Grape

Raisin

What it is

Eight-thousand-year-old jars in Georgia still carry wine residue — humans domesticated the grape before writing, the wheel or most cities. The table grape is the sober sibling of history’s most storied fruit.

In the kitchen

Freeze a bunch on a summer day: frozen grapes are tiny sorbets. Roasted, they turn jammy and love cheese.

Goes with

Blue cheese Walnut Chicken Almond Goat cheese

Same species

Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale DOP Amontillado Armagnac Banyuls Brandy de Jerez Champagne vinegar

Also used with

Tartaric acid Bleu des Causses Brie Brie de Meaux Brie de Melun Chaource

In season alongside

Datterino tomato Grape must Jabuticaba Nectarine Physalis Plum

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