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The filling is jammy and rich, jarred fig jam brightened with chopped dates and an almost scandalous amount of orange zest, so every mouthful tastes like autumn sunlight and just a hint of mischief.

Over the next month on The Bite, Salon’s food newsletter, I’ll share four recipes that celebrate autumn produce — apples, pumpkin, pears and figs — each designed for weeknights, with store-bought shortcuts where they make sense.

When Daisy was a pup, Koerner began planting dozens of native plants near the Aleppo pines and fig trees, creating what he called their campground arboretum.

“And when baked with a bit of puff pastry and fresh fig, makes a truly unforgettable hors d’oeuvre.”

I didn’t get nearly enough corn or tomatoes, and heartbreak of heartbreaks, I missed the figs completely.