Our thanks to Zoë Schlanger for this corrective. Breadfruit has appeared more than once in our pages, but never with appreciation like this: Too Few Americans Are Eating a Remarkable Fruit Breadfruit is a staple in tropical places—and climate …
Breadfruit is a staple in tropical places—and climate change is pushing its range north.
Someplace in the lush backroads of San Sebastián, in western Puerto Rico, my friend Carina pulled the car over. At a crest in the road stood a breadfruit tree, full of basketball-size, lime-green fruits, knobbled and prehistoric, like a dinosaur egg covered in ostrich leather.
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