I borrowed a friend’s food dehydrator earlier this summer and spent a week drying all kinds of fruit. I dried peaches, mangoes, figs, apples, bananas, apricots and nectarines. I even made my own ...

The author's first attempts at drying fruit. On the left, the simpler version without pretreatment. On the right, the pretreated version. (Michael S. Gordon / The Republican ) Dried fruit has become a ...

Grandma’s holiday fruitcake. Your signature trail mix. A game night cheeseboard. Dried fruit makes its way onto our plates in many delicious forms. Whether you’re always snacking on dried apricots or ...

Sun-drying fruit is simple and extremely cheap, just be sure the weather permits efficient drying and your fruit is protected from insects and other scavenging wildlife. It’s possible to dehydrate ...

Intensely flavorful dried peaches are good for eating out of hand and adding to granola; or plumped up in breads, chutneys, cobblers, cookies, dumplings and pies. Intensely flavorful dried peaches are ...

Intensely flavorful dried peaches are good for eating out of hand and adding to granola; or plumped up in breads, chutneys, cobblers, cookies, dumplings and pies. Peaches are one of just three fruits ...