Figs are considered a fruit, but they are actually a collection of inverted flowers. There are plenty of easy ways to use up ...

However, for those who want to abstain from eating a juicy wasp casket, it's beneficial to know that most fresh fig fruit available at grocery stores is derived from self-pollination.

Fresh fig season is over, but the fruit is available preserved in a variety of ways year-round through jams and vinegars.

What are figs and how do you eat them? Ficus carica, a common fig, is a short tree or bush that produces the tear drop-shaped pods known as figs. Figs can range from pale green or yellow to dark ...

Mesple figures the figs grow over 7,000 acres around the Valley. That translates into about 6 million pounds of fresh figs and over 8,000 tons of dried fig products.

In "Outstanding in the Field: A Farm-to-Table Cookbook" author Jim Denevan writes that dried figs can be used in this cake when fresh ones aren't available. Reconstitute dried figs in warm water ...

Some figs depend on wasps for pollination — but you’re probably not eating them. Here’s what to know this fig season.

All figs are made up of both male and female flowers. But the ones we eat are generally harvested from dioecious species, says Shanahan.

September is ripe for Astoria’s inaugural Fig Festival, starting with a week of fun events and happenings at local ...