The cashew nuts we eat are actually attached to a large cashew apple that is used to make soft drinks in Brazil.

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Lettuce is a member of the sunflower family.

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Domesticated pumpkins date back more than 7000 years ago in Northwest Mexico.

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The corn that we love began as a wild grass with sparse seeds clinging to a sturdy stalk—a far cry from the plump kernels on sturdy cobs that we enjoy today.

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The earliest known mashed potato recipe published was in The Art of Cookery recipe book authored by Englishwoman Hannah Glasse, in 1747.

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How do you tell if a cranberry is ripe? It’ll bounce like a rubber ball.

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