Spanish Food Words with Arabic Origins
When the Moors arrived in Spain in 711 C.E. they brought with them advanced agricultural methods in addition to introducing many new crops including sugar cane, rice, ginger and saffron […]
Tag Archives: fruit
Opuntia, the Prickly Pear Cactus, with Edible Paddles and Fruit
The Prickly Pear cactus (Opuntia), with its distinctive oval paddles dotted with spines, flowers and fruits, prefers the arid lands of Las Americas. A wild Prickly Pear cactus growing on […]
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Harvest Scenes
Some harvest scenes from around the world. Espaliered apples the castle garden in Glenveagh National Park in Ireland. A ‘perro carinoso’ suffers from squash overload in the north of Portugal. […]
Travel Theme: Tropical Fruit Tasting in a Mekong Delta Orchard
On our tour of the Mekong Delta we spent some time going through an orchard full of amazing fruits. At the end of our wander they brought out jackfruit, longan, […]
Another Tropical Fruit from Vietnam: Longan, Dragon Eyes
On our tour of the Mekong River Delta we had a chance to visit an orchard and sample some of the local fruits, one of which was the Longan, a […]
Saturday Farmer’s Market in Portland, Oregon
Portland’s Farmer’s Market was not only a feast for the eyes, it was a feast for the nose. I really wish my photos had smellavision to them. This has to be […]
Travel Theme: Kumquat, an Orange Fruit from Vietnam
We got a couple of kumquats as a going away present from our cooking class, and man, the first one was so sour we left the other one as a […]
Floating Market in Can Tho on the Mekong River
The floating market in Can Tho is pandemonium – large boats (wholesalers) selling large quantities of various types of produce to smaller boats (retailers) who later go down various tributaries […]
Some More Tropical Fruits from Vietnam: Jackfruit & Durian
How to learn to love the smell of Durian. Durian may look like a medieval weapon but it’s the smell that will knock you to the floor. At least it […]
More Tropical Fruits from Vietnam: the Rose Apple (or Water Apple)
When we toured the orchards of the Mekong Delta, I discovered this amazing fruit tree that had flower buds, flowers, fruit buds, unripe fruits and ripe fruits on the tree, all […]
