Rev Up the Flavor

 

  

  

   I store fruit at room temperature to maximize its flavor. Refrigerating fresh fruit is sometimes necessary. However, cold stifles the flavor that is naturally in the fruit. Here's an analogy. Start a car on a summer day and the engine immediately roars to life with a VROOOOOM!  That same engine on a frigid winter morning gives a weak rrr..rrrr.rrr..rr.