Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Design elements: Getty Images. EatingWell design. Asian pears are ready to eat when purchased; European pears ripen after harvest.

In the wide world of fruit, when is a pear an Asian pear? Can a fruit that looks more like an apple actually be called a pear? The sometimes confusing use of common (versus scientific and botanical) ...

Canning Asian pears, requires meticulous attention, especially given their low acidity. To safely prepare these fruits for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pear season is here, and lucky for us, the options are endless. And while stout, green Anjou pears and soft, juicy Bartletts have ...

Asian Pears are a flavorful, refreshing and crunchy base for a simple starter "salad" that relies on the best quality ingredients to make it refined and special. If you are like me, everyone I know is ...

You may have never heard of Asian pears, but once you've tasted one, you'll want your own tree so you can have all the fruit you can eat. Asian pears (Pyrus pyrifolia) are also known as "apple pears" ...

This week in the paper I wrote about Oriana Kruszewski a one-woman Johnny Asian-pear-seed who grows over 20 varieties of the fruit in her Skokie backyard. Unsurprisingly I wound up with quite a few ...

Asian pears are a valuable crop for urban-area farmers in the Northeastern United States, but thinning trees for optimal fruit production and quality can be time consuming and expensive. Now, farmers ...

Our edible and very fragrant Mystery Plant (Asian pear, Nashi pear, Pyrus pyrifolia) is the fruit of a small tree which botanists place in the rose family. It is very much kin to apples, and the ...

Wait, what? Did science finally discover a cure for the hangover, or at the very least something that alleviates it a bit? The study is just a few years old, according to Medical Daily, so better late ...

This week's look at what's new, bountiful or mysterious in the produce aisles. Though incorrectly named (it's not really a pear), the Asian pear is a magnificent thing. More than 1,000 varieties exist ...

There are over 100 varieties of this mildly sweet and juicy fruit available in Japan. So it’s odd that in the United States, where you can find at least a couple dozen, they’re rarely categorized by ...