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Posts tagged “figs”

Easy Appetizer: Stuffed Figs with Honey-Balsamic Syrup

I can't take credit for this one. My dad made these figs. But I will certainly make them soon, because they were so delicious and so easy. And in case you're thinking, "Ah, figs, cheese, nuts... been ...

Seasonal Spotlight: Figs

One thing about the end of summer that I love: fresh figs, so delicate and about to burst open with sticky, sweet juices. Long revered in art and history, it is thought that it was a fig that was the...

Flickr Find: Vegan Plum and Fig Tart

Known on Flickr as norwichnuts, Janet Hudson consistently shares gorgeous, mouthwatering food photos and recipes – and they're all vegan! With both plums and figs available at our farmers' marke...

Handle with Care: Early Summer Delicacies
Hollywood, California

If we looked a little guarded and paranoid while navigating the crowds at the farmers' market yesterday, the reason was our bag of highly coveted, delicate produce. In winter, we can toss hardy squash...

Paired! Humboldt Fog Cheese with Ficoco Spread

Have you ever heard of Ficoco? No? Well, let us introduce you then. Ficoco is a rich, dark spread made in Croatia out of figs and cocoa. It's lightly sweet, but full of flavor, and it is superb when p...

The Cheesemonger: For the Fig Lover in You

For those of you who battle with what to serve alongside your cheese, it's about time you meet one of the best options around. In fact, we can't think of a cheese it wouldn't enhance....

Fall Breakfast: Ricotta, Fig, and Honey Tartine

When you have some ripe figs, it's best to treat them simply. We ate this for breakfast yesterday, and it was the perfect amount of sweetness with the creamy ricotta and crunchy, fresh bread......

Good Question: How Can I Tell When Figs Are Ripe?

Here's a good question from reader Betsy. She writes: I was very happy to receive some gorgeous figs in my CSA this week. How do I know when they're ripe? They're a light purple color with light-col...

New Favorite Combination: Spaghetti and Figs

A few weeks ago, we had a dish at the restaurant Sfoglia in New York that was one of the best things we've eaten in a while. It was so Fall, so simple, and (hooray) so readily found on the Internet. G...

Cloned Beef, Sneaky Labeling, and Figs
Top food news for September 15-19

It's Wednesday, which means we're here with the food news roundup. Read on ......

Recipe: Fig and Lavender Goat Cheese Galettes

Figs, lavender, goat cheese, almonds, honey. Baked into a galette, these exquisitely complementary flavors whisk us away to the Mediterranean. This is a rustic tart that honors the sweetness of ripe f...

Farmers' Market Report: Figs
Los Angeles

Sweet, second harvest figs have been popping up all over the trees in our neighborhood (right behind our apartment!) and at local farmers' markets. At the Hollywood Farmers' Market this past weekend, ...

Weekend Meditation: A Poem for Father's Day

My Father and the Figtree For other fruits my father was indifferent. He’d point at the cherry trees and say. “See those? I wish they were figs.” In the evenings he sat by my bed weaving ...

Recipe Review: Dried Fig and Nut Bars

We've been weaning ourselves off of prepackaged convenience foods from the grocery store. But so far, we just haven't managed to get away from snack bars. They're just so dang convenient! We've tried...

A Fig Tree Grows in Chicago: New Chicago Hardy Fig Tree

With this post we welcome Joanna Miller, who is filing some correspondent reports from Chicago. Give Joanna a warm welcome there in the Windy City! We've long dreamed of growing our own fig tree, b...

Cook This! Almond Muffins With Gooey Fig Center

Almonds and gooey figs - those words sort of grabbed us this morning! This recipe also happens to be from SELF Magazine, so the muffins are on the healthier side... ...