With a distinctly bright and agile voice, the soprano opera singer Mady Mesplé was one of the most recognised classical singers of the post-war period in France. Mesplé, who has died aged 89, was an ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- It's that time of year when Paul Mesple reminds people to "eat a fig." Mesple is a third-generation fig farmer who operates a fruit stand at Millbrook and Alluvial in ...

For many Americans, their only association with figs comes in the form of a Fig Newton. And indeed, once upon a time, most of the figs grown in California ended up in fig pastes and cookies like those ...