Fruit Love Letters Podcast
1) The Fig - Mother of all Fruit
"I could label you divine, godly as many have, but you are a fruit of the womb." The fig is myth, sustenance, and ecological wonder. For this episode, Jessamine Starr explores each of those aspects o...Show More
2) Food with Mark Bittman: The Glorious, Victorious Asma Khan
Mark talks to the groundbreaking chef, Asma Khan, about the importance of the Anglo-Indian influence, how food and cooking are undervalued, and the beauty of interfamily lessons across generations. F...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.3) Fruit Utopia - The Preston B. Bird and Mary Heinlein Fruit and Spice Park
In this episode @Jessaminestarr visits a real fruit utopia, the @fruitandspice park in Homeland, Fl. It is a county park like no other, full of fruit and spice plants from around the world. She talks ...Show More
Fruit Utopia - The Preston B. Bird and Mary Heinlein Fruit and Spice Park
38:21 | Mar 15th, 2022
4) The Mulberry's Imprint on History
"You are the last tree to flower, and the first to fruit. Both holding on and letting go almost simultaneously, like a secret tattooed upon the hand." In this episode, Jessamine dives into the rich h...Show More
5) The Improbable Path of the Avocado Pit
"I always knew you were special; then I discovered that you are very special - and evolutionary anachronism, a scientific miracle." In this episode, Jessamine does things a little differently and exp...Show More
6) The Persimmon - A Sweet Summer Package for Winter Eating
"You taste like a humid August night on my tongue." Every fruit...and every orchard has a story. Persimmon’s stories are perhaps a little more interesting than other fruits’...at least in the U.S., b...Show More
7) The Beautiful Complexities of the Apple
“Writing to you is akin to writing a single letter to all the humans.” Humans have been tinkering with crossbreeds of apples for thousands of years. Gidon Coll, the owner of Hudson Valley Apple Proj...Show More
8) The Subtly Essential Ingredient for Equatorial Chefs
“Your tangy earthbound pulp, a portal to biological brilliance.” Tamarind is a key ingredient to the wheelhouse of many equatorial chefs. This week, Jessamine gathers in conversation Sam Fore of Tuk...Show More
9) Cultivated or Wild the Blueberry Has a Story to Tell
"Even so, I cannot move away from my ‘self’/perpetually residing in a blueberry cave." Jessamine learns the history of both the cultivated blueberry and the native wild blueberry. For the former, she...Show More
10) The Native Fruit Worth Remembering
“A perfume so intense it confuses the senses.” One of North America’s least-known native fruits, the pawpaw deserves a stage of its own. Jessamine chats with historian, writer and citizen of the Cho...Show More