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 […]
Fearless: 10 Videos in 10 Days Challenge
I’m the kind of nerd who reads about durian. I read a lot. I troll forums. I read blog posts about durian. I download books about durian. I like WORDS. And if you’ve been following along with us this long, I assume you’re that kind of nerd too. To complete the stereotype, I’m also skittish […]
Video | Sharing Durian with Mango The Fruitarian
There are fruit eaters, fruit lovers, fruit obsessives, and then there are fruitarians. My friend Mango is an ethical fruitarian – that means he eats no seeds, roots, shoots, or leaves in an effort to avoid causing suffering to other living organisms. He’s got a new book out talking about the ethics of eating fruit. […]
Video | Tiger Eating Durian
Once Rob called the Singapore Zoo and asked if we could bring their tigers some durian. They laughed at him and told him that tigers were carnivorous. Silly Americans, thinking cats could eat fruit! But the truth is that tigers really do like durian. And here’s a video to prove it. I couldn’t embed the […]
VIDEO | Interview with Ian Crown
I didn’t get the impression that anyone else really thought this was a good idea, says Ian Crown about the 80 durian trees planted on his Puerto Rico farm. Now, he’s changing people’s minds about the King of Fruit. Inspired by a USDA report about underutilized tropical fruits, Ian took it on himself to grow […]
VIDEO | Interview with Ken Love
Durian is Mystical says Ken Love, a tropical fruit farmer and promoter in Hawaii who has traveled to more than 50 countries in pursuit of ultra-exotic fruits. He was featured in both the book and recent documentary, “The Fruit Hunters,” a book that was one source of inspiration for our epic durian adventures. In this […]
VIDEO | What do YOU like about durian?
At the Woodstock Fruit Festival, a lot of people went crazy over the durian. So many that I almost felt my obsession was normal! Here’s some reasons people gave for loving the King of Fruit. Why do YOU love it? Tell us why in the comment box! And for anyone who still says that Westerners […]
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 […]
VIDEO | How to Eat a Mango in India
A good mango dribbles, it juices, it drips luscious shades of orange and yellow. I can’t eat a mango without smearing it all over my face in an orange beard, something Rob loves to tease me about. Not like he’s immune to the orange beard – his fur face is a great sponge for mango […]
