In this episode of In the Kitchen with Matt I am going to be talking about the Jujube Tree also known as "The Chinese Date". This is a bit of an unusual tree, at least to me, and I imagine most people ...

The Japanese apricot -- a plant native to China, actually -- is one of the longest lived of the flowering fruit trees. It’s a symbol of resilience in the face of adversity thanks to its early flowers, ...

The jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.), a member of family Rhamnaceae, is a major dry fruit and a traditional herbal medicine for more than one billion people. Here we present a high-quality sequence for ...

Rabbinical authorities have long debated the authenticity of Asian etrogs — even though the fruit originated in southwest China. TAIPEI, Taiwan (JTA) — Rebecca Kanthor, a member of a progressive ...

Just as every human being is a multifaceted creation of immense — if not yet fully developed — potential, so it is with plants. Take Chinese tallow tree, for example. In 1772, Benjamin Franklin sent ...

This New York rabbi wrote the book on the etrog’s history. NEW YORK (JTA) — The holiday of Sukkot isn’t complete without a lulav and an etrog, the four species that Jews are commanded to wave on the ...

The Chinese Fringe tree is a spectacular, small, deciduous tree that adds interest to the landscape. Clusters of showy, lightly fragrant, fringe-like white blooms and gray-brown bark that becomes ...

Just as every human being is a multifaceted creation of immense — if not yet fully developed — potential, so it is with plants. Take Chinese tallow tree, for example. In 1772, Benjamin Franklin sent ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (JTA) — Rebecca Kanthor, a member of a progressive Jewish community in Shanghai, knows that she can easily order lulavs and etrogs in a few clicks online. Kanthor, who belongs to ...