Fig jams and preserves are easy to make and a great way to use up the summer harvest. (Photo by Ann Maloney, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) I was inspired by Dennis Bickham of Zachary, who shared his ...

Makes 12 pints. Modified family recipe by Teresa B. Day. 32 cups fresh figs with stems attached 24 cups granulated sugar 2 lemons 1. Wash figs under cold water. 2. In a 12-quart stock pot, layer 8 ...

Claudia Fowler penned a recent "Human Condition" column for the paper where she mentioned how fig preserves tend to be one of those love 'em or hate 'em kinds of food. She and her husband, Jim, love ...

Figs are available now at area Heinen’s stores, but they won’t be around for long. The plush teardrop-shaped fruits, which ripen in late summer and early fall, are perfect in September. Because they ...

I stood at the kitchen sink looking out onto the backyard. “Why is Daddy dressed like that?” I asked Momma. It is July and already hot at 7:30 in the morning. Why on earth would he be dressed in long ...

When my family moved to Florida in the early '50s, the property purchased by my parents included strange and wonderful things like pecan trees, crape myrtles, a chinaberry tree (oh, no!), and figs. My ...

The waning weeks of summer can be a time of squeezing in trips, yard work and kitchen projects. A few days ago, I realized, here it is the middle of August and not one single batch of homemade ice ...

Marian Denton misses the fig trees. She grew up in the country in what is now southeast Houston. Her father, Raymond Joachim, planted five kinds of fig trees in their black-gumbo back yard. He added ...

When LAist senior editor Suzanne Levy discovered there was a fig tree in her new backyard, she was thrilled. She didn't realize she'd be sharing its bounty with a tenacious sweet-toothed squirrel. The ...