New “Black Pearl Strawberries” Spark New Social Media Food Craze
A rare and delicious variety of dark purple, almost black strawberries has sparked a new food craze in China, with people paying up to $45 per pound to try them.
Nation-Wide Scare as Metal Needles Are Found in Strawberries All Over Australia
Australia’s strawberry industry has been brought to its knees after reports of sharp needles found in store-bought strawberries have been coming in from all the six of the country’s states. So far, no one knows who is behind this act of “agroterrorism” or what their motives are. What started as an isolated case in Queensland, […]
The Puzzling Case of an Orange That Turned Purple Overnight
Australian food scientists are scratching their heads about an orange that turned bright purple just hours after being sliced open. The bizarrely-colored fruit has been collected as forensic evidence but so far no one can explain what caused the coloring. The mysterious orange was purchased last week by Neti Moffitt, a resident of Brisbane, from a […]
Dutch Students Turn Wasted Rotting Fruit into “Fruit Leather” Accessories
A team of six undergrads in the Netherlands have come up with a brilliant use for wasted fruit – they’re converting it into leather! The eco-friendly project – titled ‘Fruitleather Rotterdam’ involves transforming rotten fruit into a durable, malleable, leather-like material. It started off as a school assignment at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam, […]
Fruit Breeder Creates Cotton-Candy-Flavored Grapes
They look and smell just like common table grapes, but pop one into your mouth and the first impression you get is a rush of cotton candy flavor. At least that’s what Spencer Gray, a personal chef in Culver City and blogger at Omnivorous, who has sampled the grapes says. If you have sweet tooth but […]
Jabuticaba – The Grape Tree That Fruits on Its Trunk
I remember seeing a tree that had flowers on most of its trunk, but I’ve never even heard of a tree that laid fruit directly on its trunk. Have you? Jabuticaba, also known as the Grape Tree, is a unique tree found around South-American countries like Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. Unlike other trees, its fruit […]
The 2010 Lemon Festival of Menton
Each year, the French town of Menton hosts an event unique in the world, La Fete de Citron, or the Lemon Festival. This year’s 77th edition of the Menton Lemon Festival takes place between February 12 and March 3 and has the theme “Menton does cinema”. The second most important festival on the French Riviera, […]
Turning an Apple into a Glass
If you’re looking to surprise your friends and family this holiday season, then the apple-turned-wine-glass is just what you’re looking for. I know this isn’t exactly an oddity, but I thought the idea was very cool and thought some of you guys would love it too. All you need to make yourself a totally edible […]
Heart-Shaped Oranges Spotted in Seoul
Their shape may not be as complex as the Buddha-shaped pears, but these heart-shaped oranges spotted in a market, in the capital of South Korea are just as impressive. I’d like to get my hands on one of those for Valentine’s Day, but I doubt they’d ship those babies half way around the world. Oh […]
Chinese Farmer Grows Buddha-Shaped Pears
Gao Xianzhang has managed to create what some would call the holiest fruits ever, pears shaped like Buddha. Gao has been working on his pear-growing technique for six years and this season he managed to grow 10,000 Buddha-shaped baby pears. Each fruit is grown in an intricate Buddha mould and ends up looking like a […]