Pick the perfect pear for your next pie, cheese board, or over-the-sink snack. Food & Wine / Getty Images There are thousands of varieties of pears across the globe, but only a handful appear ...

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It's hard to compete with America's most readily available fruit, but that's precisely what pears do when they go head-to-head with apples each year. Due to their similar growing conditions, harvest ...

Asian pears are ready to eat when purchased; European pears ripen after harvest. Check European pears for color changes, sweet aroma and soft flesh near the stem to spot ripeness. To speed ripening, ...

It's been a couple of weeks since I had my last farmers market peach, and the transition always feels like a bit of a bummer. But my disappointment is lessened knowing pear season is ramping up. While ...

As a minister of one of Bluefield, West Virginia's largest churches, Westminster Presbyterian, my grandfather received untold numbers of food gifts during the holiday season. Lucky for my family, that ...

In the spirit of “Eat your fruits and vegetables,” why not have a pear or two? Since Washington and Oregon grow about 1.8 billion of them a year, there are plenty to go around. Indeed, the Northwest ...

Anything apples can do, pears can do better. OK, that may not actually be true, but any recipe made with apples will work with pears with little to no adjustment. Little adjustments might include ...

Fall looms but gardening season is far from over, and you may have questions. To ask one, simply go to the OSU Extension website, type it in and include the county where you live. A photo is very ...

How many of us can relate to comedian Eddie Izzard’s joke about three pears sitting in the fruit bowl being squeezed and poked and refusing to ripen until the human leaves the room, and then they ...