Background Quote by Mark Barrowcliffe

“i gut fruit with my mouth push tongue into black belly of papaya peel lychee with teeth bite into ripe pear suck on stone…

— Warsan Shire

American and Vietnamese characters alike leap to life through the voice and eyes of a tenyearold girl-a protagonist so strong, loving, and vivid I…

— Mitali Perkins

The best memories are the ones where I celebrated Deepavali as a kid.

— Aishwarya Rajesh

“Think of a nectarine, what we eat is the precious, sweet, nectar flesh that surrounds the stone/seed of the plant. The seed is clearly…

— Mango Wodzak

“Here is an oral tradition, legends passed from mouth to mouth, a communal myth created invariably at the base of the mango tree in…

— Ryszard Kapuściński

I first got into fruit when I was a teenager, when my life was changing in every way. The first time I had a…

— Scott Thompson

“In the landscape of my native land, a stranger in my own fields, --I had a homeland where the Duero flows between gray cliffs…

— Antonio Machado

Good-by, Good-by, world. Good-by, Grover's Corners... Mama and Papa. Good-by to clocks ticking... and Mama's sunflowers. And food and coffee. And new-ironed dresses and…

— Thornton Wilder

Going to Southeast Asia for the first time and tasting that spectrum of flavors - that certainly changed my whole palate, the kind of…

— Anthony Bourdain

We had an abundance of mangoes, papaias and bananas here, but the pride of the islands, the most delicious fruit known to men, cherimoya,…

— Mark Twain

“To follow our bliss and dive deeply into the mysteries of fragrance, color, and taste; blend with the magnificent diversity of mother nature; and…

— Prana Gogia

I am starting to think that maybe memories are like this dessert. I eat it, and it becomes a part of me, whether I…

— Erica Bauermeister