Displaying Your Seasonal Fruit with Rajiv Surendra

Поделиться
HTML-код
  • Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024

Комментарии • 278

  • @mediumstudio
    @mediumstudio Месяц назад +176

    you had me at "Displaying Your Seasonal Fruit with Rajiv Surendra"

  • @juststoppingby390
    @juststoppingby390 Месяц назад +110

    Rajiv is one of my fantasy dinner guests from all time

  • @learningbytaste
    @learningbytaste Месяц назад +55

    How sweet to use the same type of basket as your grandmother

  • @SaraLo110376
    @SaraLo110376 Месяц назад +13

    The gentleness, attentiveness and thoughtfulness that Rajiv brings to everything he does is a meditation practice all in itself.

    • @_CalmLei
      @_CalmLei Месяц назад +1

      Would love a meditation video from him!

  • @donnajarvis9542
    @donnajarvis9542 Месяц назад +42

    I love how you care about everything that comes into and is part of your home.

  • @desertrose128
    @desertrose128 Месяц назад +47

    Rajiv, have we told you lately that we ❤❤❤ you?

  • @teenamaria0718
    @teenamaria0718 Месяц назад +18

    I can't stop smiling when I watch his videos. He has so much joy for life. It's infectious.

  • @sunshinesideofdarkside
    @sunshinesideofdarkside Месяц назад +44

    The things you find to make videos about is amazing. The useful tidbits are what I like most.

  • @21972012145525
    @21972012145525 Месяц назад +29

    You are speaking my kove language. I hope i can make fruit a part of my wedding decor centerpieces AND take home favors 😅❤ cheaper than flowers and utilitarian

    • @rajivsurendra
      @rajivsurendra  Месяц назад +3

      What's a kove language???

    • @taliaaalia5175
      @taliaaalia5175 Месяц назад

      Love.*

    • @21972012145525
      @21972012145525 Месяц назад +1

      @@rajivsurendra love language. My pixel doesn't know how to autocorrect. I miss apple

    • @shangrila73eldorado
      @shangrila73eldorado Месяц назад +2

      @@rajivsurendra a kove is an antechamber in older log houses (often used for storage, sometimes used as a rest room)

    • @21972012145525
      @21972012145525 Месяц назад +1

      Inshallah!
      Idk how those fruits aren't rolling of the cake stands 😅 a punch bowl is better lol. Idk if I would display fruit outside of the kitchen and dining areas though...

  • @shangrila73eldorado
    @shangrila73eldorado Месяц назад +42

    A Rajiv video demands my full attention. It cannot be watched passively because it is very visual. If you blink, you miss something. Like the reflection of his camerawoman in the glass or the interior layout of his apt. or his latest decorations (the bird under the glass, the human model, the painting, etc.) He's always showing strong imagery...Anyway, I'm often impressed by his technical vocab, like how the hell does he know the plates are called "pressed glass" or the fruit is "stone fruit." I know with Google you can find out anything, but I think in a past life Mr. Surendra was a mechanic of some sort

    • @21972012145525
      @21972012145525 Месяц назад +1

      I mean stone fruit is pretty well known. It's self defining

    • @shastriseeraj7130
      @shastriseeraj7130 Месяц назад

      Very true,I was reading your comment,then i had to restart the video❤

  • @AdrianeStevanov
    @AdrianeStevanov Месяц назад +27

    Rajiv, you are one of most favorite inspirations!

  • @susanrombak7959
    @susanrombak7959 Месяц назад +13

    Your home is so beautiful and you Rajiv, know how to live. Enjoy your fruits. ✌🏽

  • @condortraveler7855
    @condortraveler7855 Месяц назад +21

    You made my apartment a home, thank you

  • @anneredmoon
    @anneredmoon Месяц назад +12

    You are a fine treasure to behold.

  • @smusz
    @smusz Месяц назад +7

    Dude, been doing this for decades -Vermeer got nothing on us, fresh fruit looks great under candlelight as well.

  • @angiejones7401
    @angiejones7401 Месяц назад +8

    We need an updated apartment tour!

  • @pipmitchell7059
    @pipmitchell7059 Месяц назад +21

    A kindred spirit! With you all the way.

  • @piiga
    @piiga Месяц назад +8

    Ooh I loved the camerawork, walking from room to room made me much more aware of how your apartment actually feels and looks like in real life! So beautiful!

