The beauty of a persimmon is undeniable. Their gorgeous deep shades of orange shine in the gray time of fall to winter. Imagine discovering these jewels on a woodland hike or seeing them in your ...

No fruit—or berry, if you want to get technical—demonstrates the virtue of patience more dramatically than the persimmon. So powerfully astringent is the unripe Hachiya variety, it’s a wonder Kiehl’s ...

Persimmon pudding is slowly starting to make an appearance on Christmas tables, and it's no wonder why. People are looking for dessert ideas that are both festive and balanced for the holidays. And ...

Persimmons, spices and plenty of booze make for a warm, celebratory holiday finish to dinner. (Dylan + Jeni/For the Times; prop styling by Kate Parisian) Desserts are always tricky at Christmas. You ...

An acquired taste. I’ve always thought that to be an interesting concept. It basically says to me, “I know you don’t like it right now, but if you choke down enough of it over the coming years, you’ll ...

I recently got a new cookbook in the mail. It’s not very big — at about 8-by-5-inches and a scant 130 pages or so of text, it’s dwarfed by many of the books in my collection. But like its subject, it ...

The common American persimmon grows wild across the South and as far west as the Colorado River in Texas. Pondicheri chef Anita Jaisinghani says it took her some time to understand how to enjoy the ...

Coming to you from the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis: discover the history of the Stutz Motor Company, taste an Indiana classic: persimmon pudding, and explore one artist's creative up-cycling ...