The Kiwifruit Episode Takes Flight

This simple, hearty dish will give you a serious case of the Mondays (commendatory). Anney and Lauren simmer on the history and cultures behind red beans and rice.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

This bite-sized treat, made of short-crust pastry filled with pineapple jam, is said to bring good fortune. Anney and Lauren dig into the science and history of Taiwanese pineapple cake.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Perché utilizziamo l’espressione “repubblica delle banane”? Scopriamolo con questa puntata dedicata alla storia, davvero piena di avvenimenti e sorprese, di uno dei frutti più consumati al mondo.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Oranges have long represented love, wealth and status - since they originated in South East Asia, around the 8th Century BCE. The orange tree's ability to carry fruit and blossom at the same time made it a symbol of fertility and purity in religious art and painting, and the into ...  Show more

The names of a fruit and a drink have a fascinating history! 

On this episode of Our American Stories, if you think of the quintessential American fruit, it would probably have to be the apple. But apples are not our cheapest fruit—bananas are! But why? Here’s the History Guy with the story of the banana. Support the show ( https://www.ouram ...  Show more