Banned — Durian: the delicacy that smells like death

‘Your breath will smell as if you’d been French-kissing your dead grandmother.’ — Anthony Bourdain

A Renaissance Writer

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This is how the late chef and host of the hit show Parts Unknown, Anthony Bourdain described the smell of the world’s most infamous fruit — Durian. It has also been described as smelling like sewage, stale vomit…

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A Renaissance Writer

I love all things Italian Renaissance, cooking and writing. I can often be found reading, drinking espresso and working on too many things at once