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It's Time for Quince!

It's time for quince, perhaps the most underrated treasure of the autumn season. It's hard not to wax a little poetic about quince, but we'll try to restrain ourselves and just tell you, in plain lang...

Food Crush: Quince

We're not quite done talking about 2008 yet; it's still fresh in our minds, after all. I spent some time personally thinking back over foods I developed crushes on in 2008. It was a year of pulled por...

Quince Ratafia: How To Make Fruit Liqueur

Have you ever made a fruit liqueur or cordial? I never have, but I recently came into possession of two very nice quince fruits, and I wanted to hold on to their flavor as long as possible. We have ha...

Weekend Recipe: Quince and Apple Tart

I was beginning to think that when it came to quince, we Kitchn folks were jinxed. First it was Emma and her much looked-forward-to and yet very rotten quince, shared from a neighbor's tree. Poor Emma...

Quince Report: Good News and Bad News

First the good news: we managed to harvest enough quinces from our neighbor's tree for a good batch of quince jam! And the bad news? Well, see for yourselves......

Proper Etiquette: On Sharing Neighborhood Fruit Trees

There's one other thread to our tale of the quince tree: our neighbor hasn't had a chance to eat them in years. Why? Because in the middle of the night just when the quinces get ripe, all the fruits m...

Look! Can You Name This Fruit?