Harry & David pears
Certain foods always taste like a holiday. (Like this cake = my birthday) Harry and David pears will always taste like Christmas to me.
My grandparents would send us a case of them every Christmas. If they hadn’t arrived by the second week of December, I would start staking out the mail, and checking the crisper drawers to make sure thay I hadn’t missed their arrival. They are the “Royal Riviera” pears, and I’ve never seen them anywhere else. They are, without a doubt, the most spectacular pears I’ve ever had. And they should be, because Harry and David seems to stake their entire brand on them.
For years, Harry and David was mail-order only. Today, all you procrastinators are in luck — they have local shops at King of Prussia, the Shops at Sagemore and the Willow Grove Mall. If you need a last-minute gift for fruit-loving friends and family, a case of Royal Riviera pears could start a new holiday tradition.
