I couldn’t hardly believe it either, but it’s true. There is a very small cluster of durian trees growing near Miami, Florida. Since I was in Puerto Rico and passing through Miami anyway, I knew I had to go see these trees for myself. So I made plans to spend the day fruit hunting in […]
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Durian Porn | Puerto Rico
There are many durians with beautiful coloring, but it’s hard to beat this hybrid of two durio species. Suluk is a natural crossing between Durio zibethinus, the more common durian, and Durio graveolens. It has a dense, super creamy texture that combines the sweetness and familiar flavor of durian with hints of a deep, chocolatey […]
Durian in Puerto Rico
Globalization happened, I know this. Fruits have been crossing borders and jumping hemispheres for hundreds of years. I don’t give a second thought to the orange trees blossoming all over California or the plums and cherries that dot my hometown. Yet somehow I was still surprised to actually find durian growing in Puerto Rico, so […]
Travel Photo | Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico is an island ringed by breathtaking views of the ocean. If pearly expanses of white sand beach don’t faze you, the cliffs at Cabo Rojo will. These red limestone cliffs tower 200 feet above the battering turquoise waves of the Caribbean Sea. In Spanish “Cabo” means the end or finishing point, an appropriate […]
Puerto Rico Fruit Hunting Trip | Photo Essay
As far as fruit fanatics go, we’re pretty intensely obsessed. Luckily we’re not the only ones, or it would be a bit lonely. A lot of other fruit fiends can be found online at the Tropical Fruit Forum, a discussion board for people obsessed with growing tropical fruits. This year, a group from the forum […]
Woodstock Fruit Festival | Photo Essay
Six-hundred fruit lovers and health seekers swarmed to the upper corner of New York state last week to attend the Woodstock Fruit Festival. It is by far the largest gathering of certified fruit freaks that I know of, and that includes durian fanatics. Although the durian was imported frozen from Thailand, this was the […]
VIDEO | Durian at the Woodstock Fruit Festival 2013
This week I’m posting videos of the durian goings-on at the Woodstock Fruit Festival, the largest gathering of fruit enthusiasts and health nuts in North America and possibly the world. Here’s a clip from the week’s first durian feast – most likely the biggest collection of durian in the Western Hemisphere. Did you enjoy this […]
Where to Find Durian in Los Angeles
We get a lot of emails from our readers asking where to buy durian in the Los Angeles area. We also get requests for durian sources in Nebraska, Alabama, Denmark, and Italy. I’ve never been to any of those places, so I’m sorry to say I have no idea. I imagine it’s the same as […]
Why I’m Still in Los Angeles
No matter what allusions to hell may be made, I love L.A. I was born here, and even after we moved away I spent every summer avoiding my grandfather’s math lessons by hiding in the orange tree above his study (fruit freak in development!) Rob and I cruised into L.A. in the beginning of January. […]
Bringing Durian Home
Both romanticized and demonized in Hollywood, the American South is generally a quiet, quaint region with beautiful architecture, big manicured lawns, and a culture all it’s own.”Yes” and “no” are always paired with “sir” or “ma’am”, and everything is just darling. Except possibly, durian. We’d left Southeast Asia for the Southeast of the United States, […]
