There are many highly-anticipated times of the year – the Christmas holiday, summer vacation and pumpkin spice season, to name a few – but a time of year that my family really looks forward to is “fig season.” Sure, at the end of August into the beginning of September, we are very sad for the beach season to come to an end, but we can’t wait for our favorite fruit to ripen and for fig season to begin.
For anyone not familiar with fresh figs, they are one of the sweetest, most delicious fruits on Earth.
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