This week, I was invited to a friend’s place to break the fast for Yom Kippur. I was tasked with making a dessert, and after a lot of research on what is traditional for the holiday, I found that, ...

Italian prune plums, also known as quetsch or Empress plums, are one of my favorite tastes of late summer and early fall. Their season is brief, so I snap them up when I see them. Relative to many ...

Hail to the Italian prune plum, the one that stands up to heat with distinction. This oblong plum, its skin a reddish-blue usually touched with wisps of powdery blue, emerges as the slightly tart ...

Since childhood, the plum has been my favorite fruit. I can still remember the anticipation of devouring my grandmother's plum "leather." Every summer, we would watch her make it and savor its ...