Look for thick, prolific grape vines on shorelines or wherever the soil is sandy. The grapes are ready to harvest when they turn purple—usually early to mid-October. Since grapes and poison ivy tend ...

My mother, who grew up outside Boston, loved telling the story about one of her early visits "up home" to visit my father’s family in rural Whitefield, Maine. This happened in the 1940s. By then, ...

Grape jelly is a childhood rite of passage. It’s a bit sweet and a bit tart, and it’s the perfect thing to spread on peanut ...

The USDA's hybrid combines the seedlessness of Thompson with the Welch's-grape-jelly flavor of Concord - here's what you need to know, as well as a handy tart recipe. The Community Market in Santa ...

That I was clutching my garden’s last tomatoes should have given me a clue to the time of year. But then, I walked past some wild grape vines on the way back to my house, and the beckoning aroma of ...