Dried fruits are great to snack on, but you can add them to savory dishes for more flavor. Here's how to add a little dried ...

What’s in season: Fig season is short, appearing for just a few weeks during the hot summer months. While there are many varieties of figs, the fruit — actually, a fig is an inverted flower — can be ...

1. In a large flameproof casserole over medium-low heat, heat the oil. Add the onion, carrot, and celery. Cook, stirring often, for 15 minutes, or until they soften. 2. Stir in the crumbled sausage ...

Seasonal Cook on figs. Marie Simmon's latest cook book is called Fig Heaven. Photo of her making chicken stuffed with goat cheese and figs and wrapped in bacon. Event on 8/2/04 in Richmond. Craig Lee ...

This tasty dish comes straight from the beautiful mountain villages of Northern Italy—where they know how to put together a ...

Alchemists have tried for centuries to transform base metals into gold -- unsuccessfully, at least as far as we know. But it’s a lovely concept: Take the common and uninspiring -- lead, copper, prunes ...

So many luscious words have been written in homage to the fresh fig, with its rich history and symbolic ties to abundance and fertility. But I much prefer figs dried and shriveled, with their sweet ...

When I was growing up in the 1950s we would celebrate every holiday with my grandparents at their home. The routine never changed — it always started with a table full of family favorites. It was ham ...