Autumn brings two luscious varieties of persimmons to the marketplace. One, the Hachiya, is heart-shaped and a vivid orange. It needs to be fully ripe with a water balloon-like consistency to be ...

North Carolinians rank high among Americans who retain a traditional devotion to picking persimmons and putting them in pudding. As long as Tar Heels were by and large an agricultural society, “with ...

I’m a little worried the persimmon fairy has forgotten me this year. Now, it could just be that my sense of timing is off, and he usually arrives a bit later in the fall, after the trees are stripped ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Persimmon Whip from Anita Jaisinghani (Carolina Ayala/Contributor) We're right in the middle of persimmon season. At the ...

Like bright orange harbingers of frosty nights to come, persimmons signal fall weather. Pointy or flat, persimmons of all kinds flourish in Sacramento, where they relish the mild winters and warm ...

Persimmon season in Missouri is roughly September through October, and while these fruits are a delicious treat, they can be hard to find and are often considered a niche culinary item. There are many ...

I’ve mentioned in previous columns my family has a favorite film tradition during the Holy Week leading up to Easter, gathering to watch the annual ABC-TV airing of director Cecil B. DeMille’s 1956 ...