This story appears in the December 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. Spiky, gigantic, and fibrous, jackfruit may not seem particularly inviting. But the tropical fruit in its unripened ...

A staple vegetable throughout Mexico, these spiky pads have a unique texture and ... All About This Sweet Fruit Nopales are the pads or leaves of the nopal cactus or the prickly pear (botanical ...

China’s middle class consumers have been tightening their purse strings, but their appetite for durian – pungent, spiky fruit mostly imported from Southeast Asia – continues to grow.