I drove by his Mukilteo house, looking for a fig tree. Sure, the leaves are famous in art and religion — but who knows what a fig tree actually looks like? I wasn’t even sure what a fig looked like ...

Is your fig tree bursting with fruit with too many figs to use right away? No problem! Learning how to freeze figs at home is quick and easy and makes the most of a short fig season. Creating a ...

Tree-ripened figs are delicious, delicate and don’t travel well, so are best enjoyed where they grow. Only we happy people who live in regions where the fig tree grows know the luscious texture and ...

Figs are the closest thing to eating jam straight off the tree. Ranging from light green to deep purple, these delicate fruits can be found in grocery stores or farmers markets from late spring to ...

Figs: Maybe you know them from the store-bought cookies or the jam that Ree loves to pair with blue cheese and slather on bruschetta. Or perhaps there's a tree bearing the mysterious pods in your own ...

Figs — in all shapes, colors and sizes — are ripening all over the South. And what memories these oh-so-delicious fruits bring to mind. As a kid, I would crawl under the canopy of my grandmother’s ...