The Orchard

Foodfunding - New project for next season

We have very good news: For the coming season (autumn/winter 2015/2016) we are preparing an important Foodfunding project together with ErzeugerweltYou will be able to adopt an orange or mandarin ...

Tangerines - the good luck fruit

Why is the mandarin the fruit of good luck? In Chinese, “luck” sounds like “mandarin” and “well-being” sounds like “orange”: thanks to that play on words, mandarins and oranges are given at Lunar N...

Sugar free mandarin flan

Here is a creamy flan with our mandarin oranges tangerineslow in calories and carbohydrates. So you can save the line and, at the same time, enjoy a sweet dessert. We thank Glo from Cocinandoconami...

Tangerine peel in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Sun-dried mandarin peel — Chen Pi — has been used in China for over 2,000 years as a seasoning and as part of Traditional Chinese Medicine. In this article: what sets Qing Pi apart from Chen Pi, ho...

To the sound of tangerines

Animal Print, the group of DJ's Lecter & Marco Cuba, used, as seen in this video, some simple tangerines to create their music. As part of the fair "La Paz Ciudad Digital 2.0", Bolivia , they c...

Oven roasted chicken with mandarin oranges

This recipe by Frabisa from Frabisa's kitchen is very easy to prepare. Be sure to visit Frabisa's blog, where you will find many original and delicious recipes. The flavor of this oven-roasted chic...

Mikamuki - or the Japanese art of peeling tangerines

What is Mikamuki? It is the Japanese art of peeling mandarins so that the peel stays in one piece and becomes a figure — a horse, an eagle, a heron — with not a single bit of peel left over or miss...

How to get children to eat fruit

Many families have a big problem getting their children to eat fruit. Fortunately, in mine that doesn't happen. I am very fortunate that my children eat a lot of fruit, less vegetables, but they de...