Citrus season is in full swing and these tissue paper-wrapped Sicilian specimens take the first prize. I have never had oranges like those that are readily available any day of the winter here! Delizioso!

They are sweet and sometimes tart, often combining both flavors in the same segment. It tastes like magic! The skin that surrounds each segment has a special light consistency that I have never experience in an orange in the USA. What accounts for these differences, I ask myself all the time.

I will also note that these fabulous Italian oranges can go from perfect to covered with mold in 24 hours. Not often, but sometimes. I’ve never seen an American orange go bad so quickly. Who cares?! Not I!

Fruit passion indeed!

Have you ever seen pink leaf lettuce like this?!

Look at how somebody on Instagram made a floral design using pink leaf lettuce!