❤️ARTICHOKE❤️Not just good for their hearts! From Marilyn Monroe to Spain back to Scottsdale, AZ, we go around the world on this heart filled journey! Seriously, these things are all linked. You can't make this stuff up. Spoilers, it's artichokes that link them.

🍊GRAPEFRUIT!🍊 Why is it called that? Why is it so bitter and sour tasting? Why is it messing with your medicines? What a weird little guy! It's not even little! The biggest one was almost the size of a basketball!! 🏀

🩸🍊BLOOD ORANGES🩸🍊 Why are they so delicious? And why are they so red?! We get into it and talk about everything from where they originated, what to do with them, we even talk a little about colors and horse.. no that can't be right.. horseshoe crabs?

🥬 Chinese cabbage 🥬 napa cabbage 🥬 tomato, tomahto. We talk about our absence, all about napa, kim chee, and we even debut a new segment, POETRY! That's right, we're back and we're getting creative over here.

🌿Basil!🌿 A delightful lil herb that has a deep, dark, and mysterious history. Just kidding, it has been around for a while though. Royalty! Ancient Greeks! Love! Intrigue! AP English! Browning if colder than room temperature! This episode has it all!

POMEGRANATES! What can you do with those weird little seeds? Where did they come from? What in Hades is their deal? And what do grenades have to do with them? Find out as we peel back the weird white membrane on this funky fruit!

FIGS! What's the deal with them? Are fig newtons named after Isaac Newton? What's a fig wasp? This big tree of life has been cultivated for longer than any other plant! How wild is that.

🍎FUJI APPLES🍎 Delicious apples that you should definitely give a chance. Happy belated Lunar New Year for those who celebrate it! Find out how apples and the Lunar New Year are intertwined, when fuji apples were developed, and what to do with these dang things!

TAMARINDO! Learn everything you ever wanted to know about tamarind! This sour and sweet seed pod is a Mexican candy staple. Find out what else you can cook with it, its tropical history, and even what you can do with tamarind wood!

OUR ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY & 50TH EPISODE! 🍒🍈🍎🍇🍑 We informally talk about produce in video games, from pac-man to fortnite, produce has had pretty decent representation in video games! Have some fruit, heal your HP and give it a listen! 🍒🍈🍎🍇🍑