You’re daydreaming about whipping up your famous banana bread while grocery shopping. You make a beeline to the produce section and pick up what looks like the thickest, biggest banana you’ve ever ...

If you've ever confused a plantain for a banana, you're not alone. These two long, yellow fruits could be twins -- if one twin were a little bit bigger and starchier than the other. It's easy to ...

If you're new to the world of plantains, we've got everything you need to know here. And if you're a tried and true plantain fan, stick around for some new recipe ideas. Experts believe plantains ...

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I'll be honest: I spend far too much time in the produce section of the grocery store browsing the fruits and vegetables I'm unfamiliar with. It's my version of window shopping. Sometimes I'm bold ...

Bananas and plantains are members of same family but they’re noticeably different fruit. Plantains aren’t sweet like most fruit but drier, starchy and crunchy like raw potatoes. Plantains are larger ...

Invite the plantain to your next meal. It will be like having the banana’s exotic cousin as a houseguest. At first you might be a little unsure about the whole arrangement, but after a meal together ...

Every family has that one argument that resurfaces at every gathering, and if you’re from a Caribbean, Latin American or West African household, you know exactly what we’re talking about. It starts ...

It may resemble a banana, but you’re probably not going to want to gnaw on one raw. Though closely related to bananas, plantains (often called cooking bananas) more often are treated like a vegetable, ...

Fernando Larios eyes the stand of plantains running along one side of the Francis Avenue Community Garden in Koreatown. A large cluster of fruit, just out of arm’s reach, is almost ready. “It’ll be ...