We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Blue Java bananas are just one of over 1,000 cultivars of banana that exist in the world, despite the fact that you are most likely to find a ...

Bananas are one of the most popular fruits in the world. They’re a healthy, delicious snack and easy to use in baking and cooking. Although you may only see a few types at your local store, over 1,000 ...

Every once in a while, you see something on social media that sends you down an instant rabbit hole. And today, dear readers, it’s blue, vanilla-flavoured bananas. What I found mid-deep dive delighted ...

When we heard about cotton candy grapes, we thought the grocery store was playing a cruel trick on us. How could a healthy fruit taste like delicately spun sugar from the state fair? But they're ...

Solid yellow bananas are the perfect ripeness for banana cream pie. You want them to be sweet, but not too soft, and ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Bananas have reached such all-star status in the American diet that we now consume ...

The bananas on grocery shelves today aren’t the same ones your grandparents grew up eating. From the late 1800s through the 1950s, the dominant variety was the Gros Michel, nicknamed “Big Mike.” It ...