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Fruit

Akutuq

Whipping snow, seal oil, and berries into a frosty treat takes a very deft hand.

It's locals versus cartels in this feud over money-making avocados.

Tancítaro's Avocado Protection Force

The town created a paramilitary group to ward off Mexican cartels.

Anne Ewbank November 28, 2017

A slice of black cake baked by Mrs. Annemarie Charles, from San Fernando, Trinidad.

Black Cake

Fruit soaks in rum for up to a year to make this rich Caribbean Christmas cake.

Homemade, all-natural, foraged teaberry ice cream from Park Place Café & Restaurant

Teaberry Ice Cream

This Pennsylvania specialty sometimes looks like Pepto-Bismol and smells like Bengay.

Hanging tomatoes before they're picked.

Hanging Tomatoes

This tomato variety can stay fresh for six months after harvesting.

A chromolithograph of <em>Fragaria ananassa</em>.

The 18th-Century Spy Who Gave Us Big Strawberries

Two American strawberries reunited in Europe, and gave us the fruit we love today.

Mike Allen November 16, 2017

<em>Babur Being Entertained in Ghazni</em>, from the
<em>Baburnama</em>, the memoirs of Ẓahīr al-din Muhammad.

The Conqueror Who Longed for Melons

Many Indian dishes can be traced back, indirectly, to a 16th-century, food-obsessed ruler named Babur.

Mark Hay November 15, 2017

Syracuse, New York

Tree of 40 Fruit

A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.

A double scoop of orange-flavored tiger tail ice cream striped with black licorice ribbons.

Tiger Tail Ice Cream

This orange and black licorice flavor is kind of a big deal in Canada.

The edible contents of the durian have been compared to custard.

Durian

The fruit so pungent it's banned from trains, hotels, and public places.

A box of Maine's signature, tiny blueberries.

Maine Wild Blueberries

The sweet, tiny wild berries are only available for two months each year.

Pawpaw is served.

Pawpaw

The oldest fruit native to North America is probably the least known.

Grating coconuts using a coconut grater school in Tahiti, circa 1911.

Coconut Grater Stool

You put the grater in the coconut...

The Great Vine.

East Molesey, England

The Great Vine

The world's largest grapevine has produced a delicious harvest at Hampton Court Palace for almost 250 years.

These apples all have the same parents.

Every Apple You Eat Took Years and Years to Make

"Feel free to spit."

Sarah Laskow October 20, 2017

Inside the tree

Parnamirim, Brazil

World's Largest Cashew Tree

You feel like you're in a forest, but you're actually walking amidst the branches and trunks of a single giant tree.

This British treat is named after the original Dutch settlers in Manhattan, called Knickerbockers.

Knickerbocker Glory

Not even Harry Potter could resist this whimsical British dessert.

Salesmen promised that tomato pills could cure headaches, diarrhea, and cholera.

The Tomato Pill Craze

How a war over cure-all pills convinced Americans to eat tomatoes.

Adee Braun October 16, 2017