Fresh figs are ones of the treasures to seek out at late summer markets. Here are the ones to look for, and how to cook with them. Andee Gosnell is a San Francisco born, Birmingham-based food ...
If you love figs, you may have heard some unsettling lore about them: that every fig hides a wasp, because these insects need ...
Many believe figs contain wasps, but most supermarket varieties are actually bug-free. While fig wasps are vital for ...
Nothing stands between fig lovers and this bounty, except … wasps? Yes, some seeded types of figs contain fragments of dead wasps that pollinated the flowers inside. But that’s not the whole story — ...
We are fortunate to live in a place where we can grow so many delicacies, Cindy Watter, a UC Master Gardener of Napa County, ...
MADERA, Calif. — In gorgeously striped Panachee figs, which are being harvested commercially for the first time this month, the beauty is more than skin deep. Ripe specimens have super-sweet, jam-like ...
It may not be easy — but it isn’t impossible, either. By Margaret Roach It looked like the best fig year ever, with maybe 20 fruits forming on my potted tree as the season progressed. But frost is ...