Food Gallery

During the fall, there might not be a lot of fruits and vegetables like summertime but it’s a season that, to me, seems to have the most romantic fruits. Things like the luscious fig or the bejeweled pomegranate or the shapely pear.

Another one is the persimmon with its distinctive shape and color. I can’t say I’m a big fan of eating persimmons because it’s definitely a fruit that is tricky to eat since you have to time it right to get the perfect taste and texture. But the persimmon is definitely one elegant food model, which is why I decided to do a shoot recently with the fuyu persimmon (the squat-looking variety that’s eaten crisp like an apple).

I’ve seen lots of blogs posting about baking persimmons into muffins and breads, but since I’m not a big baker, I typically eat my persimmons in a salad. Below I made an amazing persimmon salad with wild arugula (or what Jamie Oliver would call “rocket”). What took the salad over the top was the simple vinaigrette I made using a bottle of Napa Valley pear-rosé vinegar I bought at the Tyler Florence shop in Mill Valley. The fruity vinegar totally enhanced the sweet persimmons that were balanced by the peppery arugula.

So what do you do with persimmons?