In Brazil, cashew apple wine is prepared and marketed on a commercial scale, but its sale is declining. Another fascinating product is bottled cashew-apple-in-sugarcane brandy.

My mother and Appalonia were stepsisters. Appalonia's mother died when she was twelve, and my grandfather remarried a much younger woman. Appalonia was sixteen and almost ready to leave the house when my mother was born, […]

Light-skinned people tend to brown when exposed to the sun.

John Muir left as his legacy an enduring spirit of respect for the environment.