Grapes are one of the higher acid fruits, and the hot grape juice only needs to be processed 5 minutes in a boiling water bath. Prepare the juice by placing the grapes in a saucepan and adding boiling ...

Consider the underestimated grape leaf. Each year, grape vines are cut back, and turn brown and woody, then emerge vivaciously fresh with green shoots in the late spring. These vines grow aggressively ...

The Enzoni is so good, it makes you, in a single sip, suddenly realize and then be puzzled by the fact that you’ve likely never had green grapes in a cocktail before. Why not? It feels like realizing ...

Muscadine grapes are typically ready to harvest in the late summer to early fall, such as August and September. While muscadines are sweet and can be enjoyed straight off the vine, they can also be ...

When I was little, I hated going to a friend's birthday parties because lunch was almost guaranteed to be hot dogs and jell-O, two of my least favorite foods as a kid. While I didn't know it at the ...

North Carolina students could soon be learning about, and tasting, a bit of the state's agricultural history if legislators in Raleigh pass a recently introduced House bill. The legislation would see ...

A “buyback” proposal may be the spark needed for passage of a state House bill mandating the availability of muscadine grape juice in all public schools, colleges and universities. Yet, the question ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Over Thanksgiving, a relative brought a recovering alcoholic (several years sober) as a guest. He brought a bottle of grape juice as his beverage for the evening, in lieu of wine.

Grapes possess a storehouse of antioxidant polyphenols, particularly their flavonoids: catechins, epicatechins, quercetins, resveratrol, and anthocyanins. In the same way, red wine can help due to ...