LOCAL FLAVOR: Bill Whipple and Monica Williams have already harvested the persimmons from the tree on their West Asheville property and frozen the fruit for future uses. The couple grafted multiple ...

At this stage of the game, the persimmons are a long way from being ripe, so Dymple will use her stash of frozen pulp from last year to make the puddings for the St. Mary's Catholic Church lunch and ...

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Autumn brings two luscious varieties of persimmons to the marketplace. One, the Hachiya, is heart-shaped and a vivid orange. It needs to be fully ripe with a water balloon-like consistency to be ...

An unripe persimmon can ruin your whole day. Even a small bite of a Hachiya persimmon that isn't squishy and practically dribbling-on-the-floor ripe can make you grimace. It tastes chalky, astringent ...

Every year, persimmon is becoming an increasingly familiar autumn product on the Russian market. Fruits from Turkey, Azerbaijan and Abkhazia appear in stores as early as September, and by October, ...

Autumn in Southern California is not known for its beauty. Along the east coast, the brilliant fall colors make the hills look like they are on fire. Here, the hills are actually on fire. Most fruit ...

Recipes that appear in Idea Alley have not been tested by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. I recently came across these old recipes while browsing the archives looking for story ideas. I think we're ...