Imagine a $115 million universe in miniature, set amid 13,000 acres of rolling hills and peaceful lakes in southern China's Yunnan Province, with tiny dogs, tiny fruit trees, a 230-foot-high performance hall that looks like the stump of a prehistoric tree and standard-size guest cabins.
But perhaps the most indulgent treats at MeMe's — and a favorite with morning customers — are the tiny fruit pies ($4.25), which explode with flavor when they're warmed up "to go" in the shop's oven.
The jewels are, of course, the best of the best: the Peregrina pearl so perfect in its pear shape that it nestles like a tiny, fallen fruit in the palm of your hand.
Adobo is a popular dish of chicken or pork (or both combined) stewed in vinegar (or the juice of calamansi, a tiny citrus fruit popular in Southeast Asian cooking), garlic, soy sauce, bay leaves, and peppercorns, and served with rice.
We studied different types of insect eyes — from tiny fruit fly eyes to huge blowfly eyes.
The tiny fruit, or seed, of the celery resembles the plant itself in taste and aroma and is used as a seasoning, particularly in soups and pickles.
The tiny fruit bats the team studied have very stretchy tendons that connect their upper arm muscles to their bones.
Baby anoles (should you be breeding them) require micro crickets or tiny fruit flies.
Each berry is an unusual collection of many tiny fruits, so pollen must be delivered to each of the 200 or so ovaries inside the flower.
In the second season of growth, seed stalks rise about 1 metre (3.3 feet) tall and are topped by compound umbels of small, greenish yellow flowers followed by tiny fruits, or seeds, similar to those of a carrot but without spines.
