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When Mr. Haskell turns his lens on seagrass flowers, we glimpse organisms marvelously adapted to their watery environment, petals miniaturized into “scalelike shields,” with fruit and seeds protected as if in a bathyscape.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

On a Wednesday in February in the Coachella Valley, more than two dozen farmworkers weaved up and down rows of strawberries, their gloved hands flicking quickly to pluck the fruit and stash it in boxes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

I’ve done it with apples — layering applesauce, apple butter and roasted fruit into a cake that tastes like fall — and with egg salad, where richness builds from every direction.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026

Investors have been waiting for the company’s ambitious turnaround under Hill to bear fruit.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Hannah walked over carrying a bowl of fruit salad with walnuts.

From "Scream for Ice Cream: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #2" by Carolyn Keene