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Two ripe peaches with warm golden-pink blush and a green leaf.
Produce Guide

Peaches

Peaches are the most short-windowed fruit of the year — and the one where ripeness matters most. A local peach at peak ripeness is the taste of summer in a way no other fruit quite is.

How-To

What to do with peaches before they go bad

Peaches can go from hard to perfect to too soft in a very small window. These are the easiest ways to use them while they still taste like a good summer peach.

Ripe peaches, whole and sliced, arranged on a rustic kitchen table.
Produce Guide

What is a peach and how to use it

Peaches are juicy summer fruit that can be eaten fresh, baked, grilled, or cooked into simple sauces. Their biggest challenge is timing rather than complexity.

Peaches ripening beside an open paper bag on a kitchen counter.
Produce Guide

How to ripen peaches without ruining them

Peaches ripen quickly, and the gap between underripe and overripe can be a matter of hours. These techniques let you control the process so you eat them at peak flavour.