Here is an alphabetical compilation of all the foods we have eaten in 2017 and 2018. Some foods listed are the standard foods that most of us eat, others we have intentionally added to our diet for the sake of variety and diversity. Many of these foods link to recipes and articles that give a greater background on the food’s culture, its health benefits, flavor, and other useful information. We plan to update the list frequently to keep it current. If we have inadvertently listed a variety as a separate species, we apologize. Please let us know in the comment section so we can fix our mistake.
Acai berry
Adzuki bean
Almonds
Amaranth- green calaloo, hopi red dye, red garnet, wild, garden weed
Anchovy
Apple- red delicious, fuji, ida red, granny smith, pink lady, macintosh, golden delicious, honey crisp, gala, jonagold, ruby frost, honey gold
Apricot
Artichoke- green globe
Arugula
Asian pear- new century, hosui
Asparagus – Jersey Knight, Martha Washington, purple passion
Avocado- Haas, fuerte
Bachelors buttons- flowers:white, pink, blue)
Banana- red ecuador, standard yellow cavendish
Basil- Genovese, lettuce leaf, purple ruffles, lemon, thai
Basswood
Bean- green bean, white bean, pinto bean, black bean, kidney bean, red bean, navy bean
Bee balm
Beef
Beets- yellow, detroit red, bulls blood, chioggia, Lutz green leaf, early wonder
Bilberry
Bitter melon
Blackberry
Black walnut
Blueberry- Northland, Atlanta, Bluetta, blue crop, herbert, blue ray, jersey, elliot
Bok choy
Bonefish
Boniato
Broccoli- waltham, purple sprouting
Brussels sprouts
Buckwheat
Burdock- gobo, takinogawa
Butternut squash- waltham
Cabbage- red, danish ballhead, greyhound, kalibos, early jersey wakefield
Calabash gourd
Canola
Cantaloupe
Cardamom- black
Carob
Carrots- orange, purple, yellow, white, cosmic purple
Cashew
Cattail roots and shoots
Cauliflower
Cayenne pepper
Celeriac
Celery- utah tall
Chamomile
Chard- rhubarb, bright lights, vulcan
Cheese- cheddar, mozzarella, monterray jack, parmesan, goat cheese, feta
Cherimoya
Cherry- black, morello, montmorency, northstar, Kristin, Ulster, Hudson, Queen Anne, Gold,
Chia
Chicken
Chickweed
Chicory
Chili pepper- red, green
Chinese cabbage- nappa, michili
Chinese long bean- thai soldier, chinese red noodle, green noodle
Chives
Chocolate- cacao nibs, cocoa powder, chocolate chips/bar
Choke cherry
Choy sum
Chrysanthemum (tung ho)
Cilantro
Cinnamon- ceylon
Clove
Coco Malanga
Coconut
Codfish
Collards
Comfrey- Russian
Corn- yellow flour corn, yellow popcorn, yellow sweet corn, purple popcorn, red popcorn, japanese black hulless
Cranberry
Cucumber- straight eight, asian
Culantro
Currant- black, red
Cumin
Dandelion- greens, roots
Dates- medjool
Day lily- roots and buds
Dragon fruit- red dragon fruit, white dragon fruit
Dill
Dulse- nova scotia
Eddoe
Eggs-chicken, duck, quail
Elder- berry
Eleuthero
Enoki mushrooms
Evening Primrose
Fennel- brown, florence
Fenugreek
Field sorrel
Fig- california mission fig
Flax- brown, golden
Gai choy
Gai laan
Garbanzo beans
Garlic
Garlic mustard
Ginger
Gingko
Goji berry
Gooseberry- pixwell, invicta
Grapefruit- ruby red, florida white
Grapes- raisins(thompson black), juice(concord), red table grapes, merlot grapes, green table grapes, sweet sapphire grapes, fox grape, leaves,
Ground mallow
Hens and chicks (house leeks)
Hibiscus
Highbush cranberry
Honey
Honeybush (rooibos)
Honeydew melon- green
Horsemint/wild oregano
