Maniçoba
A Brazilian stew made from leaves that can poison you sounds like a recipe for disaster. Yet in Pará, in…
Weird Plants (4)
Foods made from unusual plants or fungi. The plant itself, how it is used, or its role in local food traditions is the story.
Omajova
After good rains in Namibia, something extraordinary can appear around the country's towering termite mounds: enormous mushrooms with caps as…
Buddha’s Hand Citron
Imagine picking a lemon from a tree and finding that it looks like a bright yellow hand, complete with long,…
Huitlacoche
In many parts of the world, finding a swollen, black fungus growing on an ear of corn would be a…