Taste a Miracle

Mon, Jan 19, 2009

Episode 1: Premiere




by Alicia Zuckerman

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Alicia Zuckerman holds a miracle fruit seed. / Mark Opatow

A tiny berry called a “miracle fruit” transforms your taste buds for about two hours.  The fruit is from a tree originally grown in West Africa.  The grower who ships them across the U.S. is based here in South Florida.  His name is Curtis Mozie and he calls himself the Miracle Fruit ManAlicia Zuckerman went to the Fort Lauderdale farm for a tasting.

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