god's gift

This city is throbbing with life. It’s hot. really hot. Something about the heat, the humidity, teeming with people- something about it all makes this very fertile ground. This is the season for alphonso mangos. I have been looking forward to eating this type of mango for a little over a year. Last night when k picked me up he surprised me with three of the precious fruit. These mangos are the Bombay Sapphire of mango. They’re classic, so sweet, messy, tart, juicy and fragrant.

For some reason tropical fruit never tastes the same when I buy the imports from the mega-grocery store in the dead of winter. But on these long hot days, the fruit is life-juice. The fragrance of each fruit is enhanced- unique to the fruit. Pomegranates, grapes, oranges, apples…everything holds taste that is different and multifaceted.