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Is there a flavor difference between these two types of watermelon?

How do Asian pears compare to other common pear varieties?

Can you tell a compote from a chutney? A jam from a preserve? It’s easy to get confused since grocery store labels are often inexact. Here’s the real deal when …

Some recipes suggest substituting mashed avocado for butter in cookies. Does it work?

How do baby bananas and red bananas differ from regular bananas?

Bananas ripen on the counter. Is that true of any unripe fruit or vegetable that you buy?

What exactly is lemon oil? The package instructions say to use it in place of lemon zest.

Almost any fruit can be dried (the process concentrates flavor and sugar), and these days, most of them are—from blueberries to cranberries to mangos. 

Use this simple technique to soften and plump dried fruit.

If you don't have fresh lemons on hand, can any packaged products approximate the flavor of lemon juice and zest?

The winter months bring a number of exotic fruits from tropical climates to supermarket shelves. Here are tasting notes for 12 of our favorites.

Grilling caramelizes the sugars in fruits and gives them a complex, smoky flavor. But not all fruit belongs on the grill.

When slicing oranges, grapefruits, and other citrus fruits for salads, it's important to cut the sections free of the membranes, which are fibrous and bitter. H…

Fresh sour cherries may be the best option for baking but they are available only for a few weeks during the summer. What’s the best option at other times of th…

A honey of a fruit.