“On a cloudless September morning, the world’s most infamous apple farmer sat down at a table and carved into a $5 million Golden Delicious.” Buzzfeed’s Stephanie M. Lee pays a visit to the man who’s trying to build a better apple.

+ Not into apples? How about this? McDonald’s is expanding sales of their fried mozzarella sticks nationwide. (Fried cheese is the food industry’s version of going nuclear.)