Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Everyone recognizes this fruit as a rambutan, but most people have encountered it only in tropical Asia. When you find it on sale in Catalonia, it's a sweet-and-tangy thrill and just more evidence of Barcelona's cosmopolitan palate. Now the truth: not a single American would recognize this fruit at all. [2005]

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