Can those who are not Asian American properly appreciate peaches?

NPR's Michele Norris talks with David Mas Maumoto, a writer and farmer in Central California, about the quintessential symbol of summer -- the peach.

What a couple of donkeys. Norris says in that unctuous NPR way that in the winter, "grocery stores are stocked--as they should be--with the seasonal fruits of winter--bananas, pears, and a wide variety of apples." Get that! Bananas are a winter fruit! They grow especially well in the snow! True, fruit does taste better when the farm is close to the market, but anyone who has been to a big Asian market in the winter in a big North American or European city can find many more tasty fruits than what Norris finds. If that's not bad enough, Maumoto thinks that because he's Asian American, he has a special affinity with peaches. Apparently he doesn't know that Chinese like their peaches crunchy, not soft. And he too believes that we should only eat what's in season. I guess he's never been to a big Asian market, either.