Delicious Figs Are Too Often Underused in Cooking

Joanna Brady Schmida's - "Keys Cuisine"

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Delicious Figs Are Too Often Underused in Cooking

By Joanna Brady Schmida

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Just as I was leaving France this summer, the luscious local black figs were appearing in markets. Perhaps it goes back to munching fig newtons as a kid but I love figs, especially fresh ones, tasty by themselves but even more delicious in recipes. They also make fine jams and chutneys.

Sweet and seedy, the edible fig was one of the first plants cultivated by humans. Althoug...

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