now in season: figs, served with cherve and a balsamic reduction

Figs, prized for their fruit which is central to the most popular Newton and for their leaves which apparently are useful in covering your naughty parts (although it’s not clear to me how you’re supposed to get them to stay on), are in the midst of their second season right now (they’re available in late spring and then again in late summer) in most of the country.  read more »