Featuring fig jam, dried figs, and fresh figs (for those glorious few weeks when they’re in season), our best fig recipes earn rave reviews. Bake up a batch of fig bars or a fig cake recipe, simmer ...

I’m a sucker for any fancy jam — especially fig jam, which has a way of making everything from basic toast to charcuterie boards feel extra special. So as soon as fresh figs show up at the market, I’m ...

Why settle for ordinary when you can have extraordinary? This prosciutto and burrata sandwich with fig jam brings variety to ...

Jam is not terribly difficult to make. Although it’s easy to overthink the process, just keep in mind that jam essentially has one goal: to preserve fruit at the height of its season so that you can ...

Three recipes for fig preserves and an old recipe for Tujaque's bread pudding with tart cranberry sauceLast year, J.C. helped his wife make fig preserves from the fruit of the tree in their Slidell ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Current Extension Service recommendations for fig jam and fig preserves: Add 2 tablespoons of bottled lemon juice to each quart jar, or 1/2 teaspoon citric acid. This recipe is from my ...

Last week, I asked readers to send me their favorite fig recipes and I was inundated with responses. I’m sharing many of those recipes below. I also got several questions about how I freeze figs to ...

The good thing about this time of year: It’s fig season. The bad thing about this time of year for me: I only ever do one thing with figs – make preserves. Occasionally, I use those preserves to make ...