I picked 5 pounds of both red and black currants today, and I don’t know what to do with them. What are some good options besides jelly? Susan Nicholls, Bellingham While it’s wonderful to be able to ...

You see them for a few summer weeks in farmers market stands, baskets of fresh currants in gorgeous garnet clusters. Then they’re gone, before most of us figure out what to do with them. Luckily, some ...

In early fall 2013, I got a call from an Erie Italian man who insisted I come visit to see what he'd grown on his grape arbor. When I got there, I thought I'd arrived on an alien planet, where strange ...

I always thought currants came in little boxes from the grocery store. Most of us know of them as the little blackish purple raisin-like things that add a sweet bite to scones or a chewy interest to a ...

Yes, it’s that season when everything is fresh and in stock at the farm stands. Especially the berries. It’s hard to appreciate them all before they’re gone and it’s easy to forget about little tiny, ...

That would be a small grape called the Zante currant, which originated in the ancient Greek city of Corinth. For hundreds of years it was considered Greeces most treasured export. But its only ...

Like Wall Street bankers and Chinese Internet censors, currants have an image problem. Are they berries? Are they raisins? Are they red or black? Are they edible fresh? Consider this their ...

Like Wall Street bankers and Chinese Internet censors, currants have an image problem. Are they berries? Are they raisins? Are they red or black? Are they edible fresh? Consider this their ...