Shoppers find mostly rock-hard pears at the store, and there's a reason why: Most pears ripen best off the tree or otherwise will become grainy. The fruit is picked when mature but still quite firm ...

Like many consumers during the pandemic, I have been shopping for groceries online in order to avoid crowds at my supermarket . I recently ordered three pears, but much to my surprise I received three ...

Crackling leaves and nippy mornings, early sunsets and football games. These are sure signs of fall. But it’s a walk through a farmer’s market or the aisles of a supermarket’s produce section, that ...

There is no in-between with pears. Underripe and the late-fall fruit is hard, astringent and tasteless; overripe and it's gritty and bland. At peak, a good pear is one of the finest fruits, perfumed, ...