Funky-fresh quick-pickled figs drop an instant flavor bomb on anything they land on. Enjoy them on toast, salads, or sandwiches for a bright summertime treat.

Sweet pickled figs with cinnamon, allspice, clove, and cardamom are a sweet, candy-like relic of bygone palates and childhood memories.

A daydream worth dreaming Cobblestone alleys flanked by weathered walls. Hilltop churches. Sunlight warm on fig trees and grapevines. This is the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Deep in the ce…

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When you've got fruit and some extra time, why don't you make some green fig jam just like grandma used to make during the holidays?

Sweet and savory, this fragrant fig mostarda is a delicious and unconventional way to preserve this season's crop of fresh figs!

This easy homemade fig and walnut chutney is perfect for topping French toast, biscuits, meats, and yogurt. It is easy to make with California Valley Fig Growers dried figs. Full of nutrients, this sweet chutney is quick and easy to make. www.fearlessdining.com #figs

Pickled figs are a sweet old fashioned treat that brings back childhood memories for so many people. They're made with warm spices of cinnamon and clove, and they taste like Christmas in a jar. Pickled

If you can cut up some dried figs and add sugar, balsamic vinegar, water and lemon juice then bring it all to a boil, you can make this delicious balsamic fig jam! That's all there is to it! And check out the post (above) for a zillion ways to use it!