This is a sad time of year for those who love tomatoes. The summer crop is long-gone; seedlings have yet to be planted. The best solution? Open a jar of sun-dried tomatoes. Though the flavor and ...

The fruit yields a slow pleasure of rich, almost floral flesh. By Tejal Rao If you’re very lucky in Los Angeles, you have a big, gnarled persimmon tree just within reach, full of fat orange fruit in ...