durian

Most people toss durian seeds without a second thought, which is a small shame. Cooked properly, those seeds turn into a starchy, nutty snack that tastes

A single durian once sold for about 48,000 dollars. Not a crate, not a season’s harvest, one fruit, auctioned in Thailand to a bidder who wanted

Every durian season the same warnings make the rounds. Do not drink Coke after durian. Milk and durian will supposedly kill you. Never touch it near beer or coffee.

The question comes up before almost anyone tries durian: if the aroma reads as gym locker and rotting onion, why would you put it in your mouth?

Durian sticky rice is the fruit’s answer to the mango version that put Thai dessert on the map. Warm coconut-soaked glutinous rice does the heavy

The D13 is the durian plenty of people have eaten without knowing it. Stalls across Singapore and Malaysia sell it under a flashier name, and its deep

A durian tree punishes guesswork. It wants tropical heat, steady moisture, and sharp drainage all at once, and getting one of those wrong tends to show

Durian earns strong reactions before anyone tastes it. The fruit gets called the king of tropical fruit in Southeast Asia and a public nuisance in enclosed

Strength barely enters into it. The job is really about reading the fruit and hitting the single line of weakness it offers. A ripe durian is heavy, the

People ask me how long a durian tree takes to grow and expect one tidy number. The honest range runs from about 4 years to well past a decade, and where