Growing up in rural McClure, Ill., we always had pecans on our trees at home. Many years ago my parents had two pecan trees grafted to grow large paper shell pecans. Many old-timers say you will ...

With the recent cold snap, Oklahoma pecans are beginning to fall. The late freeze ensured that the pecans would be fully formed when they dropped, so the crop is great this year, said Vernon Conrad of ...

"I like the paper shell pecans best for their flavor and natural oils," he said. A dish that was popular during the warmer months, pecan-crusted trout with cherry beurre blanc and mashed sweet ...