Every year I eagerly await the start of loquat season. Loquat is always the first fruit of Spring around here, even before raspberries and cherries. They ripen after the Owari Satsuma mandarins and Cara Cara Navels have finished for their season. And by this time of year we are usually pretty tired of apples out of cold storage sold at the grocery store. I like my loquats best when they still have a little bit of tanginess to them, but... Read More Read More