Dates are chewy and sweet stone fruits with no added sugar. They are often mislabeled as “dried” fruit, but the dates you see in the store are a very ripe version of the date fruit.

Stone fruit isn’t limited to this genus, though. Coconuts, mangos, olives, dates, cashews and coffee are all examples of drupes. Don’t squeeze those poor fruits to tell if they’re ripe—you ...

Got summer fruit and a few slices of staling sandwich bread? You’re just an hour away from this bubbling, juicy, cinnamon toast-y brown Betty. Summer’s undersung stone fruit gets the red ...