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Bananas are still a staple of Vanuatu residents' diets. These are for sale at a busy market in Port Vila.
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How Ancient Tooth Plaque Solved the Mystery of the Banana's Trans-Pacific Journey

3,000-year-old microparticles prove the fruit traveled across the ocean with early Pacific Islanders.
Reina Gattuso February 17, 2020
Jaboticaba growing on a branch.
Bundaberg North, Australia

Bundaberg Botanic Gardens

Peanut butter trees and miracle berries are just the beginning.
Dr. Frieda Rapoport Caplan forever changed American produce aisles.
fruit

Remembering the 'Kiwi Queen' Who Revolutionized American Produce Aisles

Frieda Caplan defied gender norms to take Americans from peas and potatoes to kumquats and quinces.
Luke Fater January 23, 2020
Oaxaca, Mexico

Casilda Aguas Regionales

In a busy Oaxaca market, a nearly century-old drinks stand still serves family recipes from giant clay pots.
The Pink Pearl apple, seen from the top.
food

Around the World in Rare and Beautiful Apples

From the sweet to the offbeat.
Anne Ewbank January 6, 2020
Are you feeling lucky?
Gastro Obscura

Twelve Grapes

A New Year's Eve tradition of scarfing down 12 grapes for good luck.
Blue bread is especially popular.
food

How Brazilian Chefs Are Using the Fruit That Can Turn Anything Blue

From skin to sourdough, jenipapo blue has become a culinary craze.
Rafael Tonon December 16, 2019
In late summer, Copenhagen residents can pluck sun-warmed raspberries at the edge of the city, where urban sprawl gives way to woodlands.
food

Copenhagen Wants You to Forage on Its City Streets

It’s part of a movement to introduce local foods to Danish diets.
Reina Gattuso December 3, 2019
Mao found mangoes to be too messy.
food

How a Fruit Basket From Mao Made China Mad for Mangoes

Regifting the fruit created a potent political symbol.
Jessica Gingrich November 4, 2019
Gastro Obscura

Trappist Mango Treats

At the only Trappist monastery in the Philippines, monks turn local fruit into sinfully delicious goodies.
A rosette of melon with melon seed juice vinaigrette.
Cavaillon, France

Maison Prévôt

From the dishes to the art, this Michelin-starred restaurant orbits around one beloved French melon.
Paradise apple trees in Nelleman's Have.
Sæby, Denmark

Nellemann's Have

This historic orchard contains Northern Europe's largest collection of paradise apple trees.
Faux produce on display at Turin's Fruit Museum.
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When Royalty, Scientists, and Gardeners All Wanted Fake Fruit

One collection of fake produce is a reminder of both ingenuity and loss.
Vittoria Traverso August 30, 2019
The Flying Jacob is an unlikely concoction that tells the story of Swedish food culture.
food

How a Banana-Chicken Casserole Defined Swedish Cuisine

The recipe for "Flying Jacob" was the improvised creation of an air-freight worker.
Luke Fater August 26, 2019
Nothing hits the spot like a bit of wrestling!
games

Between Plagues, Medieval Peasants Enjoyed Bawdiness and Brawling

To chill like a peasant, attend a farcical play and wrestle with your friends.
Sabrina Imbler August 23, 2019
Gastro Obscura

Charentais Melon

The melon has its own sculpture, festival, and order of knights.
Homestead, Florida

Robert Is Here

The sign that drew attention to a young boy's cucumber stand is now the name of his fruit superstore.
Bunches and bunches of Cavendishes.
food

No, the Banana Apocalypse Is Not Around the Corner

But Colombia’s outbreak of lethal banana fungus is still bad news.
Sabrina Imbler August 16, 2019