Breadfruit contains all nine essential amino acids, making it a complete protein source. One-half a cup of breadfruit also provides 25% of your recommended daily allowance of fiber. Young breadfruit ...

In the Hawaiian town of Hana on the island of Maui, bread grows on trees, in a manner of speaking. This is what's known as breadfruit. Typically green and scaly on the outside, white and smooth like ...

African breadfruit, a staple in many African diets, is not just a food source but also a versatile ingredient in traditional ...

At the northernmost point of the main Hawaiian islands, a stone’s throw from where a plantation once grew and milled sugar cane, sits a restaurant 25 years in the making. Chef/owner Tom Pickett has ...

Breadfruit, botanically known as Artocarpus altilis, is a large fruit obtained from tall, tropical rain-forest fruiting trees growing in areas like Hawaii, Samoa and Caribbean in the mulberry family.

Whether fried, fermented, roasted or eaten raw, breadfruit is a versatile food that’s played an important role in Oceanic cuisine for thousands of years. Now, as the climate continues to shift because ...

According to The Breadfruit Institute at the National Tropical Botanical Garden in Hawaii, breadfruit grows in almost 90 countries. Jim Wiseman It looks a bit alien, like a green coconut with ...

On a muggy morning on Kauai's south coast, ethnobotanist Diane Ragone inspects a dimpled bright green orb, the size of a cantaloupe. She deems the fruit mature, at its starchy peak. Perfect for frying ...

A breadfruit tree is growing in Loxahatchee Groves. It shouldn’t be there. For untold centuries, the Borneo native has been confined to the warmest, gooiest tropical climates, unable to withstand much ...