#sweet-and-savory

#sweet-and-savory

Choosing from among our favorite fig recipes is like deciding between a cup or cone at your go-to ice cream shop: it's hard to make a wrong move. As botanists and pedants will tell you, figs are technically a flower, not a fruit. Regardless, their versatility defies categorization. Blessed with tender skins and jammy interiors, fresh figs can offset the tang of tomatoes and bitterness of salad greens.

Ina Garten believes that oatmeal should have both sweet and savory elements, stating that without salt, it tastes too bland like 'wallpaper paste.'

Consider yourself warned, however. After sampling some of our suggestions, you may find yourself embracing the sweeter side of life the next time you pull frozen pizza out of its package.