This Italian fig cake, torta di fichi, is bursting with fresh figs and is especially moist. Bake it today and taste baking at ...

The next best thing to having a productive fig tree in your own garden is to have Italian friends who have massively productive fig trees in their yards. This week my Italian friend Umberto Garbuio ...

Preheat the oven to 180 Celsius/350 Fahrenheit/gas mark 4. Grease and line a 20cm cake tin with a removable base with parchment paper. Beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl until pale. Add the ...

Imagine pulling plump ripe fruit from a fig tree in the middle of August and eating this seductively sweet treat right on the spot with crusty French bread. This is the main reason for planting a fig ...

Though fresh figs are so utterly compelling raw, there are times you want to dress them up a little. Generally speaking, the less you do the better. One of the best things to do with figs is to pair ...

In the late 1800s, a Mediterranean tree began to take root in the United States when Italian immigrants began arriving in the country. Their suitcases were filled with things that reminded them of ...

Thirty-three years after she began farming on a Brooksville plot formerly owned by back-to-the-landers Helen and Scott Nearing, Barbara Damrosch remains utterly beguiled by what she manages to coax ...

Preheat oven to 250˚.Place the carrots, celery, onion, bay leaf and water in a roasting pan. Place the pork belly on top of the vegetables. Cover with aluminum foil. Bake five hours, or until pork can ...

Mizkan Americas has added two new flavors to its balsamic vinegar range for food manufacturers, which it says are inspired by trends in the culinary world. The company’s Food Ingredients division has ...