Pick up a velvety yellow-orange apricot and enjoy the aroma, then take a bite of this early summer stone fruit to savor the luscious firm texture and flavor. Yes, summer is almost here, and apricots ...

Apricots are the finest of summer's fruits, with dense, juicy flesh and delicate, velvety skins. Piled in baskets in farmers market stalls, they seem to glow in the early morning light. The prettiest ...

Local apricots have been ripening for the last week or so. If you love this fragile fruit, pay attention! The season does not last long. Most trees have harvestable fruit for just two or three weeks.

This is a variation on food writer Claudia Roden’s wonderful orange and almond cake, made using the whole fruit. It works a treat with apricots, which take less time to cook, and are every bit as ...

After a month of mediocre early-season apricots, the prime varieties, sweet, juicy and flavorful, are here or will be soon. Beyond the celebrated Blenheim, there are other worthwhile varieties, and a ...

In Armenia you can buy apricot garlands; luscious yellow fruit dried in the sun and strung like lumps of amethyst on long necklaces. They hang from dusty roadside stalls – a legacy of the Chinese silk ...

Have you given up on fresh apricots? You’re not alone. Unless you are fortunate enough to have a source for those perfect little Blenheims, most apricots you’ll find at the farmers market are pretty ...