  • @anniekingsbury6842
    @anniekingsbury6842 Месяц назад +8

    I did a birthday cake alternative with halved, grilled peaches. The base was a large platter, cake stand in centre, and graduated glasses starting with shot glasses allowed me to create the illusion of a spiral of grilled peaches. I then sprinkled raspberries, pomegranate seeds and edible flowers over the whole. Colour fantasia!! And healthier than cake.

  • @jcrane45585
    @jcrane45585 Месяц назад +1

    I never realized how lucky I was as a child in my grandma's kitchen surrounded by displays of nature's bounty. In the summer she had pears marching down the table runner between glass coke bottles stuffed with zinnias. Peaches and plums and figs on platters. In the fall time crystal dishes full of pecans on every coffee table and a garland of peppers drying draped over the kitchen window. Satsumas and other varieties of seasonal citrus were used to decorate for Christmas. I tried to recreate that look a few Christmases ago. Cost was outrageous. It may have been cheaper to move to the countryside and grow my own orchard.

  • @faribayagoobian7721
    @faribayagoobian7721 Месяц назад +6

    Rajiv should have his own TV show !

  • @LauraPelofske
    @LauraPelofske Месяц назад +21

    I have a small garden and I display my daily harvests of peppers and tomatoes on a cake stand I picked up at a yard sale. I just sourced a dome for it to keep the fruit flies off of it, from Mosser Glass. At dinner time it's there, displayed so nicely, giving me ideas for dinner! I put the fruit out in a big handmade wooden bowl on the dining table, which is in a central high traffic area, which encourages my family to actually eat it. Some of my favorite art is still-lives of well arranged fruit. You can actually tell a story and even create some comical tension if you think of the fruit having different personalities. OK that might sound a bit crazy but it's fun!
    After your video about wicker, I found an incredible wicker bag, sort of a doctor's bag shape, at a local antique shop. It has a nice wide base and fits so much produce without crushing it. I get so many compliments and inquiries about it at the farmer's market. Thanks for opening my eyes to wicker!

  • @craigadams4143
    @craigadams4143 Месяц назад +4

    Being from the south, my mom, grandmother and great grandmother all used fresh fruit and veggies as decor. I do sometimes, too. Gotta say though, that I love to bite into a chilled plum, peach, nectarine from the fridge. It so refreshing that way. 🍇🍉🍊🍒🍓🥝🍋🍌🍍🍎🍏🍐🍑

  • @naturaldyer
    @naturaldyer Месяц назад +12

    My favorite activity! I thankfully live in western mass and can get fresh food everywhere this time of year! I just ate the best cantaloupe this morning grown by Mennonites.

  • @DonnaNichols-ep5de
    @DonnaNichols-ep5de Месяц назад +2

    I completely agree Rajiv❣️
    I have always enjoyed displaying fruits and veggies and also I like storing my pantry foods in clear jars or canisters out in the open. There is beauty in our foods❤ colors, textures, etc. Mother Nature is the very best artist❣️

  • @gwencrosswhite9329
    @gwencrosswhite9329 Месяц назад +12

    So lovely. I too enjoy celebrating the beauty of the every day things in our life, especially things from nature ❤

  • @demijo2227
    @demijo2227 Месяц назад +13

    Oh wow! I literally just put 6 lemons in a glass bowl on my cup chart before sitting down and seeing this video 😊

  • @mysteriousu5528
    @mysteriousu5528 Месяц назад +18

    I do the same desr. I love fruits and veggies. In US, $160B worth of food is wasted every year!
    When you keep your fruits and some veggies outside the fridge in a basket, they will be fine for 3-5 days as long as the inside temperature is around 65-70F.
    It will motivate you eat good food and finish them faster especially if you have kids/family instead of ending up in garbage!
    People keep in the fridge and they don't even know what's still left in the fridge before heading to the grocery store to buy some more.
    Thank you Rajiv for another wonderful and thoughtful video.

