Fresh figs are picked by hand and baked into a rustic pie using traditional village recipes. A calm look at seasonal cooking ...

Every summer, our vigil would begin in early July. We searched the tall, sprawling tree every day. How could those hard green orbs suddenly burst into soft pear-shaped delights – wildly sweet and fat, ...

Every year around this time, I wait for a text from some good friends who have an old, sprawling fig tree in their backyard: “Figs are ripening! Come pick anytime!” And we do. Figs are utterly unlike ...

‘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 ...

On my parents’ property in Clarkston, there used to be an enormous, rambling fig tree. It sprouted up as a “volunteer” (the word my mother uses for things that aren’t planted, but somehow arrive ...

The seasonal cook: figs If you've ever been fortunate to pluck an impeccably ripe fig from its tree, the memory has likely stayed with you. Chef and columnist O Tama Carey talks of this plump fruit ...

Slicing figs is easy as heck. Just slice most of the way down one side, then the same down another. This will make the figs open like a blooming flower. Or...a monster.

The fig tree in my backyard is close to producing its first real crop since I planted it four years ago. I’ve been watching its progress anxiously. Every morning before I go to work, I walk by and ...

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 ...