Sweep winter away with a taste of the tropics

One usually thinks of our most beautiful state — Hawaii — as a vacation paradise, but its lavish supply of year-round fruits makes it much more: our wintertime culinary solution. Mangos, papayas, avocados, coconut, bananas, kiwi, guava, citrus and pineapple come to supermarket produce counters just when we need them most, with refreshing taste, variety, and loads of Vitamin C to make up for our loss of sunshine.