STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- To dry figs, the California Fresh Fig Growers Association tells cooks to first wash and dry fresh them. Cut the fruit in half lengthwise. Preheat the oven to the lowest ...

Nutrition: One large fig contains 47 calories. One cup of chopped raw figs has about 170 calories, almost all from natural sugars. Figs are a good source of dietary fiber, vitamin B6, copper, ...

Method: Neatly slice through the top of the fig (reserving the top) and hollow out enough of an opening to place Gorgonzola in the centre. Place the top of the fig on to the cheese and put figs onto a ...

Here's a favourite recipe from Toronto pastry chef Regan Daly's book In the Sweet Kitchen. Preheat oven to 350 F. Cut off hard little nib at top of each fig. Then cut each fig almost into quarters, ...

This has been a very good year for figs in our garden, so good that it has not always been possible to keep up with eating them before they go off. What is the best way to dry figs so that you can eat ...