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 ...

LITTLE ROCK — Dried apricots are an essential part of my winter survival strategy. When simmered in a vanillascented syrup, they miraculously regain the velvety texture and vivid flavor of fresh ...

You’ve been patient, avoiding the early apricots of June that looked so tempting on the market shelves but didn’t have that rich perfume and luscious honey-and-cinnamon flavor of July apricots. Now is ...

Dried apricots, toffee, milk chocolate, and rolled oats are a delightful cookie combination I’d happily eat morning, afternoon, or night. When it comes to breakfast, I tend to lean savory. I grew up ...

Alchemists have tried for centuries to transform base metals into gold -- unsuccessfully, at least as far as we know. But it’s a lovely concept: Take the common and uninspiring -- lead, copper, prunes ...