A mature fig tree grew in the sunny corner of the postage-stamp-sized back garden of the storefront apartment I rented for most of my twenties. More a bush, really, it had been planted by my landlord ...

Every year around this time, I wait for a text from some good friends who have an old, sprawling fig tree in their backyard: “Figs are ripening! Come pick anytime!” And we do. Figs are utterly unlike ...

Beautiful figs are adorning the markets currently in the late summer/early fall season. One hundred percent of the country’s dried figs and 98% of the fresh figs come from California. The climate, ...