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 ...

Many believe figs contain wasps, but most supermarket varieties are actually bug-free. While fig wasps are vital for pollinating certain fig types, like Smyrna, common Ficus Carica figs, such as ...

July in Louisiana marks many celebrations, one of which is fig harvest season. Figs (Ficus carica), native to the Middle East and western Asia, have become naturalized in North America and are widely ...

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 ...

There is something sensuous, almost voluptuous about soft, sweet fresh figs. Bite into a ripe fig and, the flavors are so concentrated, it is almost like eating jam. It is unlike any other fruit. I ...