Every year for the last seven years or so, I have written one piece in March or April — the beginning of its traditional season — on the mango, feeling that it is one of the best fruits in the world, and that all of the folklore, songs, sarswelas and recipes do not even begin to do it justice.
— from Fruits of Memory, the Introduction to Fruits of the Philippines, by Doreen G. Fernandez
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