Op-ed in today’s NY Times about the ways that farm subsidy laws penalize farmers for growing fruits and vegetables instead of commodity crops:... (3 replies, last updated by Suzy Q March 3, 2008)

I believe those little gnats you refer to are fruit flies. The easiest way to deal with them is a non-toxic product from Safer that’s a little hollow cardboard wedge-shaped contraption with a sticky interior and a dose of... (30 replies, last updated by mrbozo June 26, 2008)

If you are desperate, you might try using Sansho, the Japanese pepper, made from berries that are related to the Szechuan berry. This is still available, I believe, and used to be carried by Phoenix Fruit in Orleans. I would be... (10 replies, last updated by Julian December 23, 2003)

continue to miss the forbidden food, or do cravings for it go away after you haven’t eaten it for a while? Is it best to avoid temptation completely, or can you happily eat your salad while everyone else is having lobster... (18 replies, last updated by beany November 1, 2006)

I think the most direct response is: its not forbidden, its just not, apparently, done very commonly in Italy. In the never ending quest for the “authentic,” its easy to turn such everyday realities into... (106 replies, last updated by roxlet December 31, 2008)

anyone to find out which food suppliers can provide the 'forbidden fruit'? Comments from other 'hounds please. I’ve listed below the copy of this week’s cover but I was unable to find the article online but it will... (41 replies, last updated by Hunter January 21, 2003)

I just started cooking with black rice – I love the unique flavor and texture. Non-glutinous Chinese Forbidden rice is different from the sticky black or glutinous rice. A couple of reports w/pics: Vietnamese Shrimp and Black... (11 replies, last updated by Diana September 24, 2007)

know the usual cooks are trying really hard to make the food tasty, but every day I find myself musing on the perfect scheme to sneak forbidden foods. I don’t get to do this often because I’m so busy (last time it was... (21 replies, last updated by S U October 24, 2006)

Prior to a new irradiation process, import of exotic fruits like mangosteen were forbidden. However, it seems like they are now legal to distribute. I have seen dragon fruit at several different street vendors, primarily on Canal... (10 replies, last updated by tussy13 October 11, 2005)

am open to making two desserts, if need be, but hope not to have something divine for those without food restrictions, and then a bowl of fruit for the others!!! Please share any ideas/recipes/tips you have!! (67 replies, last updated by lgss November 14, 2009)

: DINING IN, DINING OUT/STYLE DESK | September 24, 2003, Wednesday Forbidden Fruit: Something About A Mangosteen By R. W. APPLE JR. (NYT) (3 replies, last updated by minsc July 3, 2004)

These are marvelously ugly fruit. I’d like to make a dish or two. Forbidden ingredients: flesh of bird, beast or fish; shrimp paste; fish sauce; dairy products; eggs. (1 reply, last updated by Tom Meg March 30, 2002)

the forbidden fruit aspect might have contributed to that. Brunch for two with soda’s (comped) came to $25.00. I did find the flavors distinct in each dish, the food at proper temperature, the variety quite large and the... (0 replies, last updated by Robert Deutsch May 31, 2004)

; the aforementioned Wonder bread. I took one small taste of the yams, serviceable and if they weren’t "forbidden fruits" on my current diet regimine, I would have scarfed them. The brisket was a great disappointment. I... (0 replies, last updated by Chino Wayne July 25, 2005)

for certain cheeses, which is the reason I want to try them to compare, not because I’m itching to try some forbidden fruit. Well, maybe that’s part of it too. But I’m not looking to go to Amsterdam to freely... (1 reply, last updated by e.d. June 9, 2001)