Celebrating Persimmon Season
Persimmons are wise and vain, ripening, as they do, as winter sets in and summer fruits are but a memory.
Persimmons are wise and vain, ripening, as they do, as winter sets in and summer fruits are but a memory.
A reader asked me my favorite way to use ripe persimmons. Here's the answer, in an easy and delicious winter dessert.
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