, depending on their size — I prefer the Black Mission figs, but the green ones are also delicious (Allow 4 whole figs per serving for each tart.) 1 pint fresh raspberries 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar Confectioners sugar 1....

Aha. Now everything is clear. Boukha is not made from figs we know as "mission" or “calmyrna”. Boukha is obtained by the distillation of “figues de Barbarie” (prickly pears) from Tunisia and Turkey. This explains why...

hounds for the right wine. I’m thinking that $40 would be my upper limit, but am hoping for suggestions in a lower price bracket. Various varieties of figs including mission, brown turkey, asiatic and kadota. There’s...

Here’s a favorite Dallas recipe from Hatties’s in Oak Cliff, Dallas, TX. Prosciutto-Wrapped Figs 8 dried figs, preferably Mission (do not subsitute fresh) 8 pecan or walnut halves 3 ounces blue cheese or goat cheese,...

. If you don’t have molasses on hand, use honey or maple syrup. 1/3 cup sherry vinegar or cider vinegar 1 tablespoon molasses 2 teaspoons extravirgin olive oil 1/4 teaspoon salt 4 large (dark-skinned) fresh figs, halved (such...

A vendor at the Farmer’s Market here in San Francisco has been selling beautiful, large fig leaves for the past couple of weeks. Each week, I look at them wistfully and then walk past because I am not sure what to do with...

Hi all, I always see tubs of dried figs (black mission and calimyrna) at Trader Joe’s, and so I was planning to buy some tonight to make a recipe this weekend, but they didn’t have any! The employees told me...

Probably the favorite dish at the table was pork loin with black mission figs, but I was less impressed than everyone else. We also had an arugula salad with stone fruit, watermelon salad, and heirloom tomatoes (tasty but mushy)...

I’ve only eaten at 3 different Chano’s (usually the one on Fig near USC) and while I liked the one on Broadway/Mission, it didn’t beat out the nostalgia and taste of my first Chano’s love. That said, it...

has anyone been here? what’s good to get? i heard they had a foie gras pate and fig or date jam sandwich, do they still have it around? or only on certain days, i was last monday, they do have good choc croissants nice and...

This is my new favorite breakfast place in town (with one caveat, see below). Finally made it to Mission Beach Cafe (14th & Guerrero, SF) on Saturday morning. A friend and I shared two dishes, the special scramble (garlic, cherry...

aggressive pepper flavor. It came with cherries, dried figs and roasted endive. I would have liked a starch with it, but maybe that’s just me. I’m a potato-lover, especially with roasted bird. But it was a healthy...

to replace the mango salad they ran out of), price unknown. Cheese plate – Brillat-Savarin tripe crème with fresh fruit preserves, fig, fresh herbs and toast. $6.00 Fish ‘n’ Chips – halibut with batter-fried...

Hi all. I’m a fan of the sweet, flavorful, chewy dried figs I’ve been getting at Sahadi’s in Brooklyn, and thought I’d save some money by getting the cheaper dried mission figs at Trader Joe’s. This...

As far as I know, after much searching, Mission style burritos do not exist here. When I got a Mission style burrito craving I would go to La Taquiza on Fig (they close at midnight on the weekends), not Mission style but sort of...