Kiwi's Journey From Plate's Edge to Winning Dessert

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In the late 1970s, while I was chef at Ma Maison in Hollywood and playing my own part in the development of a style of fresh, seasonal cooking that came to be known as California cuisine, I remember some people joking that it was easy to spot food that was part of this movement because it was probably garnished with a slice of kiwifruit.

In fact, that was more a coincidence than a defining characteristic. Kiwifruit just happened to be catching on in a major way back then after its introduction to the United States the 1950s.

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Kiwi's Journey From Plate's Edge to Winning Dessert

Originally called the Chinese gooseberry after its native country and oversize berry-like shape, the fruit was first renamed the "melonette." Then, in 1959, it was finally rechristened kiwifruit after the popular nickname for natives...

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