Black currants have been used in cordials, jams, and sauces for centuries, but most Americans couldn’t even tell you what they look like. But as they begin to show up at farmers markets and specialty ...

With the end of winter near, it’s time to start planning for the garden season. At the outbreak of COVID-19 last year, many people attempted to grow some of their own food, re-popularizing the concept ...

I have grown, maintained, and harvested blackcurrant, redcurrant, and whitecurrant bushes in walled kitchen gardens and on my home plots for many years. I always found them simple to grow, easy to ...

Few homeowners are acquainted with the Ribes (RYE-bees) family of plants; gooseberries, currants and jostaberries. There are over 150 ribes species in the world, including gooseberries and clove or ...

Whether you're on a budget or feeling flush with cash, a supply of homegrown fruit at the ready has a way of conveying a sense of luxury and well-being. And if you want to take your satisfaction a ...

A dark berry that has a mix of sweet and tart is one spice company's top taste for 2026.McCormick revealed black currant as ...

But if eating the berries straight from the bush is a little unpalatable, Hingston has no shortage of ideas for ways to use the currants, above and beyond the traditional servings in yogurt or as an ...

Black currant fruits are ``of a stinking and somewhat loathing savour, the leaves also are not without the stinking smell,'' wrote herbalist John Gerard in his famous ``Herball'' more than 350 years ...

Black currants (Ribes nigrum) have an interesting history in the United States. While they’ve been a popular snack in Europe for centuries, these purple-black berries were illegal in the states until ...