Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Fruit-The Ripe Pick: Fruit Selection Made Easy! By T.M. Gorman

Publication Date: July 2001, $9.95
Contact: Richard Gorman
Ph: (888) 235-1630, Honolulu, Hawaii
E-mail: vine@hawaii.rr.com

DELICIOUS HEALTHY FRESH FRUIT EVERY TIME YOU SHOP!
NEW QUICK-REFERENCE GUIDE REVEALS SELECTION SECRETS!

Imagine biting into a large, luscious-looking, golden-orange peach, only to find it mealy and flavorless… Or discovering that the 20-pound watermelon you lugged along on a family picnic turns out bland and tasteless instead of juicy and delicious-what a disappointment! Few people know the secrets of selecting perfect fruit at the market… and lack of such knowledge can prevent many shoppers from thoroughly enjoying one of nature's greatest gifts. Author and fruit expert, T.M. Gorman, has solved the mystery of flawless fruit selection in her new book, Fruit-The Ripe Pick. Detailing 50 different kinds of fruit from the ordinary orange to the exotic cherimoya, Fruit-The Ripe Pick shows the reader how to choose deliciously ripe fresh fruit for the greatest eating pleasure and nutritional value. Designed for quick access, with alphabetical fruit chapters and easy-to-read bulleted text, Fruit-The Ripe Pick both entertains and educates consumers. Readers will learn…

* How to buy the highest-quality fruit available
* How to store fruit properly to ensure lasting freshness
* Peak seasons and nutritional value (including vitamins, minerals, fat, calories)
* Popular varieties of each fruit
* Little-known historical facts
* Places of origin
* Fascinating trivia on all 50 fruits

"Eating fresh fruit contributes to greater health and longevity," says author T.M. Gorman. Born, raised and living on the tropical island of Oahu, Hawaii, she knows fruit first-hand. A diet rich in fresh produce can help lower cholesterol and reduce the chances of developing heart disease. Fruit delivers vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, water-soluble fiber, caretenoids, and other nutrients we need on a daily basis. Dried apricots are one of the best natural sources of Vitamin A…100 grams of figs contain more calcium that a full glass of skim milk…Eating 12 prunes a day has been proven to lower cholesterol levels…Bromelain, an enzyme in fresh pineapples, is a natural anti-inflammatory…Eight strawberries provides more Vitamin C than an orange…And the list continues as science discovers new benefits to eating fruit.

Priced to sell at $9.95, Fruit-The Ripe Pick, published by Vine Publishing of Honolulu, Hawaii, is available at all major on-line bookstores, www.vinepublishing.com, and select bookstores in the U.S. and Canada.