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Raiders of the Lost Bunch, Part 3: Bananas That Taste Like Apples, Lemons and Ice CreamRaiders of the Lost BunchTwo posts in, I'd tasted exactly two bananas. One was the Cavendish, the clone in every grocery store on Earth. The other was the Gros Michel, the ghost banana my grandparents' generation swears by. Big Mike was better, no question.
Raiders of the Lost Bunch, Part 2: The Ghost BananaRaiders of the Lost BunchMy grandmother has opinions about bananas. Ask her about the ones at the supermarket and she'll shrug: fine, she'll say, but they're not the real thing.
Raiders of the Lost Bunch, Part 1: The Only Banana You've Ever EatenRaiders of the Lost BunchIt was a Tuesday, and I was standing in the produce aisle holding a banana as if it had personally lied to me. Nothing was wrong with it. That was the problem. It was yellow, gently curved, about seven inches long, with a blush of green near the stem