Cacao fruit might be the source of cocoa beans but it can be used for more than dessert-y type foods. From pasta infusions to dying shoes, here's the score.

Bring to a boil and take out of the heat. Add the rum and the sliced vanilla bean with its seeds. Cover and leave to infuse for 15 minutes. Put the baba on a grid, on top of a deep baking tray.

A cocktail that blends together rum, espresso, cardamom and sugar syrup. The recipe is dedicated to Baba Budan, a sufi saint who smuggled seven types of coffee beans into India back in the 16th ...