Plums are sweet, tart, juicy…and extremely perishable. Yes, indeed—this sexy summer stone fruit can make you swoon when perfectly ripe, or just plain sad when you’ve missed the boat. Here, a guide on ...

Do you know when your fruit is ripe and ready to pick? We check our apples, plums and grapes! All of which could be ready anytime now. We will look at a bed of “oddball” veggies we’ve never grown ...

Homegrown produce doesn't always ripen at the same time so here's a way to make plum jam from semi-ripe fruit which is not only practical but tastes great too! Basically, the only ingredients in this ...

WHEN THE PLUMS ARE RIPE. By Patrice Nganang. Translated from the French by Amy B. Reid. Farrar Straus & Giroux. 368 pages. $28. Cameroonian writer Patrice Nganang is part of a brilliant wave of NGANA ...

To make the filling, beat the butter and sugar together with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in the egg, followed by the almonds, flour and extract. Spread evenly in the cooled tart shell. Cut ...

While so much of the produce department seems headed toward more standardization and less variety, plums are a riot. Not only are there traditional varieties spanning the gamut of skin and flesh color ...

RENO COUNTY — For more than 100 years, Bud Miller's family has farmed crops of wheat, soybeans, corn and milo from the land. Monday morning, three generations of Millers worked together to harvest a ...