Color: From deep purple plums to orange apricots to yellow, white, red and pink peaches and more!
    Flavor: From very sour and bitter green plums to tart damson plums to super sweet yellow peaches and red Bing cherries.
    This blog celebrates all the sweet and juicy varieties of stone fruits and they are easily interchangeable in the recipes on this blog (with the exception of olives). I’m a the-more-stone-fruit-varieties-the-merrier kinda gal and so are the recipes on this blog!

    Picking stone fruit: don't be afraid of a few bruises, as this indicates a ripeness, and this tasty fruit that may actually be better than a hard, spotless one. Their smell is also a great indicator of ripeness—the more aromatic the better.

    Any variety of stone fruit works with the recipes below and they’re all a more variety the merrier kinda recipes.

    Season: summer is peak stone fruit season
    Prep: raw, roasted, grilled, baked, poached, braised

    Stone Fruit Galette

    Peaches topped with sugar, vanilla and cinnamon; overhead and up close shot.

    Baked Peaches

    Raw chicken thighs topped with cherries and rosemary in a skillet; overhead shot.

    Cherry Chicken

    Peaches and burrata salad with basil and vinaigrette, all done; overhead shot.

    Peach Burrata Salad

    roasted cherries, just out of the oven, on a gold baking sheet, overhead shot.

    Roasted Cherries

    Pickled plums with star anise, cinnamon, pink peppercorns and pickling brine, overhead shot on a black background.

    Pickled Fruit

    Close up shot: Peach Salad with Burrata & Crispy Bacon, all assembled, overhead shot.

    Peach Salad with Burrata and Crispy Prosciutto

    cooked fruit! strawberries and blueberries all cooked and just out of the oven with vanilla beans, thyme and cinnamon sticks, overhead shot.

    Cooked Fruit

    Plum, Walnut and Lavender Cake! Overhead shot on a black background.

    Plum, Walnut & Lavender Cake

    Summer salad with corn, asparagus, cheese, figs, avocado, tomatoes, basil and a vinaigrette.

    Summer Salad Ideas

    A stylized food shot of the plum upside down cake, a bowl of yogurt and a bowl of pistachios.

    Plum Upside-Down Cake

    Bone-in pork chops all done, singe angle shot with peaches and charred red onions on the tray.

    Peachy Bone-In Pork Chops with Charred Red Onions

    Plum & Cucumber Salad with Roasted Ginger Vinaigrette all done, topped with cilantro and crispy shallots.

    Plum & Cucumber Salad with Roasted Ginger Vinaigrette

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    VEGGIES ARE SEXY 

    Hi, I'm Daniela - a Los Angeles based food photographer and creative director. I began my career as a chef with a passion for sourcing colorful produce from local markets. I love emphasizing the beauty of real food with my images. I’m also a food stylist and recipe developer with a gorgeous prop-filled studio in Venice, California.

    Daniela Gerson Photography

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