Here's the scoop on this tropical treat. "Black sapote, also called black soap apple, is a close cousin to the persimmon and is sometimes referred to as black persimmon,” says Desiree Pardo Morales, ...

Nothing about the black sapote is as you might think. To start with, it’s not black and it’s not a sapote. Nor does it taste anything like its common nickname: chocolate pudding fruit. None of which ...

It’s unclear why, but very few Americans are aware of the sweet black sapote. — -- It’s unclear why, but few Americans are aware of black sapote. It sounds sinister, yet that couldn’t be a more ...

Green on the outside and nearly black in its center, black sapote is commonly known as chocolate pudding fruit for its creamy texture and flavor similar to chocolate. The fruit is a type of persimmon ...

Editor’s note: Bob Beyfuss filed this column shortly before his death Thursday, Jan. 12, in Florida. One of the perks to being a snowbird, here on the Gulf Coast of Florida, is the opportunity to ...

White sapote trees may have been trendy 50 years ago, but these days they are empty-lot plants, the kind of urban flora most often seen sprouting from scattered seed in some neglected patch of ...