  • @SAHMtoRN
    @SAHMtoRN Месяц назад +8

    I’ve always thought of fruits, especially berries, as gems. Can’t display them now because cats 😂 but I love how you find beauty in everything, Rajiv ❤

  • @artelisx
    @artelisx Месяц назад +8

    You know what Rajiv, I think you’ll fall in love with Japan when you go there.
    Your passion for tradition, handmade, beauty, the profound, and homemaking is very Japanese. It’s like the earnest heart of Japanese culture but in Western/Tamil/German culture. Only thing that the Japanese have a much deeper appreciation with the beauty of nature and its changing seasons.

  • @amyfrosty
    @amyfrosty 28 дней назад +1

    I love how you get so passionate about simple things. 8m from the UK and feel very heavy with the state of humanity lately, but watching your videos reminds me of the beauty we can still find in every day life.

  • @brendaeisenbraun226
    @brendaeisenbraun226 Месяц назад +6

    Thank you for helping me to calm down and bring simple things into my life

  • @avalondreaming1433
    @avalondreaming1433 Месяц назад +6

    I just saw your video and said, thamk God. I really needed some calm and happiness today. 😊 I just had a peach last night. I had it in a paper bag ripening for several days.

  • @angelahagood3639
    @angelahagood3639 Месяц назад +3

    I grab my cup of coffee. It’s another video from Rajiv! I look at his coffee table then at mine…I have a box of Kleenex, a bottle of eye drops, a TV remote and a stack of books…🤦🏻‍♀️ Boy, did I need to see this! Art that you can eat! Rajiv is an amazing human being! One in a million!🙌🏻🫶🏻👏

  • @barbaracarlson1331
    @barbaracarlson1331 Месяц назад +4

    Love the idea! I do that also along with onions and peppers and other veggies. Love that large cloche you have! Wow!!

  • @Pilineedstodraw
    @Pilineedstodraw Месяц назад +2

    Idk why but these videos are my comfort zone😭😭

  • @anitabhasker5330
    @anitabhasker5330 Месяц назад +3

    I just had the time to watch this video and it was just perfect for the terrible week and horrible day I had! Have a very sick daughter who is fighting for her life and spent the week in the hospital. Your video made me relax and I cannot thank you enough! Our family loves local grown fruit too. What I want to know is who the pretty camerawoman?

  • @DNAdoc1748
    @DNAdoc1748 Месяц назад +1

    The fruit not only looks good, but must make the room smell amazing!

  • @deborahwright6021
    @deborahwright6021 Месяц назад +1

    I love his authenticity.. And his humor!

  • @winterwoodcottage3657
    @winterwoodcottage3657 Месяц назад +2

    Yes. Display produce everywhere. Kids and adults will grab a healthy snack in arms reach because it’s easier than the ice cream.

  • @sharischmidt4712
    @sharischmidt4712 Месяц назад +2

    St Jacobs Farmers Market, St Jacobs Ontario Canada is where l shopped today and what a joy it was!!! Peaches and yellow plums brought in from Niagara on the Lake have been washed and are in beautiful bowl's from travel's to Portugal last spring ,sitting on my dining room table. This makes me happy and my husband tends to eat more fruit when it's so easy to grab😊
    Greetings from Southern Ontario Canada

  • @user-oj6it7hh1n
    @user-oj6it7hh1n Месяц назад +2

    I admire and covet your fruit displays, Rajiv, and would love to do the same myself; however, if I try to do that in the summer time here - ackkk - fruit flies appear en masse almost immediately! Love your videos.

  • @ajawarnock4009
    @ajawarnock4009 Месяц назад

    I love making everyday things into art. I am obsessed with old still lives as well. especially the one's fruit. When I don't get to the easel, workbench, or garden, I can still get my creative groove on with everyday functions.

  • @taliaaalia5175
    @taliaaalia5175 Месяц назад +3

    Rajiv
    I also love these casual style video's with no camera crew. Very personal feeling.i imagine this is freeing for you too so that if the moment strikes you you can film spontaneousl and perhaps more?. Gorgeous.
    I, too, love stone fruit!

    • @21972012145525
      @21972012145525 Месяц назад +1

      I believe he does have a camera crew? Someone is following him with a camera

  • @reihino6347
    @reihino6347 Месяц назад

    This video made me realise that displaying your fruit in the living room isn’t a norm in western households. I grew up with big bowls of fruit really being centrepieces on pretty much all living room tables, it shouldn’t be shocking that not everyone does this but I still am surprised.

