Here's what you need to know. mescioglu/Getty Images Quince is an ancient fruit that is so old, many people believe it was actually the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden—it’s even older than the ...
While no one says “easy as quince pie,” preparing this tart, aromatic fruit is a labor of love that’s well worth the effort. zi3000 / Getty Images Take one sniff of a ripe quince and you’ll never ...
When you spot a quince on a tree or at a market, you would be forgiven for expecting it to be juicy and sweet like the pear it resembles in a bigger bumpy sort of way. But the quince is what author ...
A coveted quince may have started the Trojan War. Greek lore says quince was the golden apple that the love goddess Aphrodite coveted. Aphrodite devised a scheme that enticed the mortal Paris to ...
As the fruit takes its time to soften, it turns a watercolor palette of rose shades, with a squash-like density and a floral taste. The rose color will deepen as the fruit sits in the poaching liquid ...
In Genesis, the Bible mentions the "forbidden fruit." Commonly identified as an apple, many people contend it was actually a quince. The quince's Mideast origin, as well as its fuzzy, daffodil-yellow ...
A versatile fruit that's superb in jams and with booze, quince also doesn't make you work too hard for all that pleasure.
People that know me well, know that quince (Chaenomeles) is a shrub that I love. It is not because it is one of the prettiest bushes; it is not. The thorny habit of this bush and the relative short ...
Flowering quince – Chaenomeles sp. Flowering quince is an heirloom plant, that was grown in your grandmother’s garden. The older variety was C. japonica. People couldn't pronounce the genus ...