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Nuts
VI: Pine Nut
American pine nuts are the best, but also the rarest.
Animals
V: Cricket
A quick primer on cricket fighting.
Herbs
IV: Sorrel
How sorrel revolutionized French cooking.
Grasses
III: Reed
In celebration of Reed Erickson.
Shrubs
II: Heather
The Scottish can't stop finding ways to use heather.
Trees
I: Sugar Maple
The true story of the stickiest heist in history.
Tools
X: Hoe
Let's just talk about sharks instead.
Shrubs
IX: Savin Juniper
Savin brides for Roman brothers.
Nuisances
VIII: Ivy
How Operation Ivy fulfilled Oppenheimer's fears.
Trees
VII: Cypress
How cypress became a tree of mourning.
Shrubs
VI: Gorse
What happens when a plant is just made to burn?
Animals
V: Deer
How an odd, fanged deer created modern perfume.