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Figs, or anjeer, can have various health benefits. Here is how they can benefit long-term health and reduce certain risks for ...

Cynthia Sass is a nutritionist and registered dietitian with master's degrees in both nutrition science and public health. Frequently seen on national TV, she's Health's contributing nutrition editor ...

The best way to enjoy a fig is as a dessert, sliced and drizzled with honey or chocolate or as an appetizer with minimal seasoning. Here are glorious ripe black Mission figs dipped in melted butter ...

With wrinkled purple skin and moist flesh the color of watermelon, black mission figs are bursting (sometimes literally) from market stands come late summer. Their history mirrors that of our ...

Imagine turning Tax Day into a holiday. That’s what happened with Tu Bishvat, the 15th day of the Jewish month of Shvat, which is Thursday. During the time of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, Tu Bishvat ...

When cookbook author and columnist Marie Simmons moved from New York to California, she felt as if she had gone to fig heaven. "It was unbelievable. I'd never seen so many figs," she recalled about ...

Figs and dates are both sweet fruits with similar nutrition profiles, but figs are higher in calcium and dates are lower in fat and sweeter. They also have different textures — figs are crunchy and ...