How to make homemade date paste (ma'jun al-tamr) and date syrup (dibs al-tamr) at home — using premium Medjool and Zahidi dates from our California farm.
Barhi dates are small, golden dates famous for their butterscotch flavor — eaten crisp and yellow or soft and caramel. Here's how they taste, ripen, and compare to Medjool.
Zahidi dates are firm, golden, semi-dry dates with a mild, nutty sweetness and a long shelf life — ideal for baking, chopping, and date paste. Here's everything to know.
Search “farm fresh Medjool dates” and every result says farm. Family farm, our orchard, grown with care, straight from the grove. Some of those are literally true. Some
Full disclosure before you read a word of this: I own Desert Sun Dates. I am not a neutral reviewer and you should not read this as though I were. What I can promise is that every
Here is something most people never learn about the dates in their pantry: almost every single one exists because a person climbed a palm tree and pollinated it by hand. Not bees.
No-bake Medjool date and pistachio energy bites — perfect for Suhoor, Eid, and Iftar gift trays. A wholesome Ramadan recipe using farm-direct California dates.
Homemade date paste (ma'jun al-tamr) and date syrup (dibs) recipes using Medjool dates — the foundational sweeteners of Muslim baking and cooking.
A traditional Iftar smoothie recipe with Medjool dates, banana, milk, and cardamom — a gentle way to break the Ramadan fast across the Muslim world.
A traditional Iftar and Eid recipe for stuffed Medjool dates (tamr mahshi) with almonds, walnuts, and optional dark chocolate — adapted across the Muslim world.