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Don't forget the cherry on top.
fruit

Midcentury America's Most Scandalous Salad

According to Betty Crocker, Candle Salad was even “better than a real candle.”
Diana Hubbell February 24, 2025
You'd never have Italian marinara sauce if not for South America.
food

Why Jesus Never Ate a Banana

About 69 percent of the global diet is "foreign," says a study that pinpoints the origin of 151 food crops.
Frank Jacobs April 5, 2024
New York, New York

Jacques Derrida's Favorite Banana Bread

The French deconstructionist had a weakness for baked goods.
Banana, Australia

Banana the Bullock

A fallen bull's legacy lives on in the rural cattle town that is named after him.
Blue Java bananas are so creamy that they’re sometimes called ice-cream bananas.
food

Why Is There Just One Top Banana?

The world is full of delicious alternatives, but most people have only tasted one kind.
Alex Mayyasi August 30, 2021
Could banana groves help with California's fire woes?
food

Can 'Banana Buffers' Save California From Wildfires?

A computer scientist makes a case for cocooning communities in banana groves.
Anne Ewbank April 12, 2021
The Pisang raja or Latundan banana at Vinod’s farm.
farms

At This Banana Farm, the Bunches Grow in 430 Shapes and Sizes

India's "plantain man" has traveled widely to build a collection of unusual varieties.
MEENAKSHI J January 12, 2021
Bananas are still a staple of Vanuatu residents' diets. These are for sale at a busy market in Port Vila.
landscapes

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
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
A garbage clean-up in downtown New York, 1890s.
food

When New Yorkers Were Menaced by Banana Peels

They slipped and fell. Really!
Alex Mayyasi July 24, 2019
A tiny sample of Angood's collection.
collections

The Surprising, Overlooked Artistry of Fruit Stickers

Kelly Angood curates an online museum of little, adhesive marvels.
Sabrina Imbler June 6, 2019
A sailor leans out of a porthole on the SS <em>Tilapa</em>, the first ship to bring bananas into Britain after the Second World War, at Avonmouth Dock, Bristol.
food

To Cope With a Wartime Banana Ban, British Home Cooks Made 'Mock Bananas'

They weren't appealing.
Rohini Chaki April 30, 2019
Soa'a and turmeric on a banana leaf at Tisa's Barefoot Bar.
islands

One Man’s Quiet Quest to Collect Every Local Banana

In American Samoa, some delicious varieties are getting harder to find.
Christian Letourneau January 14, 2019
Gastro Obscura

Mbege

On the slopes of Kilimanjaro, brewers make beer from bananas and finger millet.
Bart Simpson, banana-ized.
sculptures

The Artist Making Bunches of Banana Art

Keisuke Yamada carves faces, animals, and more into fruit.
Paula Mejia March 12, 2018
A selection of Gros Michel bananas, grown in Florida.
food

A Quest for the Gros Michel, the Great Banana of Yesteryear

The forgotten, flavorsome Big Mike is elusive, but not impossible to find.
Natasha Frost February 28, 2018
Facade.
New Orleans, Louisiana

United Fruit Company Building

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.
Have your cake and eat it, too.
Gastro Obscura

Atomic Cake

This Chicago specialty stacks three cakes into one monster dessert.