A loquat tree grew in the garden of Nicole Routhier's childhood home in southern France. Her mother used to eat the juicy, apricot-colored fruit straight from the tree. When Routhier, author of Nicole ...

Who knew San Antonio was so loco for loquats? Well, we certainly learned as much after publishing a short story celebrating the fruit’s arrival online and in the Express-News Taste section last week.

The bakery with a James Beard-nominated pastry chef is expanding west.

This easy-sipping variation on everyone’s favorite breakfast beverage lets loquats shine in a refreshing way. Instructions: Peel and seed the loquats, then puree the fruit in a blender. Divide the ...

Instructions: While biscuits are baking, whip the heavy cream in a chilled bowl until it is almost stiff. Do not overbeat or it will turn to butter. If you like, add confectioners’ sugar and vanilla ...

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Baseball season might have already started, but, in my house, we are counting down the days until the start of loquat season. Loquats are those yellowish orange fruits that are hanging on trees all ...

For most loquat lovers I know, it’s the orange-yellow fruits that draw us in each spring. From late February to April, my kids and I keep an eye on the ripening fruit on these trees that can be found ...

How did we get to March already? I swear I’m still finding pine needles in my house and my bank balance is still recovering from Christmas. Yet here we are! The weather is pretty atrocious but there ...