Nuts to This

I continued prying nuts as my fingers grew stickier. No worries–the pitch had to be good for my skin.

A Retrospective: Chi Phat, Cambodia

I have to explain the word “poop.” I’m thinking if he doesn’t already know this, I’ve got a problem. Should I demonstrate, perhaps? Play acting, of course.

Wrestling a Jackfruit

A battle ensued. The individual edible flowers were interconnected with “tendons” that anchored them to the spiky peel and pithy center, and I had to slice and tug and rip and curse to get the flowers out.

Dangers of Stalking Wild Asparagus

Were the asparagus spears too menacing for the deputies? Did they think he had some kind of potent vegetable weapon, cocked and ready to spit deadly asparagus juice?