EVERY WINTER IN JAPAN, AS THE VIBRANT AUTUMN
FOLIAGE FADES AFTER THE FIRST FROST, PERSIMMON
TREES ARE JUST HITTING THEIR STRIDE. RIPE,
TENDER PERSIMMONS HANG FROM EVERY
BRANCH BY THE DOZEN, LIGHTING UP THE
SNOWY LANDSCAPE IN BURSTS OF FIERY
ORANGE. DERIVED FROM THE LATIN
WORD DIOSPYROS, MEANING “DIVINE
FRUIT,” PERSIMMONS ARE NATIVE TO
EAST ASIA AND ONE OF THE
MOST VERSATILE YET UNDERUSED
FRUITS OF FALL AND WINTER. HERE,
WE USHER IN THE NEW SEASON BY
BAKING WITH PERSIMMONS.
A POP OF
Persimmon
PHOTOGRAPHY BY NICOLE DU BOIS /
STYLING BY MARY BETH JONES