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The Food Buzz highlights specific produce facts and history to help guide future produce exploration.

Episode 99 - Food Buzz: History of Century Plant

Plated Earth Food Fables are short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable tells a legend from Aztec mythology about how the agave plant came to be.

Episode 100 - Food Fable: Century Plant

Episode 101 - Food Buzz: History of Apricots

Plated Earth Food Fables are original short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable explores the apricot’s cultural importance around the world, and also tells a story from Greek mythology about the hero, Hercules, and his mission to steal the golden fruit of Hesperides.

Episode 102 - Food Fable: Apricots

Episode 103 - Food Buzz: History of Mangosteen

Plated Earth Food Fables are original short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable tells a legend of Queen Victoria and the fabled extent of her desire for fresh mangosteen.

Episode 104 - Food Fable: Mangosteen

Episode 105 - Food Buzz: History of Snake Fruit

Plated Earth Food Fables are original short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable ties together the meaning behind Snake Fruit’s nickname, Fruit of Memory, and its proper name, Salak, which it shares with a legendary haunted mountain in West Java: Mount Salak.

Episode 106 - Food Fable: Snake Fruit

Episode 107 - Food Buzz: History of Kale

Plated Earth Food Fables are original short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable tells a story from ancient Greek and Roman mythology about how cabbage (and subsequently kale) came to be, and why kale is traditionally eaten before and after a night of carousing.

Episode 108 - Food Fable: Kale

Episode 109 - Food Buzz: History of Amaranth

Plated Earth Food Fables are short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable shares the history of Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), as well as a story inspired by the yearly celebration.

Episode 110 - Food Fable: Amaranth

Episode 111 - Food Buzz: History of Sweet Potato

Plated Earth Food Fables are short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable shares an African folktale that is based off of Aesop’s Fable, The Tortoise and the Hare.

Episode 112 - Food Fable: Sweet Potato

Episode 113 - Food Buzz: History of Peppermint

Plated Earth Food Fables are short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable shares a legend of how peppermint candy canes were invented  by a German choirmaster who needed to keep his choir kids quiet during a Christmas ceremony.

Episode 114 - Food Fable: Peppermint

Episode 115 - Food Buzz: History of Passion Fruit

Plated Earth Food Fables are short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable shares an original fiction story, creating an origin for folklore that claims eating a passion fruit will cause one to fall in love with the next person they lay eyes on.

Episode 116 - Food Fable: Passion Fruit

Episode 117 - Food Buzz: History of Red Bananas

Plated Earth Food Fables are short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable shares a legend from Malaysia that tells how red bananas came to be, and why some cultures choose not to eat these sacred fruits. Craving more? Go back to Episode 76 for the Food Fable on yellow bananas!

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