On Food and Cooking

brief stage of fruit development is the multiplication of cells in the ovary wall, which in the tomato is vi ...

various enzyme systems are readied for action. When the seeds become capable of growing on their own and the fruit i ...

fruit’s general disintegration. But it’s now clear that ripening is a last, intense phase of life. As it r ...

Most of the changes in ripening are caused by a host of enzymes, which break down complex molecules into ...

in common? The answer came two decades later: ethylene, a simple hydrocarbon gas produced by both plants and ...

mature but still green, and will ripen well on their own, especially if nudged by an artificial dose of ...

destinations, then gassed with ethylene to ripen them for the produce bin. Consumers can hasten the process ...

Common Fruits of Temperate Climates: Apple and Pear, Stone Fruits, Berries Pome Fruits: Apple, Pear, and Relatives ...

and keep best if immediately wrapped and refrigerated; pears are sold unripe and are best ripened at relatively ...

to bottom and from the core outwards. Pears are often noticeably more flavorful at the flower end than at ...

hemisphere countries supplementing northern stored apples during the off-season, and common varieties as li ...

that help control the alcoholic fermentation and clarify the liquid (tannins cross-link protein and cell-wall parti ...

apples (France its Calville blanc d’hiver, England its Bramley’s Seedling, Germany its Glockenapfel for strudel). But ...

were great connoisseurs a century ago, and Edward Bunyard wrote that by storing apples properly in ...

kinds of acids, and several different kinds of alcohol. The acids may be either tart substances in the ...

Apple Air and Texture Apples differ from pears in having as much as a quarter of their volume occu ...

Apple Juice and Cider Apple juice can be either opalescent or clear depending on whether its pectins ...

Pears Pears are fruit of the genus Pyrus, more temperamental to grow than the apple and less common, but ...

refreshing Smith Strawberry, raspberry Northern Spy, Spitzenburg Winey McIntosh (well matured) Aromatic and flowery Cox ...

picked after ripening begins, their texture becomes mushy and their core breaks down. They will also ...