A night of holiday-party drinking doesn't have to be painful the next morning, thanks to a common desert plant. The fruit of the prickly pear cactus is a lean, mean hangover-fighting machine. Grown in ...
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 ...
Like their name implies, prickly pears can be a thorny fruit to deal with. They’re covered in tiny needles, chock-full of hard seeds and their juice can stain everything it touches a shocking magenta ...
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 ...
Opuntia, the prickly pear cactus, originated in South America, moved into the valleys of the Andes and then north into Mexico and North America. In Southern California, opuntia grows in the coastal ...
Q: Are there any health benefits in cactus juice? A: Perhaps it’s those forbidding spiny barbs, but cactus, a centuries-old staple in Latin cuisine and available in the produce section of many ...
The prickly pear, once a hardy fruit thriving in Rajasthan’s arid soil, is now gaining recognition across India for its ...
The fruit of the Opuntia Ficus-Indica might be better known as a prickly pear or tunas in Spanish, but Claudia Villalobos, a sales specialist with the farm, prefers cactus pears. The name sounds less ...
A swirl of prickly pear syrup in a frozen margarita adds a pop of color and a hint of sweetness. But a bottle of clear liquid extracted from the same prickly pear cactus and distilled in San Antonio ...
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