Asians call it the king of fruits, but many call it stinky fruit. The flavor of durian is sweet, but the odor is almost overwhelmingly foul. It's... Ooh that Smell: Designing a Stinkless Durian Asians ...
Think of how your favorite fruit smells. Is it sweet? Maybe floral? If its odor is pleasant, it's certainly not the tropical fruit that's packed with potassium and magnesium but difficult for the nose ...
There's little else in the food world that brings about as much social turbulence as the durian. This so-called "king of all fruits" is considered a delicacy across its native Southeast Asia, where ...
Distinctive in taste and famously divisive, durian is not everyone's choice of fruit. This was certainly the case for some Chinese explorers when they first encountered it during the Ming Dynasty's ...
Chinese farmer Wei Fuyou clearly remembers the moment four years ago when he first watched a video clip showing that durian, a pungent fruit with a smell reminiscent of gym socks, could be grown on ...