Bananas

This week we hear about the eating strategies of the world’s healthiest people with Dan Buettner, author of The Blue Zones Solution: Eating and Living Like the World’s Healthiest People . We look at the past, present and future of the most popular fruit, the banana, with Nicole Vitello, president of Equal Exchange Bananas. Chef Rick Bayless gives us a lesson in the Mexican way with vegetables. His latest book is More Mexican Everyday . Nongkran Daks, author of Nong's Thai Kitchen , shares how to make curry paste at home, and research scientist Heidi Appel says plants can hear when they are being eaten. Broadcast dates for this episode: June 5, 2015 (originally aired) June 3, 2016 (rebroadcast)