I stood at the kitchen sink looking out onto the backyard. “Why is Daddy dressed like that?” I asked Momma. It is July and already hot at 7:30 in the morning. Why on earth would he be dressed in long ...

Featuring fig jam, dried figs, and fresh figs (for those glorious few weeks when they’re in season), our best fig recipes earn rave reviews. Bake up a batch of fig bars or a fig cake recipe, simmer ...

The Ocracoke Fig Cake from Ruth Toth, former owner of Cafe Atlantic restaurant on Ocracoke, won first place at the 2015 Ocracoke Fig Festival. JULI LEONARD [email protected] My husband knew ...

Claudia Fowler penned a recent "Human Condition" column for the paper where she mentioned how fig preserves tend to be one of those love 'em or hate 'em kinds of food. She and her husband, Jim, love ...

Elizabeth Killian of Clover, S.C., shared her favorite recipe: Fabulous Fig Cake. [email protected] In response to my recent columns on fig recipes, Elizabeth Killian of Clover, S.C., shared ...

My husband knew better than to keep the news from me about the annual Ocracoke Fig Festival. We vacationed on the Outer Banks island last month; the first day of our stay happened to coincide with the ...