  • @hereforit2347
    @hereforit2347 27 дней назад

    I have a lemon tree in the backyard. I keep lemons in a brass dish on my dining room table year round.
    At Christmas I switch it out and create something Christmas-y if I have people over.
    I also have a vase with a greenery arrangement that I keep on the dining room table. It’s kind of tall so I switch it out in favor of the lemons if someone is over for a meal so we can see and talk to each other. 🍋

  • @wandashaw3551
    @wandashaw3551 Месяц назад

    Hi Rajiv, growing up, my mom and Grandmother always displayed our summer seasonal fruit on the sideboard in the dining room as well as the coffee table. I think its a great idea and still do in now in my own apartment. Big, beautiful bowl of dark red cherries in a pretty cutglass bowl!! Yummy,

  • @AngeliaLiggins-ss1si
    @AngeliaLiggins-ss1si Месяц назад +2

    Just wanted to let you know Rajiv, watching you display that yellow fruit, made me listen to the song Yellow by Coldplay.😃😎

  • @Englishroserebecca
    @Englishroserebecca Месяц назад +1

    Sometimes I put nice leaves amongst the fruit, I have a lemon tree and the leaves look lovely poked in amongst the fruit.

  • @chelebelle2223
    @chelebelle2223 Месяц назад

    Your display of fruit in the living room reminds me of an artistic still life composition.

  • @bellumxyz1421
    @bellumxyz1421 Месяц назад

    OMG thank you so much! I was actually looking for a way to beatifully display my fruit rather than just have it sit around in a plastic bag. I thought I had to use a special basket for some reason and I never found or got the kind I imagined. I never ONCE considered that I could just use a cake stand. Finally I have an excuse to have my cake stand on my dinner table at all times haha

  • @antoniafoster8264
    @antoniafoster8264 Месяц назад +1

    Your enthusiasm for all things great and small is infectious. As always, enjoyed this video. Thank you. 😊

  • @mazgilmour7734
    @mazgilmour7734 Месяц назад +3

    Transcendant transience... and deliciousness

  • @marthamiriam8983
    @marthamiriam8983 Месяц назад +1

    It’s the simple things in life that bring me joy. This makes my heart so happy.

  • @learningbytaste
    @learningbytaste Месяц назад +4

    I knew ironstone would make an appearance 😂. I do this as well. I bet those canvas bags would be a sinch to make.

    • @talkingcrow
      @talkingcrow Месяц назад

      Or just tie a tea towel around the fruit like a bento bag 😊

  • @ManoloVintage
    @ManoloVintage Месяц назад +4

    Thanks. You gave me something to do Saturday 😁

  • @rebecanelson207
    @rebecanelson207 Месяц назад

    For whatever reason your IG went away on my IG--Anyway, A)love fruit B) love baskets C) thanks for reminding me about the paper bag system. I think it has to do with room and not having patience for the fruit to ripen. I just wonder why isn't it ripe to begin with? Then I realize why when you created this video. I also realized--that because of my impatience I am not eating fruit--and how one can elevate something such as fruit to another level--the beauty of how it was a seed--turned into a plant--had a bud--then a flower and then it became a fruit that one can enjoy. I also love Dutch Art and those paintings from the 17th century and all those beautiful flowers and fruit etc....thanks for making my day a beautiful day. Thank you for existing. 🎈🎈

  • @eileenhoney6426
    @eileenhoney6426 Месяц назад

    Having your fruit out reminds you to eat it….it’s not left in the fridge. Everything you do is perfection and it’s fun to watch the pleasure you get out of the simplest things.

  • @Lexer584
    @Lexer584 Месяц назад +1

    Thank you so much, Rajiv. Very beautiful. Love from Germany.

  • @julieschnorenberg5370
    @julieschnorenberg5370 Месяц назад

    Yes! I have a beautiful clay platter someone made for me that I display my fruit on! I also work at the Farmer’s Market, so I get gorgeous fruit ( I live in Oregon where we have incredible fruit). Thank you!

  • @KerrieFoleyBates
    @KerrieFoleyBates Месяц назад +17

    I get FruitFlies! Do you not? what am I doing wrong?

