I love to dine out, because it provides me with inspiration. I like to guess how a restaurant chef made a dish, then try to re-create it at home. Sometimes it is challenging, and I need to test it ...

‘Nature’s candy’ comes in handy for jam, scones, coffee cake or banana bread Late summer is high season for figs in Georgia. Right now, you can find colorful pints of fresh figs on display at local ...

Every year the week before July 4, my sister Edna calls to tell me her husband Al is going fig crazy. It's been the same story for at least 40 years. Al refuses to plant his own fig trees, but goes ...

It’s no secret that I don’t have a green thumb. Please, when the COVID crisis ends and entertaining resumes, if you come to my house, do not bring me a plant. They take one look at me and think, why ...

Maeve Rochford, owner of Sugar & Scribe Bakery, demonstrates how to incorporate figs into your diet this summer. Sugar & Scribe Bakery is located on Garnett Avenue in Pacific Beach.

The official California state fruit is avocado (Persea Americana) but I’ve started a recall effort (which I hear is popular nowadays) to replace it with the fig. Figs are inexorably tied to the ...

Care a fig? (clockwise from below, left) Cooking figs in orange juice adds a citrusy zest; add the eggs last while making the pastry; and fig rolls are perfect with a steaming cuppa. Pradeep Gaur/Mint ...

Ripe figs give me the same deep joy I get when holding a newborn. They feel so soft and fuzzy and have a delicate, sweet scent that smells like nothing else in the world. A few long inhales and ...

Not everyone is lucky enough to bite into a fresh fig, but those who do are generally hooked. There are hundreds of varieties of figs, ranging from white to purplish-black. While they may not bring ...

Melbourne's dessert hero, Kathy Tsaples, divulges a few secrets behind her cooking (figs and octopus, to name two), gushes about her favourite desserts, and teaches us how to ‘go Greek’ for Christmas ...