Why exotic fruit matters — a chat with Angela Scarfia

In Episode 3 of Season 2 of the “Tip of the Iceberg” podcast, we meet Angela Scarfia, a bonafide exotic fruit expert — and in her “free” time, no less.

interview on why exotic fruit matters
interview on why exotic fruit matters
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In Episode 3 of Season 2 of the “Tip of the Iceberg” podcast, we meet Angela Scarfia, a bonafide exotic fruit expert — and in her “free” time, no less.

She creates TikTok and Instagram posts, especially reel videos, showing her tasting and talking about different kinds of exotic fruit.

Scarfia shows her audience (including 30,700 TikTok followers and 18,500 Instagram followers) how to buy, store, ripen, prepare and eat everything from purple star apples, orange watermelon, mamey sapote, lemon guava, huckleberry, lychee, durian, rambutan, star fruit, kiwano/horned melon, tamarillo, sapodilla/butterscotch candy and soursop.

To name a few.

This woman sometimes makes dishes out of the produce, and she often educates people on how and where it’s grown, nutritional value, where to find it, and all sorts of tidbits of information.

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Scarfia also leads exotic fruit tours in New York City’s Chinatown neighborhood and in Costa Rica. She partners with growers and brands to spread awareness about their exotic products too.

Find out why Scarfia does all this. After all, it’s not even her full-time job. She already has one of those, and it’s not even related to produce.

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