heirloom
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After that formative bowl, he founded Rancho Gordo in 2001 and hustled to get heirloom beans in front of anyone willing to try them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026
In Hollister, underage siblings use sharp knives to cut and clean heirloom apricots that dry in the hot sun.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025
At Camden Harbour Inn, pastry chef Gwynthe Frenchette served me a tartlet of heirloom Gravenstein apples from nearby School House Farm, topped by a tidy quenelle of applewood-smoked almond ice cream.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
Another fan, Riley Beresford, 25, from Nottingham, has inherited a copy of Sabbath's 1970 single Paranoid as a family heirloom from his grandmother.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025
Over the next few days, Nathan drafted an experiment that would compare water consumption between Nali’s heirloom kernels that had been passed down to her through many generations and store-bought kernels.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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