In the late 1800s, a Mediterranean tree began to take root in the United States when Italian immigrants began arriving in the country. Their suitcases were filled with things that reminded them of ...

A column I published earlier this year in January, about my encounter last fall with cherished fig trees grown on the Canadian border of Niagara Falls, attracted the keen eye of reader Gina Geiss of ...

On a gray, chilly December morning in Sewickley, Pa., Michele Vaccaro and his assistant are digging a trench in a garden. "It looks like we're burying somebody over here — a body," Vaccaro says. Cast ...

Dave Kline’s column this week about his great-grandmother’s fig tree triggered strong memories of growing up in my row house neighborhood in Delaware County. This post World War II development of ...

May in Wooster Square, long before the ornamental cherry trees were planted in the park, signaled the resurrection of the dormant fig trees in many backyards. The fig tree, quintessentially ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — For the Ficus trees among us, it’s time to go to sleep. So goes the “Burial of the Fig” ritual, an event happening virtually from Casa Belvedere’s Facebook page on Thursday, Dec.

They can be toasted, steeped, or ground to infuse flavor into desserts, syrups, and rice, or used as wrappers for foods like fish. Here's how I make the most of them in my kitchen. My dad had a gift ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — This is Danny Gentile, a retired police officer turned fig farmer. He lives in Tottenville and tends over 150 fig trees. And, as a tour of his yard is featured, he is here to ...