YouTube description: Robert Moehling has a passion for fruit. Weird tropical fruit. Ever tried canistel? How about mamey sapote or guanabana? Robert is happy to introduce these fresh delights to you.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 538 views • 2:23

YouTube description: Canned fish has been around for over a century and has been enjoyed around world. Still, no one loves their fish more than Portugal, where old traditions of fishing, canning and... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 9 months ago • 446 views • 3:30

YouTube description: Kakigori is a traditional Japanese shaved ice dessert dating back to the late 1800s. Originally meant for Japan’s elite, today it’s become a summer staple for everyone. Some,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 163 views • 2:48

YouTube description: The type of sushi you’re probably most familiar with is haya-nare, a quick form of sushi made and consumed within a day using vinegared rice and raw fish. But there’s a second... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 1 week ago • 561 views • 2:55

YouTube description: The best things come from the most unexpected places. At least, that’s the case with the Bombay Frankie Company. They’re serving up some of the best Indian food in Los Angeles—all... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 1,243 views • 2:19

https://youtu.be/P5P3DfME_ps Keith Garrett went from selling drugs to selling tacos, burritos and quesadillas at his food truck, All Flavor, No Grease. Living on one of the most dangerous blocks in... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 654 views • 2:37

YouTube description: In the village of Inakadate, Japan, elaborate expanses of “rice paddy art” grace the surrounding landscape. Looking for a way to boost tourism and contribute to the village’s... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 9 months ago • 973 views • 3:21

YouTube description: In Japan, vending machines generally sell beverages and simple, readymade provisions. But fresh curry over rice? You bet. Along a lonely stretch of highway in Awa-shi, Japan, you’ll... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 11 months 1 week ago • 389 views • 2:36

YouTube description: In the competitive world of hot pepper breeding, one man is smoking the competition. Meet “Smokin’” Ed Currie. He’s the man behind the world’s hottest pepper—the “Carolina... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 722 views • 3:19

YouTube description: With one of the largest kitchens in Asia, the Shri Saibaba temple in Shirdi, India, prepares, cooks and serves quantities of food that are nearly unimaginable. The kitchen dishes... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years ago • 437 views • 2:35

YouTube description: In Japan, there's a specialty fruit craze sweeping the nation, from square watermelons to grapes the size of Ping-Pong balls. Still, the crown jewel of the luxury fruit basket is... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 3 weeks ago • 422 views • 2:36

YouTube description: In 1971, sushi was not widely consumed in North America. In fact, it wasn't popular at all. Chef Hidekazu Tojo, a Japanese chef new to Vancouver, British Columbia, needed to find... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months ago • 460 views • 2:18

These are just fantastic. This film makes me want to go to Japan just to buy some wagashi. YouTube description: For the past six generations, the Fukushima family has mastered and preserved the... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 371 views • 3:02

YouTube description: Originally built by the Incas, the manmade salt pans in Maras, Peru, have endured for over 500 years. Beneath the Qaqawiñay mountains runs a salty fresh spring, which empties into... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 months 1 week ago • 1,531 views • 1:20

YouTube description: When Cuba expanded private enterprise in 2010, Marta Castaeda and her husband were granted a license to open up their own pizzeria, which they called "A Mi Manera" or "My Way."... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 395 views • 2:38

YouTube description: Siggi Rafn Hilmarsson is an Icelandic baker with an interesting technique. He buries his dough 16 inches underground where it actually bakes from the natural heat generated by Iceland's... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 6 months ago • 461 views • 2:38

Most of the time, the wasabi you get in a restaurant or buy in a store is fake. It’s actually horseradish that’s colored green. Why? Well, wasabi is a notoriously difficult plant to grow. In fact,... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 125 views • 3:04

YouTube description: Rare strains of corn, beans, squash and other native crops might have been lost forever if not for the protection efforts of the Potawatomi and Ojibwe tribes and the Jijak Foundation... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 366 views

YouTube description: More than one thousand commercial trucks cross the U.S.-Mexico border in Nogales, Ariz. every day, many of them filled with produce. Much of that food would go to waste if not for... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 2 weeks ago • 424 views • 2:55