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 ...

Quince paste is drying in a slow oven. It's taken 18 months to get to this point and the entire venture started as an accident. The recipe used to make it is problematic and the result is proving ...

A classic cocktail gets a seasonal twist with help from quince paste and orange peel - Ren Fuller A seasonal twist on an old fashioned, this cocktail features quince paste, which cuts through the ...

A good quince can be hard to find. And for many, they're also hard to define. Tammy Donroe Inman, who wrote the dessert cookbook Wintersweet and blogs at Food on the Food, says the tough yellow fruits ...

One of the most traditional ways to serve quince paste, which is known as membrillo in Spanish, is with Manchego cheese. Simply bring a wedge of cheese to room temperature and serve it alongside a ...

Gabriela Cámara’s San Francisco restaurant, Cala, is no longer open, but you can have a taste of Cámara’s modern Mexican cooking — and the perfect sweet ending to your holiday tamalada or ...

An American food importer provided the inspiration for this spicy pâte de fruits from Provence, France. By Florence Fabricant Kitty Keller, the founder of the importer KL Keller Foodways, has a ...

Remember that on their wedding day, the owl and the pussycat “dined on mince, and slices of quince, which they ate with a runcible spoon.” Not much of a feast, I thought as a child, because our ...

At this time of year the hedgerows are bursting with blackberries, apples are falling from trees, and even my grapes are ripening on an outdoor vine. Figs in my garden are enough to fill a bowl and ...

A bowl of quince on a table is a beautiful, truly autumnal sight. Its beguiling scent will fill the room: hints of roses and walks in the woods, orange flowers and saffron. Quinces grow in Britain, ...

Jim Dixon wrote about food for WW for more than 20 years, but these days most of his time is spent at his olive oil-focused specialty food business Wellspent Market. Jim’s always loved to eat, and he ...