Before we delve deep into fall flavors, pluots are one of my favorite start-of-fall fruits. They are a hybrid between a plum and an apricot, where it has the pretty purple hues and juiciness of a plum ...

Note: “Blooming” the gelatin, i.e., letting it soak for 3-5 minutes, helps ensure a smooth final result. 6 cups half-and-half 6 cups cream 1/2 teaspoon salt 21/2 teaspoons green cardamom pods, toasted ...

In the natural world, we depend on birds and bees to carry pollen from tree to tree to create new seeds of life. When two trees share the same species or genus, horticulturalists cross them to produce ...

Floyd Zaiger, creator of the pluot and more than 100 varieties of fruit, eyed the group standing in his orchard. They had come to taste 209LZ12, a vibrantly yellow-skinned, white-fleshed peach. It has ...

A few weeks ago I came home from the market overloaded with fruit and great ambitions for creating jars and jars of preserves. Part of my goal was to practice my skills for a canning class I had ...

Q: I planted a Flavor Supreme pluot tree two years ago. The tree is doing very well. It has grown a lot, and I prune it every winter along with my peach and apricot trees. This tree blooms like crazy, ...

The choice presents itself to you in the produce aisle like a word puzzle. There are pluots and plumcots and apriums, in shades of green and purple and orange that suggest either - or neither - plums ...

Pluots and cucumbers are delicious on their own or chopped up in summer salads. But if you combine them, they not only make a delicious salsa, they go really well with fish. Summer is my favorite time ...