From the monthly archives:

November 2008

Flavor Tripping Party Heard ‘Round the World

November 21, 2008

An earlier post included a link to the New York Times article covering the famous Queens, NY flavor tripping party.  Here’s the video:

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Flavor Tripping Recipes

November 21, 2008

Lately, I’ve been scouring the net and asking people some of their weirdest combinations of foods to try with the miracle fruit.  So far, I haven’t gotten anything too off the wall.  One person suggested mixing hot sauce, balsamic vinegar, spicy mustard, and lemon juice.  Another supplied me with a recipe for cupcakes made with [...]

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Miracle Fruit featured on CBS show The Doctors

November 17, 2008

The Doctors segment mentioning miracle fruit.  If this hits Oprah, then you’ll soon find miracle fruit for sale at a chain grocery store.  Then Flavor Tripping Day.

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Media Coverage of Miracle Fruit

November 17, 2008

I’m assuming that miracle fruit fever will hit shortly.  It probably has already.  Local news coverage of the miracle fruit, miraculin, and flavor tripping have been coming up a lot lately.  They all open with a brief explanation of the miracle fruit’s origin, and miraculin’s effects on the taste buds.  Then they show clips of [...]

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The Miracle Fruit Man, Curtis Mozie

November 8, 2008

If you’ve been lucky enough to get a hold of miracle fruit berries (not the readily-available tablets), chances are you purchased them from Curtis Mozie.  For about 12 years, Mozie has been growing and developing the miracle fruit.  His farm in Ft. Lauderdale, FL is, quite possibly, the only location in the US with an intent of [...]

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Fruit Hunters author, Adam Leith Gollner, on the miracle fruit.

November 4, 2008

The Fruit Hunters: Adam Leith Gollner Adam Gollner is hugely responsible for spreading the word on the miracle fruit.  If you haven’t checked out his book, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce, and Obsession, then do so.  Although it’s about a lot more than the miracle fruit, there is a chapter devoted [...]

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