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...cultural omnivore (where meats go) • Social Studies (eclectic honors within the gates; to everyone else, 7th grade all over again) • Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (kosher and halal) • Social Anthropology These just sound cool—like kumquats and cherimoya (where fruits go) • Astronomy and Astrophysics (rocket science is badass) • Organismic and Evolutionary Biology • Romance Languages and Literatures (learn how to serenade that special someone in several sonorous tongues) This would sound useful if you went somewhere else (where vegetables...

Author: By Asli A. Bashir, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Brain Food | 4/18/2007 | See Source »

...home. According to industry analysts, Mexican food sales in the U.S. have jumped from $200 million in the early '70s to more than $1 billion last year. Grocery stores and produce markets are beginning to stock everything from taco shells and frozen burritos to such produce as jicama, cassava, cherimoya, yucca and papaya...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Earth And Fire | 7/11/1988 | See Source »

...Cherimoya. Jicama. Loquat. Malanga. Tamarillo. Ceriman. Carambola. Chayote. Mammee. Pomelo. Kiwano. Yuca. At first glance, the names seem to be the language of a mystical incantation. In fact, they could be a shopping list of produce to be purchased at the supermarket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: A Is for Apple? No, Atemoya | 8/11/1986 | See Source »

...papayas, mangoes and kiwis can no longer be considered exotic. "I sell 100 cases of kiwis a week, with 33 in each case. That's 3,300 kiwis," he marvels in disbelief. "The yuppies will buy items that are different, regardless of price." Pointing to a Mexican green-skinned cherimoya ($6.50 each), which resembles a large hand grenade and tastes like a creamy apple (hence the , nickname custard apple), Seybert says, "I sell 80 lbs. a week. My head is not trained for this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: A Is for Apple? No, Atemoya | 8/11/1986 | See Source »

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