Martha Holmberg knows a plum assignment when she sees one. The former editor-in-chief of Fine Cooking and co-author with Jeffrey Morgenthaler of a tome on cocktail technique has just released a book ...

There’s a plum line these days, and I’m not talking home improvement. I’m talking purple-red fruits, small of stone and large of sweet-tart flavor. As well they should be too. Consider the literary ...