Cooking with Apricots

In Southern California farmers markets, apricots appear in early May, the first of a succession stone fruits -- including peaches, nectarines, and plums, pluots, apriums, and other variations on the theme -- that will run well into the fall.


The apricots, however, won't be around much past June. So now's the time to get your fill of them.


Here are 10 recipes featuring apricots, ranging from a couple of apricot chicken dishes to an apricot vinaigrette and a cake, a cobbler and a scone topped off with a recipe for apricot ice cream.