Grandma’s holiday fruitcake. Your signature trail mix. A game night cheeseboard. Dried fruit makes its way onto our plates in many delicious forms. Whether you’re always snacking on dried apricots or ...

Dried fruit can boost your fiber and nutrient intake and supply your body with large amounts of antioxidants. But it’s also a high carb food, containing sugar and many calories and can cause problems ...

Our generous neighbors give us lots of figs from their garden. They're so rich, we can't eat them all. Any suggestions? A: Fresh figs are highly perishable and will keep for only two to three days in ...

Nope. It’s healthy, say 4/5 experts. Call your grandma, because prunes—and other shriveled dried fruits—really are awesome, say four out of five of our experts. But there’s one very important fact to ...

When I crave the zing and zest of summer desserts but don’t have access to fresh fruit, I turn to the freeze-dried versions. These weightless dehydrated fruit pieces span all seasonal produce, from ...

The season of fresh fruit — and the urge to preserve it — will soon be upon us. Strawberries and rhubarb open the season, their bright red signaling the official stop to winter. Preserve recipes are ...

No matter how old you are, odds are you’ll always have a special place in your heart for cereal. As kids, it gave us all the energy we needed to run around for hours, and its convenience undoubtedly ...

“Eat more fruit and vegetables” is one of the most common recommendations we hear when we’re encouraged to eat healthily. But when it comes to eating more fruit, we get mixed messages about how ...