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 Месяц назад

      I have fruit ripening two or three days after I buy it, I have a feeling that since it's summer, he's going to be the same boat. But then again, I haven't turned on my air conditioning yet this summer

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 Месяц назад

      Once something is getting ripening enough to eat, it goes in the fridge. And I don't get fruit flies

  • @krivokoraivan8941
    @krivokoraivan8941 Месяц назад

    Восхищен вашим чувством стиля! Шикарные браслеты и цепочка! Это золото?

  • @JaneHasGame
    @JaneHasGame Месяц назад

    I just planted two peach trees on my property here on Vancouver island.. I can't wait to take peaches to the market in a few years. I'm going to try to source the canvass bags to sell as well. Those are wonderful! ❤

  • @user-co5yp2jr8n
    @user-co5yp2jr8n Месяц назад

    I never really ate much fruit as a child. I feel like it is underappreciated all the amazing varieties God created. Some favorites are papaya with lemon, spple with nut butter.

  • @chromatic_tracks
    @chromatic_tracks Месяц назад +4

    Love this :)

  • @hereforit2347
    @hereforit2347 27 дней назад

    Those fruit displays look nice. The basket arrangement was my favorite. 🤩

  • @user-rj7ts9uk8n
    @user-rj7ts9uk8n Месяц назад

    Rajiv always enriching our ordinary lives. Also I love your appartment. When are you going to gift us with a home tour? 😊

  • @BelAge
    @BelAge Месяц назад +5

    The human body cadaver sculpture next to the fruits did not work for me. It was a bit anachronistic. But everything else, as always was so inspirational and satisfying.

  • @swicheroo1
    @swicheroo1 Месяц назад

    OMG. You ARE my spirit animal. I spent months studying how to make fruit baskets. Looked at Dutch Still Life. Watched an episode of Martha Stewart on Fruit Baskets, over and over again. And I probably make at least one fruit basket a week.

  • @kartikasari8351
    @kartikasari8351 Месяц назад +1

    You never fail to make me appreciate a little things
    I remember back then you talk about about flower that will wilted, and it's ok, so we can appreciate it when it blooms
    Thank you for sharing this video

  • @susanhodel3194
    @susanhodel3194 Месяц назад

    I learned from a fruit grower that you should set the Fruit on its shoulders on a plate, the stem end to ripen. It works very well.

  • @sylvianblue
    @sylvianblue Месяц назад

    I never knew I needed this video! Rajiv, you could tell me how to throw away my trash in a beautiful way and I’d watch it! 🙏 When I was growing up here in 🇬🇧 peaches were a rarity and so I have a special love for the look, feel and taste of peaches. 🍑p.s ALL of my fruit lives in the living room, always has done so this doesn’t seem odd to me!

  • @manita2653
    @manita2653 Месяц назад

    Thank you Rajiv… you are an Inspiration to many of us…you are a true Artist. Blessings ✨

  • @shess1640
    @shess1640 Месяц назад +1

    pluots are plums/apricots.... that makes it easier to know how to pronounce "pluots." Thank you for another delicious video : )

  • @anneke9464
    @anneke9464 Месяц назад +1

    Hi Rajiv, Do you have one of those antique stereoscopes? This has nothing to do with your video today, but when I see your videos and think about your appreciation of art, collecting, and antiques, I am always reminded of one I used to have that got lost. It was just a bit of fun. One of the reasons I enjoy your videos is because you appreciate simple things that are beautiful. Thanks for making this content.

  • @claudiamann7111
    @claudiamann7111 Месяц назад

    Love the changing displays. Looks great displayed in that beautiful basket. Thank you so much for sharing.

  • @amybennett1530
    @amybennett1530 Месяц назад

    Everything you touch is beautiful. That's a creative and great way to store fruit and veg especially when you have a small kitchen. 💜

  • @evasochocki5209
    @evasochocki5209 Месяц назад +1

    Wow. Turning your fruit into a work of art. What a beautiful idea. Very inspiring. I love the basket.
    You have me wanting to find some cake stands now😊

  • @zn7zn7zn7
    @zn7zn7zn7 Месяц назад

    I think appreciating these small details makes you feel very grounded. Thank you Rajiv for reminding us that life can feel so enriched and meaningful when we appreciate and see beauty in everything.

