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FOOD SLEUTH Summer peaches worth the wait

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From: Columbia Daily Tribune
Date: 20060712
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Henry David Thoreau might have been thinking about peaches when he said: "Live in each season as it passes, breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit."

Eating seasonally teaches patience. Sure, interstate highways, atmosphere-controlled trucks and our global food supply networks deliver the instant gratification of eating peaches year-round. But who'd want to? They almost always disappoint with either too-firm or too-mushy flavorless flesh. Plus, waiting until local peaches ripen delivers a sublime pleasure that comes only after a long period of separation and anticipation.

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