Pears, which are in season, are perfect for your midwinter recipes. Sweet and deliciously juicy, they are great eaten out of hand but can be used in any number of recipes from desserts to salads, main ...

Pick the perfect pear for your next pie, cheese board, or over-the-sink snack. Food & Wine / Getty Images There are thousands of varieties of pears across the globe, but only a handful appear ...

You can eat any pear raw, from juicy Bartletts to crisp Asian pears. But in cooking, you may want the pear to retain its shape, or you may want it to melt into a concentrated sauce. I remember pear ...

Stewed bosc pears are one of the simplest ways to turn seasonal fruit into a calm, make-ahead breakfast. Gently cooking halved bosc pears concentrates their flavor and softens the texture, making it ...

Bosc pears are the star of this perfect fall pie, which is topped with beautiful pie-dough cut outs in the shape of fall leaves. The recipe, featured in America’s Test Kitchen’s new cookbook, “The ...

Anything apples can do, pears can do better. OK, that may not actually be true, but any recipe made with apples will work with pears with little to no adjustment. Little adjustments might include ...

Apples may get all of autumn's accolades, but it's time for pears to muscle in on the action. Understanding which pear varieties are best for which uses will help you choose wisely from the fruit ...