This Sunday, 50 artists from Sonoma County will go out of their gourd for a good cause. "Calabash! A Celebration of Gourds, Art and the Garden," benefits Food For Thought, the Sonoma County AIDS food ...

The calabash (Legenaria siceraria) is a very handy fruit used by numerous cultures from around the world. However, scientists have always wondered how the calabash spread from its initial home in ...

Question: Is a gourd a fruit or a vegetable? Can you eat it? Would you want to? And how many useful items can you make from its hollowed shell? The Western Colorado Botanical Gardens is celebrating ...

Whether the family members eat it or not, bottle gourd, also known as calabash is prepared in almost all the houses. Many people frown while eating this vegetable. But do you know that kheer can be ...

This weekend's annual Calabash Celebration will see artistic pieces, from decorative to useful, and all made from hardshell gourds. Earl Fincher loved birds - so much so that he wanted to make ...

Calabash at Food for Thought gardens: Food for Thought's luscious gardens provide a perfect fall setting for the annual Calabash Celebration of Gourds, Art and the Garden on Oct. 6. Professional ...

Once carved, polishing gives calabash bowls their smooth finish. Traditionally, natural materials such as sandpaper or fine ...

In the first reported case of its kind in Canada, a woman fell violently ill after consuming the juice of a bitter gourd.

CALABASH | Calabash is defined by the docks, where white fishing boats and seafood restaurants are nestled in a quiet river crook. Between islands of marsh outcroppings, the Calabash River gently ...

This photo shows a little "Birdhouse Gourd" growing with the flower still attached. Birdhouse gourds come in many shapes and are more accurately called Calabash gourds. The vine can grow 30 feet long ...