Fruit Love Letters is a curious dive into the Anthropocene through fruit-colored glasses. Host Jessamine Starr may not be a botanist, historian,... more
In this episode @Jessaminestarr visits a real fruit utopia, the @fruitandspice park in Homeland, Fl. It is a county park... more
"I could label you divine, godly as many have, but you are a fruit of the womb." The fig is myth,... more
"You are the last tree to flower, and the first to fruit. Both holding on and letting go almost simultaneously,... more
"I always knew you were special; then I discovered that you are very special - and evolutionary anachronism, a scientific... more
"You taste like a humid August night on my tongue." Every fruit...and every orchard has a story. Persimmon’s stories are perhaps... more
“Writing to you is akin to writing a single letter to all the humans.” Humans have been tinkering with crossbreeds... more
“Your tangy earthbound pulp, a portal to biological brilliance.” Tamarind is a key ingredient to the wheelhouse of many equatorial... more
"Even so, I cannot move away from my ‘self’/perpetually residing in a blueberry cave." Jessamine learns the history of both the... more
“A perfume so intense it confuses the senses.” One of North America’s least-known native fruits, the pawpaw deserves a stage... more
"Strand me on an island with one food, I always choose you." This is an impassioned ode to the mango. Host... more