Fruits
Explaining Red and Baby Bananas
How do baby bananas and red bananas differ from regular bananas?
Sulfured vs. Unsulfured Dried Apricots
Grocery stores will often carry both sulfured and unsulfured dried apricots. How do they differ?
Ripening Fruit
Bananas ripen on the counter. Is that true of any unripe fruit or vegetable that you buy?
Lemon Oil 101
What exactly is lemon oil? The package instructions say to use it in place of lemon zest.
Stemming Strawberries and Water Absorption
Will strawberries soak up water if the berries are stemmed before washing?
Getting to Know: Dried Fruit
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.
