Avoid fruit with soft spots or moldy areas. Before consuming, it’s essential to handle prickly pear carefully to avoid contact with its tiny spines. Here’s a step-by-step guide to preparing it ...

The persimmon was Komarov's favorite fruit when he was growing up in Moscow. "When they're properly ripe," he says, "they're delicious and sweet and soft." Just before that, though, they're wretched.

It turns out, a maggot's preference for rotting fruit has as much to do with texture as taste. Researchers are looking into ...