No fruit—or berry, if you want to get technical—demonstrates the virtue of patience more dramatically than the persimmon. So powerfully astringent is the unripe Hachiya variety, it’s a wonder Kiehl’s ...

Persimmon pudding is slowly starting to make an appearance on Christmas tables, and it's no wonder why. People are looking for dessert ideas that are both festive and balanced for the holidays. And ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." For many people, persimmons are a mysterious fruit. They look like orange tomatoes, but they have a ...

The beauty of a persimmon is undeniable. Their gorgeous deep shades of orange shine in the gray time of fall to winter. Imagine discovering these jewels on a woodland hike or seeing them in your ...

In Indiana, it just wouldn't be Fall without a pan of homemade persimmon pudding. This unique fruit grows on a tree that is part of the ebony family. The tree's hard wood is favored for use in ...

Crackling leaves and football games. Nippy evenings and early sunsets. Cups of steaming hot cocoa. And glorious fruit — apple desserts with pomegranate, green salads with the perfumy sweetness of ...

An acquired taste. I’ve always thought that to be an interesting concept. It basically says to me, “I know you don’t like it right now, but if you choke down enough of it over the coming years, you’ll ...

I recently got a new cookbook in the mail. It’s not very big — at about 8-by-5-inches and a scant 130 pages or so of text, it’s dwarfed by many of the books in my collection. But like its subject, it ...