“Persimmons look and taste like the fall season,” says Rachel Sullivan, the farm assistant at Frog Hollow Farm, a Brentwood, California, farm currently in the middle of its annual persimmon harvest.

Recipe adapted from NC State University and N.C. A&T State University. 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. 2. Cut the persimmons in half. Scoop out the pulp using a spoon and chop it finely on ...

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 ...