Figs can be a sweet and nutritious addition to your breakfast, lunch, dinner or dessert, so why not try adding them to your routine while they're in season? From salads and sandwiches to easy pastries ...

The poor fig. Though undoubtedly one of our favorite fruits as children, at least in its dried form (who was not brought up on fig newtons?), it is suddenly consigned to oblivion by the time we`ve ...

Michael Chiarello, chef and owner of Napa Valley restaurant Bottega, serves up a delicious Italian-inspired meal featuring figs and pancetta, burrata caprese and crispy potato gnocchi. Grilled figs ...

Here's the challenge. Create a daily spa menu with 1,000-1,200 calories. Do not use refined sugar or salt. Use fresh fruit, vegetables, low-fat animal proteins, fish and whole grains. That's how chef ...

As an expatriate Southerner, I’m always happy to meet someone who also was raised in the South, the more rural the better. Conversation quickly shifts to food. Did you have purple hull peas? How did ...

When neighbors give me fresh figs from their heavy-laden trees, most go straight into my mouth, barely making it into my kitchen for playing with. But this recipe — a bright, nutty, creamy salad that ...

If you aren’t lucky enough to have a yard full of fruit trees and berry bushes, maybe you know someone who does. Often, all it takes is a casual mention in a group that you’d love some figs, quince or ...

Is your only experience with figs eating a cakey Fig Newton bar cookie? If so, you might be surprised to bite into a fresh fig. Sweet and juicy, they’ve sometimes been said to have a taste that is a ...

Dreamstime/TNS Share Figs are part of the mulberry family, along with jackfruit and breadfruit. This ancient fruit, which dates back more than 4,500 years ago to western Asia, is an important symbol ...