With more than 5,000 varieties of pears grown throughout the world, it’s not surprising that we can find some type of pear in produce bins throughout the year. The most common pear is the Bartlett; ...

Pears pair so well with other ingredients. With rum in today’s recipe for pear-batter cake. With molasses, cinnamon and cloves in spicy pear cookies. With cheese and golden raisins in salad of pears ...

Many fruits are picked green and ripened in storage. Pears are among the few that are actually improved by it. It is a process that is still not completely understood. But if pears are left to ripen ...