This week we share five recipes that make the most of our abundant loquat season. Paul Stephen is a food writer for the Express-News. He can be reached at [email protected]. He moved to San ...

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 ...

SANTA CRUZ >> There are a lot of good reasons for picking the loquats that are about the fall from trees all over Santa Cruz County, including saving food from the waste stream, lowering your carbon ...

The woman in the dressing room at Talbots was adamant: Southerners make jelly from loquats. "That's all." At least she knew what I was talking about. Although the lovely, evergreen loquat tree is ...