Friday, July 19, 2013

L.A. Times - Food & Dining: Farmers Markets: Fresh sour cherries are hard to find

L.A. Times - Food & Dining
Headlines from latimes.com
thumbnail Farmers Markets: Fresh sour cherries are hard to find
Jul 20th 2013, 07:00, by By David Karp

A Utah farm provides more than 90% of the sour cherry supply at Southern California stores. But help might be on the way.

Of all the rare fruit at Southern California markets, none is more elusive or more obsessively hunted than the humble sour cherry. The fruit is readily available canned or frozen, but these days bakers, jam makers and home cooks really want fresh. And though sweet cherries have become commonplace, sours, which are also called tart or pie cherries, are hardly grown here at all.

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