Last week, I wrote about the prickly pear cactus and how its fruit is a boon to local wildlife and the occasional thirsty ...

I turned to a five-ingredient jam recipe. Vasavada recommends ripe, soft d’Anjou or Seckel pears. Because in the Pacific Northwest we are absolutely spoiled in regard to pear quality and ...

My mother reminded me that my grandmother used to make pear and ginger jam with pears dropped to her door by a friend who obviously had a prolific tree. Pears are at their best for a very short ...

While Thomson’s Lemitar crop in Southern New Mexico came early, in the East Mountains, a prickly pear jelly maker said her bumper crop is in late bloom. “The fruit is falling off the cactus ...

For those raised in Texas or with experience visiting the state, a common local product to see offered around the year is a jar of prickly-pear jelly – often also mixed in some recipes with ...

Across the way, Karen Bedell of Sonoran Scavengers is selling not just prickly pear products but mesquite flour, wolfberry ...

Red Chile Prickly Pear Jam & Pickled Nopales," from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sept. 28. It is a presentation on the water bath canning process and an overview of different methods of home ...

Here’s a recipe for seaweed seed and nut bread ... When the fruit ripens in August and September, you can make everything from jelly to sorbet, lemonade, margaritas, prickly pear candy and even ...

Throw a rock in New Mexico and you will most likely hit a prickly pear cactus. The plentiful and beautiful cacti, also known as nopales, produce a sweet and bright ruby fruit that sprouts from hearty, ...

Across the way, Karen Bedell of Sonoran Scavengers is selling not just prickly pear products but mesquite flour, wolfberry jam and candied barrel cactus. Most of it is gathered from wild plants.