When I tell you where I ate my 10 best durians of the year, I’m telling you a story about me. “Best durian” are deeply personal. They’re where I was and what I was doing and what was important to me when I ate them. This post, The 10 Best Durian of 2017 is essentially […]
Results of the Heaty Durian Experiment: No One’s Dead Yet
Or I don’t think anyone’s dead yet. I haven’t actually checked. Two weeks ago, 11 daring durian lovers met me at the Ministry of Durian, a shop in Singapore, to combine ungodly amounts of durian with beer in an attempt to put science to the widespread myth that combining durian and alcohol will kill you, […]
So Hot: Can Durian Really Raise Your Blood Pressure?
Durian is always a great conversation starter, especially when it sometimes kills people. Behold these newspaper headlines from 1930’s to present, which I have collected out of some kind of morbid fascination: These are not the traumatic deaths from durian falling on people, although that happens too (be comforted: it’s not common). These are deaths of gluttony, […]
Tasting Durian Wine | Singapore
I can think of no better way to celebrate a new year and a new website design than with a glass or two of durian wine. A toast to you, your durian adventures, and a good durian season this 2016! Do you know how hard it’s been not to spill about this? I wanted to post about […]
Is Durian Heaty? What Science Says
Recently Rob and I were sitting at a durian stall, contentedly licking our fingers after a pretty epic durian meal. We were feeling satiated and content, but the ladies who’d watched us eat were worried. They pursed their lips, shook their heads, and thrust durian shells full of water at us. “They’re worried about you […]
Antioxidant Content of Durian | Health and Nutrition
Of all the studies on durian, probably the most research has been done on antioxidant content. And why not? Antioxidants are believed to do a whole bunch of really awesome things, like protect against heart disease and cancer, prevent strokes and Alzheimer’s disease, and even decrease the effects of normal aging. Read on for more […]
Does Anthocyanin in Durian Kill? | Health and Nutrition
Recently I came across an interesting theory about why the combination of durian and alcohol sometimes appears to cause death. I’ve got my own theories, as I’ve already shared in my exploration Durian and Alcohol. But this was a new one to me. The rumor – first reported on Pantip, a popular Thai forum and […]
Durian and Alcohol: A Deadly Mix?
Recently, researchers at the University of Singapore made headlines world wide when they created a wine made exclusively out of durian. The white wine has 6% alcohol, and will probably be approved for public consumption. This has a lot of people wondering, “Is that safe?” Throughout Southeast Asia, from Indonesia to Vietnam, it is widely […]
Durian As Aphrodisiac: What The Research Says
As Valentine’s Day approaches, men across the world are plotting how to make the women in their lives happy enough to drop their skirts and pantyhose. C’mon men, we women know what those roses and chocolates are really for. This year, consider adding durian. According to researchers in India, durian might just be the spice […]
