One of the most bizarre fruits on the planet, the Kiwano or Horned Melon,is actually a mutated cucumber.  It originated in tribal Africa, where it was spotted by some enterprising fruit growers from New Zealand, who cultivated it and exported it to Europe and America, where consumers would buy it for upwards of $5.00 apiece.  Well, it turns out that this orange dayglow blowfish-looking curiosity tastes so bland, that the Africans would only eat it in times of famine or drought!  Kind of gives you a new perspective on culinary sophistication, eh?

Hey, what's more powerful than ice cream?  Even a zebra can change his stripes when confronted with this mighty force!  This is a very limited edition giclee that I customized by adding some smoke to our hero's ice cream cone.  Seeing that it's over 90 degrees in NY today, I thought this cool customer might help us all chill a little bit.