Green pickles, burnished Florida oranges, rich yellow cheeses, ruby red grapefruit juice and rainbow hued fruit yogurts are among our most typical everyday staples.

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They include some of our most popular fruits and vegetables, such as Ruby Red grapefruit and most of the durum wheat varieties used to make pasta.

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Mr. Schwartz's favorite grapefruit is Indian River Ruby Red, but white and pink varieties also work well here.

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