A freshly picked, perfectly ripe apricot is a glorious thing. Its baby-soft skin and perfumed flesh manages to be both subtly sweet and tart. And they’re in full bloom at local farmers markets right ...

IT’S RARE to find fragrant, juicy apricots, ripened in the sun and bursting with flavor. Thankfully, it's much easier to find soft, fragrant dried apricots. Indeed, this easy and highly adaptable ...

This once hit-and-miss fruit is now more reliable so it’s time to enjoy its versatility. Add apricots to sweet-tasting duck or to crumble and cream for pudding A perfect apricot is the most elusive of ...

Use an apricot from your farmer’s market haul.

In Armenia you can buy apricot garlands; luscious yellow fruit dried in the sun and strung like lumps of amethyst on long necklaces. They hang from dusty roadside stalls – a legacy of the Chinese silk ...

After a month of mediocre early-season apricots, the prime varieties, sweet, juicy and flavorful, are here or will be soon. Beyond the celebrated Blenheim, there are other worthwhile varieties, and a ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Apricots are a tricky fruit. When they’re truly ripe, there is no finer but ripe apricots are almost impossible to ...

It is said that 100 grams of fresh apricots gives you 12% of vitamin C. Apricots are packed with Vitamin A, which is also known as retinol. It's fat soluble, and helps in the enhancement of vision, ...