In this video, I demonstrate how to create a tool from a giant cane stem to safely harvest thorny prickly pear fruit from the ...

Prickly pear fruit (and pads) is just one of many wild desert foods long used by Indigenous people. If you are harvesting prickly pear fruit this year, do so with respect, leaving fruit on the cactus ...

A free class on prickly pear harvesting is set for 9 a.m. Saturday at Civano Nursery, 5301 S. Houghton Road, 546-9200. This fine guide will teach you how to cook with both the fruit and the pads of ...

Seasonal fruit beers will soon start to hit shelves and taps, and I am hoping to see prickly pear beers among them. Last fall, I made my own prickly pear juice — sweet, with a strangely distinctive ...

You’ve heard of ramps and paw paws, but have you ever tasted Virginia’s own prickly pear cactus fruit? The fuchsia colored ...

Phoenix in the summer: Hot and humid with evening storms and a chance of a haboob (major dust storms for those who haven’t heard). One thing is certain of Phoenix summers; it takes a little motivation ...

Nothing says summer like frozen desserts, and this week's episode of Mad Genius: Home Edition has the perfect treat for combating humidity. Food & Wine Culinary Director at Large Justin Chapple whips ...

You may have tasted prickly pear candy and lemonade, but how about prickly pear beer? You will have that chance during the free Prickly Pear Festival on Saturday, Aug. 23, as Borderlands Brewing Co.

If there’s one thing guaranteed to cheer me up, it’s a prickly pear. They look menacing, taste great, and they’re about as Arizonan as fruit gets. They even have a cool name. So I was a little let ...