No fruit—or berry, if you want to get technical—demonstrates the virtue of patience more dramatically than the persimmon. So powerfully astringent is the unripe Hachiya variety, it’s a wonder Kiehl’s ...

Winter and late fall fruits are featured in our sweet recipes, which make the most of dates and persimmons. Bacon-Wrapped Dates - a good cheese course option - can serve as an appetizer, too. Dates ...

If the pilgrims had planted persimmons instead of pumpkins, we’d all probably be making steamed persimmon pudding for Thanksgiving, not pumpkin pie. But we all might be making persimmon pudding anyway ...

The beauty of a persimmon is undeniable. Their gorgeous deep shades of orange shine in the gray time of fall to winter. Imagine discovering these jewels on a woodland hike or seeing them in your ...

Cornelia Lambert called the Hidden Kitchens Hotline to tell us how her grandmother, Ruby, turned her legendary cooking into a local fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity. This recipe was suggested by ...

November is the season for fruits that like frost. The quince, picked ripe with a blush of frost can be transformed from hard-fleshed fruit into distinctive jams and honey. Late ripening apples are ...

If you've ever passed persimmons in the produce aisle and felt unsure of what to do with them, you're not alone. Here's a no-stress guide to the two main types, how to eat them and how to store them.

An acquired taste. I’ve always thought that to be an interesting concept. It basically says to me, “I know you don’t like it right now, but if you choke down enough of it over the coming years, you’ll ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Bread pudding is considered the “apple pie” of south Louisiana. Because of our heavy French influence, crusty French bread is abundant. Our German population gave us a good ...