On Rosh Hashanah Jews from all over the world devote some element of their holiday menu to symbolic foods. The foods can be eating by themselves and also incorporated into different dishes. One of the ...

1. Peel pears and leave stem intact. In a large saucepan, bring wine and an equal amount of cold water to a simmer. Split vanilla bean lengthwise and add to wine and water mixture. Add cinnamon sticks ...

Looking for an easy but fancy dessert? Try Candice Kumai's poached pears in red wine, which just involves a few seasonal ingredients (and a bottle of red). Well+Good is not the kind of wellness ...

In the spirit of “Eat your fruits and vegetables,” why not have a pear or two? Since Washington and Oregon grow about 1.8 billion of them a year, there are plenty to go around. Indeed, the Northwest ...

It is not often that I do not want to think of eating or even look at recipes or read cookbooks like novels. But last week, I came down with a vengeful flu that left me feverish and weak, but most ...

Wendy Tweton and Debbie Teashon explain how to made perry from home-grown pears in their book "Gardening for the Homebrewer" (Cool Springs Press, Fall 2015) (Shutterstock) It's a tradition to pop ...

Pears poached in red wine make for a festive and easy make-ahead dessert. Look for crisp — very slightly under-ripe — pears with no blemishes. Bosc or Anjou are winning options as they can withstand ...