The Phytophactor

One of the well known hypotheses about plant domestication (Edgar Anderson) dealt with the idea that nomadic camps had dump heaps, places ...

Somehow, somewhere, a story came to TPP's attention about the Big Mango, a roadside attraction outside of Bowen, Australia. Bowen is a...

TPP has been in southern India twice.  In this region the cashew is an important crop, but you can't buy any in the local markets; cashe...

TPP is blogging while eating some lunch and being careful not to spill soup into the keyboard, again.  But the best part of today's is...

No question the Phactor would not have gotten any further than " Bango ", although put this misspelling together with the correct ...

Last night a chance encounter with the Food network program Unwrapped caught my interest because it was featuring passion fruit rose petal i...

Here in the heartland of North America, mangoes remain a little known, novelty item, and truly, like many other exotic things, e.g., seafood...