"However, I think the most unique way they are used is for hoshigaki (Japanese dried persimmons)." This method involves peeling Hachiya persimmons and hanging them by their stems in a warm ...

Hachiya persimmons ... making them an excellent energy source. Dried persimmons offer a concentrated nutritional punch, with ...

No fruit—or berry, if you want to get technical—demonstrates the virtue of patience more dramatically than the persimmon. So powerfully astringent is the unripe Hachiya variety, it’s a ...