Hiking last year in La Tuna Canyon, as my guide identified the streamside plants that we passed, I was gripped by a craving that only the late-winter mention of an early summer fruit can provoke. At ...

Tunisia: fruits are gathered and eaten raw. If the harvest is abundant, a thick syrup is made to which honey is added. This is the only means of conserving the surplus. Arabic (plant): Allaiq, Landj, ...