Horseradish
Hyssop
Jack fruit
Jerusalem artichoke
Jicama
Kale- red, lacinato, green, jagallo
Kelp
Kiwano melon
Kiwi
Kohlrabi- green, purple
Kombucha
Lambsquarters
Lavender- white english, purple english
Leeks- carentan, giant musselburgh, paris
Lemon- Meyer
Lemon balm
Lemon grass
Lemon verbena
Lentils- red split lentils, black beluga lentils
Lettuce- butter, green leaf, oak leaf, red leaf, romaine, red sails, iceberg, black seeded simpson, little gem, rouge dhiver, green ice, bronze beauty
Licorice root
Lilac- light purple
Lime
Longan Berries
Lotus
Lychee
Mache- dutch corn salad
Malabar spinach (moi toi)
Malanga- lila, eddoe, edo
Mandarin- satsuma, california mandarins
Mango- atalufo, kent
Mangosteen
Maple (syrup)
Maradol papaya- caribbean red
Millet
Mint- orange mint,
Mizuna- purple streaks, green streaks
Monarda
Mo qua- winter melon
Morel mushroom- blacks, whites
Mustard- seed, small wild mustard, hoary alyssum mustard, red giant
Name yam
Nira (garlic chives)
Nectarine- white
Nettle
Noni
Nori seaweed
Nutmeg
Nutritional yeast
Oats
Octopus
Olive- black, kalamata
Onion- green onion, yellow onion, red
Orange- navel, valencia, blood, cara cara
Oregano
Oyster mushroom- yellow, blue
Panax ginseng
Parsley- italian flat leaf, curly leaf, root
Peaches
Peanuts
Pear- green anjou, red anjou, bartlett, bosc
Peas- green, yellow, sugar snap, cascadia snow pea, avalanche snow pea
Pecan
Pepino melon
Pepper (black)
Peppermint
Persimmon- hachiya
Pineapple
Pine nuts
Pistachio
Plantain
Plum- red, stanley, black
Pomegranate
Pomelo
Porcini mushrooms
Pork
Portobella mushroom
Potatoes -blue, purple, red, russet, yellow
Pumpkin- sugar pie, connecticut field
Purslane
queen annes lace
Quinoa
Radicchio
Radish- daikon, cherry belle, French breakfast, purple daikon, black winter radish, cincinnati, rosa, white icicle, sparkler, chinese green luobo, watermelon radish
Rambutan
Raspberry- berry, leaf tea, heritage
Rhubarb- canada red, Victoria
Rice- basmati long grain brown rice, white sushi rice(jasmine), white long grain rice, texmati white rice, thai red rice, red wehani, black japonica
Rose
Rutabaga- purple top
Safflower
Sage
Salmon
Salsify- goatsbeard
Sapote- chocolate
Sarsaparilla
Sclopit/bladder campion
Seabuckthorn
Serrano pepper
Serviceberry
Sesame
Shallots- red shallots
Shiitake mushroom
Sorghum
Soy
Spaghetti squash
Spearamint
Spinach- bloomsdale long standing, giant noble, America, goliath
Star anise
Strawberry- honeoye, monterrey
Sugar cane
Sumac- staghorn
Sunflower- seeds
Sweet peppers- green, banana, red, yellow, orange, paprika
Sweet potato- orange, red, japanese, purple, hawaiian
Tamarillo
Tamarind
Tapioca
Taro
Tatsoi
Tea- green, black
Thistle- bull thistle root
Thyme- common, lemon
Tomato- red roma, grape, early girl, yellow pear, cherokee purple, brandywine, amish paste,
Trout lily
Tuna
Turkey
Turmeric
Turnip- purple top
Unagi eel
Vanilla
Venison
Violets- purple, white with purple
Wakame
Walnut- English
Water chestnuts
Watercress
Watermelon-
Watermint
Wild blackberry
Wild black raspberry
Wild blueberry
Wild leeks
Wild raspberry
Wild rice
Wild strawberry
Woodland sorrel
Yam- jewel
Yarrow
Yellow straightneck squash
Yerba mate
Yo choy sum
Yuca (cassava)
Yumberry
Zucchini- green, black beauty, cousa, costata romanesco
DIVERSITY COUNT (different species of food): 306
VARIETY COUNT (different varieties within the same species): 446
Updated last on June 20, 2018