  • @BATgirl57
    @BATgirl57 Месяц назад

    I”ve been taking all the various fruits I buy even from the grocery store and displaying them on my counter in many various small plates and low bowls. I love matching the quantity of each fruit to just the right size and shape of each dish. As I eat them I’ll rearrange the rest. I’ve always thought they looked so pretty! And when they come from the grocery store of course the very first thing I do is to peel off all the labels! 💚🍎🍋🍐💖

  • @jennifer-threedogsinagarde8265
    @jennifer-threedogsinagarde8265 Месяц назад

    You need to open an online store of curated handmade items like those fabulous baskets!

  • @nlbhaduri
    @nlbhaduri Месяц назад

    Your art collection is growing….we might need another tour of your apartment! I love a beautifully arranged still life! Thanks for reminding me that fruits make a colourful addition to the decor. I do miss your yellow settee, though.

  • @paopaupow
    @paopaupow Месяц назад

    That's some ASMR with the paper bags 🤭 love your philosophy of creating your own happiness with the simple things and attainable things and tweaking it a bit.

  • @userrobinmp
    @userrobinmp Месяц назад +3

    I would have fruit flies swarming in 2 mins!!! But the smell is Lucious

    • @MJ-in-Canada
      @MJ-in-Canada Месяц назад +2

      We need a follow-up "dealing with fruit flies" video.😆

  • @littleleafy
    @littleleafy Месяц назад +1

    Edible decor is my favorite kind

    • @littleleafy
      @littleleafy Месяц назад

      Savor first with your eyes, then with your taste buds

  • @valerie6709
    @valerie6709 Месяц назад

    Cool! I just moved to a new house and have some boho style “rattan” baskets and don’t know where to put them. I will definitely put some fruit in them to display them instead of hiding the fruit inside the fridge.

  • @1phoenix346
    @1phoenix346 Месяц назад

    Love it. I do it as well and if you just buy it in small amounts a few days worth then you see them and remember to eat them so they don’t spoil. They smell like summer too.🤓

  • @donnadejesu4445
    @donnadejesu4445 Месяц назад +1

    I just love your enthusiasm!!❤

  • @katieg4083
    @katieg4083 Месяц назад

    I am obsessed with that anatomical model in a cloche.

  • @celinefederici6951
    @celinefederici6951 Месяц назад

    Good idea for those who have not thought to do this.I have been displaying fruits and veggies for yrs. on a long oval silver-like tray w brass handles. It is perfect for the shelf divider between my kitchen and dining room. l If there are too much they go to the window sill or the dining table. Pineapple, a symbol of hospitality is is one of my favorite fruits to look at, paint and draw.

  • @DeathByFashion1
    @DeathByFashion1 29 дней назад

    Im new here…when I saw the living room I gasped! I need that ginger jar!❤

  • @natalialopes719
    @natalialopes719 Месяц назад

    You are displaying one of the best parts of summer. Beautiful delicious natural healthy fruits and vegetables! Nature’s gift.

  • @susandorward2293
    @susandorward2293 Месяц назад

    I have found that fruit never goes bad if you have it out! I love watching my family taking a piece when walking by the display!

  • @celticlass8573
    @celticlass8573 Месяц назад

    I'd never thought about displaying in-season fruit as art before. Will be heading to St Jacob's tomorrow!

  • @leelee1286
    @leelee1286 Месяц назад

    🥇 First Place - Sweetest Human Alive Award 💕

  • @rbsd952
    @rbsd952 Месяц назад

    Always a pleasure seeing you on here and your wonderful and helpful ideas. 🔥🔥🙏🏾☺️

  • @adrienrenaux6211
    @adrienrenaux6211 Месяц назад

    Honestly in addition to making it beautiful, this has a second massive advantage that by having it displayed in a thoughtful manner, you will actually see the fruit and eat it before it goes bad!! My partner has ADHD and will forget about fruit if it's not visible. How many pieces of fruit have gone mouldy and forgotten in a fridge drawer or in the bottom of an overfilled fruit basket?

  • @chrisfry436
    @chrisfry436 Месяц назад

    Who'd a thunk it?? fruit in the living room?? what a great idea! plus the wonderful smell as it ripens!!

  • @dianaf2820
    @dianaf2820 28 дней назад

    I learn so much from you, Rajiv! Thank you so much.

  • @patriciapamponette9841
    @patriciapamponette9841 Месяц назад

    I love those baskets, sure would love to own 2 of them ❤ awesome demo.Rajiv